The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men

by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

Fighting frost in an orchard—night.

Fighting frost in an orchard—dawn.

The pall of smoke prevents evaporation and keeps the air near the ground from freezing temperatures.

Copyright by J. Cecil Alter, U.S. Weather Bureau, Cheyenne, Wyo.

"You light the first one, Georgie," said Ross, wanting to give the younger lad the honor, for he had worked pluckily and hard.

The lad went down and touched a match to the first pile. It blazed up merrily, and just as the smoke began to rise, the wheels of a buggy were heard along the road. A moment later Bob jumped out.

"Hello!" was all he said.