2/9 If you keep on sweeping as fast as it falls, you must overcome it. Don't you see, Uncle Sam ?" "To be sure I do, Miss Rema, as plain as any pikestaff. Suan, fetch a double bundle of new brooms from top loft, and don't forget while you be up there to give special orders--no snow is to fall at night or when missy is at dinner." "You may laugh as much as you please, Uncle Sam, but I intend to try it. "There, now, I beg your pardon, my dear, for never giving a thought to it. Firm and I will do it for you, as long as the Lord allows of it. |