“Shall I change him into a doll?” asked her father. “Then he’ll have to stay in.”
“No,” said Carrie; “I like a boy better.”{98}
CHAPTER XIV.
FIRST LESSONS.
“I suppose you don’t know much about farming, Julius?” said Mr. Taylor, after supper.
“No more’n a horse,” said Julius.
“Some horses know considerable about farming, or at least have a chance to,” said his new guardian, with a smile.
“I guess they know more’n me.”
“Very likely; but you can learn.”
“Oh, yes,” said Julius, confidently. “It won’t take me long.”
“I shall put you in charge of Abner, who will give you some instruction. You will begin to-morrow morning with helping him to milk.”