. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . s. u C *« O »PH OHI Oi h « «S 3 The Making of the Teepee That night the boys were showing their handiworkto the hired hands. Si Lee, a middle-aged man witha vast waistband, after looking on with ill-concealedbut good-natured scorn, said: Why didnt ye put the patches inside? Didnt think of it, was Yans answer. Coz were goin to live inside, an need the room,said Sam. Why did ye make ten stitches in going round thathole; ye could just as easy have done it in four,
. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . s. u C *« O »PH OHI Oi h « «S 3 The Making of the Teepee That night the boys were showing their handiworkto the hired hands. Si Lee, a middle-aged man witha vast waistband, after looking on with ill-concealedbut good-natured scorn, said: Why didnt ye put the patches inside? Didnt think of it, was Yans answer. Coz were goin to live inside, an need the room,said Sam. Why did ye make ten stitches in going round thathole; ye could just as easy have done it in four, andSi sniffed as he pointed to great, ungainly stitches aninch long. I call that waste labour. Now see here, blurted Sam, if you dont likeour work lets see you do it better. Theres lots to doyet. Where? Oh, ask Yan. Hes bossin the job. Old Calebwouldnt let me in. It just broke my heart. Isobbed all the way home, didnt I, Yan? Theres the smoke-flaps to stitch on and hem, andthe pocket at the top of the flaps—and—I—suppose,Yan added, as a feeler, it—would—be—better—if—hemmed—all—around. Now, I tell ye what Il
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