"I know where horse-weeds grow giraffe high." Then they went back to work, and presently many savory odors began to steal from the cabin.

Whereat Jimmy looked at Dannie, and winked an 'I-told-you-so' wink.

A garden grows fast under the hands of two strong men really working, and by the time the first slice of sugar-cured ham from the smoke house for that season struck the sizzling skillet, and Mary very meekly called from the back door to know if one of them wanted to dig a little horse radish, the garden was almost ready for planting.

Then they went into the cabin and ate fragrant, thick slices of juicy fried ham, seasoned with horse radish; fried eggs, freckled with the ham fat in which they were cooked; fluffy mashed potatoes, with a little well of melted butter in the center of the mound overflowing the sides; raisin pie, soda biscuit, and their own maple syrup.
"Ohumahoh!" said Jimmy.

"I don't know as I hanker for city life so much as I sometimes think I do.