. St. Nicholas [serial] . (SEE story. ). JUNE DAYS. BY EMILY STORER, AGE (SILVER BADGE.) ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. 759 We found that the oxen were grinding the sugar-caneup which the men had gotten in the fields. The ma-chine pressed the juice of the sugar-cane out and threwthe husks away. This was all very interesting. The Porto Rican man who showed us around sug-gested in Spanish that we should go in his hut, whichwas small, with a thatched roof and bamboo floor. Manypretty little wild flowers and grasses grew around it. Ientered after jumping up a high step to get in. It feltcool in there compar
. St. Nicholas [serial] . (SEE story. ). JUNE DAYS. BY EMILY STORER, AGE (SILVER BADGE.) ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. 759 We found that the oxen were grinding the sugar-caneup which the men had gotten in the fields. The ma-chine pressed the juice of the sugar-cane out and threwthe husks away. This was all very interesting. The Porto Rican man who showed us around sug-gested in Spanish that we should go in his hut, whichwas small, with a thatched roof and bamboo floor. Manypretty little wild flowers and grasses grew around it. Ientered after jumping up a high step to get in. It feltcool in there compared to the blazing sun outside. Thehut had but one tiny room. A very cute little girl calledout, Americano ninito, as most of them did. After we had seen around I was asked to drink someof the sugar juice just pressed from the cane, but it wastoo sweet and I could not take much. The sun was going down by this time-—a most mag-nificent sight in the tropics. The skies were a brilliantscarlet, which gradually faded into a pink and disap-p
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