"I declare, I'm not used to it yet.

But I'm glad on papa and mamma's account, for neither of them have to work as hard as they did." "Papa is going to improve the farm wonderfully," said Grace.

"He is going to put up a new barn and a carriage house and a new windmill for pumping water, and he has bought a hundred acres from the farm in the back, and added, oh, I don't know how many more cows.

And we've got a splendid team of horses, and the cutest pony you ever saw.

And next year he is going to rebuild the wing of the house and put on a big piazza, where we can have rocking-chairs and a hammock--" "Yum! yum!" murmured Sam.