. Highways and byways of the South. he reckoned the nest they had found wasntthe only one on the place. That seemed quite likely,for the hens rambled about very much as they had been nailed up against the smokehouse forthem to lay in, but they neglected those and depositedtheir eggs beneath the buildings, or in the crotches ofa big tree in the back yard, or even in the house rooms,and one hen liked to lay up under the roof of the back Way down upon the Suwanee River ^S porch where some missing sheathing boards of theceihng gave access to several dark crannies. Abraham, said Mrs.
. Highways and byways of the South. he reckoned the nest they had found wasntthe only one on the place. That seemed quite likely,for the hens rambled about very much as they had been nailed up against the smokehouse forthem to lay in, but they neglected those and depositedtheir eggs beneath the buildings, or in the crotches ofa big tree in the back yard, or even in the house rooms,and one hen liked to lay up under the roof of the back Way down upon the Suwanee River ^S porch where some missing sheathing boards of theceihng gave access to several dark crannies. Abraham, said Mrs. Perky, yo go to the sta-tion and ask the station-master will he please bring hislittle ladder and look if there are any aigs over thepoch hyar, if he can spare the time. The station-master soon appeared with his littleladder, made a leisurely search, and went back to hiswork. Mrs. Perky had meanwhile set the coloredboys to chopping wood. The supply ready for burn- ,..u,..;w!ni vmmmf fhWWl—imiWiiiilitMl uj>mj-iiiiil. A Successful Search for Eggs ing was entirely exhausted, but as this was the state ofthings about thrice daily, there was no undue alarm. 36 Highways and Byways of the South The pile of uncut wood was by no means large. Itwas replenished from time to time, when the need grewinsistent, by a load from the forest. Mr. Perky com-plained that he had to go nearly two miles for his for-est wood, and said it was gettin skace. He ownedno woodland ; but dead trees, standing or fallen, arecommon property, and it was with these that he re-newed the back yard pile. To reduce the wood toproper length for use, an axe was employed — never asaw—and it was customary to cut just enough for theimmediate wants of the next few hours. The colored people were rather less forehanded thanthe whites with their wood. They were apt to tote it in from the forest a stick at a time, the stick beingas large as the bearer could comfortably no class of people wi
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