Then Uncle Allen followed the tracks, and went himself across the field and down the lane and over the meadow and through the wood. And when he came to the nest on the stump and the broken eggs, with the print of the little bare feet close by, he said, “Well, well! I declare! now, I do!”
And he went home and gave Bonny a big orange and ten cents and his old jackknife. But Aunt Lucy kept him in bed till noon, and made him drink hot lemonade every hour to take out the cold; and he had the kitten to play with, and Grandma’s spectacles, and he didn’t catch cold, after all.
THE HUSKING OF THE CORN.
When the autumn winds are merry,
And come piping o’er the lea,
Kiss the lassies’ cheeks to cherry,
Toss their curls in frolic glee,
Then the neighbour children gather