The farmer's boy . - all Wintei around. Then he ])Ul on tlic heavy pair of shoes he had left the night before in a comfortable place back of tlie stove, donned his vest and coat, pulled a cap down over his ears, and shuffled off to the barn. Frank had been one of the work-ers whom it hadseemed necessaryto stir out the firstthing in the morn-ing for years the whole, thefact that he notonly had work butplenty of it wasa good thing forhim. It made allhis other experiences sweet. If leisure and \Aay hadfilled his days, his pleasure, after all, would ha\e beenjjale. Frank did not gruml)le a
The farmer's boy . - all Wintei around. Then he ])Ul on tlic heavy pair of shoes he had left the night before in a comfortable place back of tlie stove, donned his vest and coat, pulled a cap down over his ears, and shuffled off to the barn. Frank had been one of the work-ers whom it hadseemed necessaryto stir out the firstthing in the morn-ing for years the whole, thefact that he notonly had work butplenty of it wasa good thing forhim. It made allhis other experiences sweet. If leisure and \Aay hadfilled his days, his pleasure, after all, would ha\e beenjjale. Frank did not gruml)le al his lot or think it a hard one,nor would he had it been ten times worse. Children who. The morning scrub at the sink 8 The Farmers Boy were not spoiled by petting and lack of employmentusually accepted things as they found them, and made thebest of them. Even the farm debt, which might burdenthe elders very heavily and keep all the household on theborders of shabbiness for vears, made but a sliirht and
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