. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . ich required much labor. Of course you know that a spit, such as we had in STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA 4 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA England, is an iron instrument on which whatsoever isto be roasted may be placed and made to turn slowlyin front of the fire until all parts of it are cooked so happened that no one save Jethros father hadbrought with him a spit, and, as a matter of course,Jethros mother needed it herself, therefore the other housewives wereforced to makeshift as best theycould. Father had madewith great care along stick of c
. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . ich required much labor. Of course you know that a spit, such as we had in STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA 4 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA England, is an iron instrument on which whatsoever isto be roasted may be placed and made to turn slowlyin front of the fire until all parts of it are cooked so happened that no one save Jethros father hadbrought with him a spit, and, as a matter of course,Jethros mother needed it herself, therefore the other housewives wereforced to makeshift as best theycould. Father had madewith great care along stick of chest-nut wood about thethickness of mymiddle finger, andthis we thrustthrough the turkeyfrom head to tail,after which it washung by small chains from the top of the fireplace, atsuch a height over the embers as would best serve thepurpose of cooking. In order that the bird might not be burned to acinder on one side while the other portions were leftraw, it was my duty to turn this wooden spit, untilevery part of the meat was roasted properly, and if. TURNING AN HONEST PENNY 51 you think that a simple task, try it some time in frontof a blazing fire of huge logs. TURNING AN HONEST PENNY It would not be well if I should leave you to believethat during all this first winter in America I did nothingsave gather fuel and hunt for game. It is true that there was but little to be done in theway of useful labor, because of every ones waiting until it should be known where the citv was to be j built, yet Jethro and I hit upon a plan for turning anhonest penny, even in a land where no trading wasdone, save the buying of furs from the savages. We had come to know some of the Indians rightwell, as you may suppose, and often went into thatone of their villages which stood not above a milefrom fathers cave. There we saw beautifully fashionedspoons made of handsome white wood, which thesavages said was spoon-wood; but father told us itshould be called laurel. Now, you must know that many of th
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