ted fisry, and yellory shelves.

t of to cc aunt pollys butcher knife.

near t -a bonfire, and ed a great kettle of er over it. er to kill topped he hog squeal.

“it doesnt ; pa said. “e do it so quickly.“ but s to hear him squeal.

in a minute. sook one finger cautiously out of an ear, and listened. topped squealing. after t, butcime fun.

it was suco see and do. uncle ail.

as soon as ted it up and doer till it on a board and scraped it les came off. after t tree, took out t it o cool.

ook it do it up. t and spare-ribs and belly. t and tongue, and to be made into s to be made into sausage.

t . t to pickle in brine, for the hollow log.

“you cant beat ; pa said.

made a little igring and gave it to mary and laura to play into t it back and fortheir hands.

or it . but even better fun tail.

pa skinned it for to t a sick. ma opened t of tove and raked coals out into took tus ail over the coals.

it sizzled and fried, and drops of fat dripped off it and blazed on t . t very , and laura bued sed s care. roasting tail aking tus.

at last it into to cool it, and even before it ing it and bued tongues.

te every little bit of meat off to jack. and t ail. t be anotill next year.

uncle er dinner, and pa ao for laura and mary and ma, butcime deal for ma to do, and laura and mary helped her.

all t day and t, ma rying out ts on tove. laura and mary carried c must be , but not too , or ts simmered and boiled, but t not smoke. from time to time ma skimmed out t t every bit of t to flavor joer.

cracklings o eat, but laura and mary could aste. too rictle girls, ma said.

ma scraped and cleaned t till all t fell off t fine and spices. t-liquor , and set it ao cool.

in slices, and t was headcheese.

ttle pieces of meat, lean and fat, t il it and pepper and ossed and tued it until it o balls. s t in to eat all er. t he sausage.

cime e salt-pork out in ttic he smoked hams and shoulders.

ttle ing ored aer. try and ttic.

laura and mary must play in t doors and trees. tove never out. at nig o keep till moing.

ttic o play. tiful cables. tter y spicy smell.

often tside in ttic laura and mary played hing was snug and cosy.

mary tle. laura it

susans fault t simes mary let laura tle, but s only w see.

t times of all niger supper pa brougraps in from to grease t and greased ther dipped in bears grease.

traps and middle-sized traps and great bear traps eet pa said on to it.

raps, pa told laura and mary little jokes and stories, -and afterward he would play his fiddle.

tig, and tuffed o keep out t black susan, t, came and as s, t-tom of t door. s very quickly, so t catcail, w fell s behind her.

one nigraps ched black susan come in, and he said:

“ts, a big cat and a little cat.”

laura and mary ran to lean on .

“s,“ pa repeated, “a big cat and a little cat. so -. and ttle cat-tle cat.”

topped.

“but tle cat-“ mary began.

“because t let it,“ laura interrupted. “laura, t is very rude. you must never interrupt,“ said pa. “but i see,“ ;t eit t ; traps, and ook of its box and began to play. t time of all.