5 with an onion, a carrot, sdlt and pepper and ezyenne, aha 3 pinch of thyme and savory} To this is added unequal proportion of corn- meal as the meat, and half 3 cup of ostmeel. Hhon this m xture has boiled to the desired co:3istency, it is poured into breed pans, ihfi put away to Cool. In the morning, it will be set in firm

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leaves, Slices about half an inch thick are out 011 the loaf,

rolled in ileur and fried hroun for breakfast. This is elyeys a. favorite breakfast with our men.

Hellie has finished maxing her head cheese with the.

7 remainder of the heme. She has 3 Essen little howls, with

slices of tofigue at bottoms the the head cheese poured on top.

filso she has finished her lard. mm: tmhle is almost cleared,

anfi Nellie Dis caxtying the lard pails off to the pgntry. I throw

out a pan of the crisp fat rinds t0 the chickens. Our dog a and

cats rush up ts shire the feast, and 1,prodi all‘ threw forth , 8

the rest of the stufr, but an stogpefl by the almost wrethful voice

of Hallie. She shouts that she can make soap from "them pieces

you are jest threein' ewey". Hollie has never kn wn any other

life than that of the farm, and if there is nything in the world r’*

not . that she can utilize '1./Ollltfit.

:22: be. It

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in some way or another, i don't know what it. is a matter of real distress to her that our nice modern sink swallows up her Gish water, for dish water she Qeelares is fine foofi for pigs anfi chickens, enfl i think Nellie secretly disggroves of the manner of life on a more cattle ranch. She says that a farm is "far more sensible and ain't got so many airs‘ as a ranch".

How we ere all through, anfl I say: "Hurrah, Hellie,

here's where I escape. Come along, and we'll have a ride

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