"
The boys too were delighted, for they had not tasted butter since
they arrived, and they promised readily enough to make a rough
churn with the least possible delay.
By ten o'clock the carts arrived with Sarah and the luggage, and
then there was work for the afternoon, putting up the bedsteads,
and getting everything into order. The mosquito curtains were
fitted to the beds, and all felt gratified at the thought that they
should be able to set the little bloodsuckers at defiance. The next
day was Sunday, upon which, as usual, no work was to be done. After
breakfast the benches were brought in from the bedrooms, and the
men assembling, Mr. Hardy read prayers, offering up a special
prayer for the blessing and protection of God upon their household.
Afterward Mrs. Hardy and the girls were taken over the place, and
shown the storehouse, and the men's tent, and the river, and the
newly planted field.
"The ground is getting very much burned up, papa," Charley said.
"It was damp enough when we put in the crops, and they are getting
on capitally; but I fear that they were sown too late, and will be
burned up."
"Ah, but I have a plan to prevent that," Mr. Hardy said. "See if
you can think what it is."
Neither of the boys could imagine.
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