“all er, pa said, grandpa s and little trouge as give a bad taste to the maple syrup.

“to make troug out little sticks as long as my tick one stick, one end. t, and tled ill it part of tick ill it tle trough.

“en nes. o move in trees.

“t into t ree, and tle trougo t a cedar bucket on t end.

“tree. it comes up from, ts, o tip of eaco make the green leaves grow.

“ell, ree, it ran out of tree, dotle trougo t.”

“o it tree?“ laura asked.

“no more t s you ; said pa.

“every day grandpa puts on s and and into tree to tree and empties ts into t to a big iron kettle, t imber betrees.

“ies t into ttle. ttle, and tc carefully. t be enougo keep t not enougo make it boil over.

“every fees t be skimmed. grandpa skims it s too , grandpa lifts ladlefuls of back slotle and keeps it from boiling over. “ enougs er t, il it grains w in a saucer.

“tant to t all out from beneattle. t as o t are standing ready. in tus to cakes of hard, brown maple sugar.”

“so ts ; laura asked.

“no“, pa said. “its called a sugar snoime of year means t men can make more sugar. you see, ttle cold spell and trees, and t makes a longer run of sap.

“ means t grandpa can make enougo last all takes o too trade for mucore sugar. only a little store sugar, to able when company comes.”

“grandpa must be glad t; laura said.

“yes,“ pa said, “o sugar off again next monday, and all come,”

pas blue eyes t, and o ma:

“herell be a dance!”

ma smiled. se. oh, charles! she said.

t on s on smiling. s;ill wear my delaine.”

mas delaine dress iful. it tle patte all over it t looked like ripe stra, in t to thes.

t s to t touciful dark red buttons t buttoned t, and sly t in ttle criss-cross stitches.

it sant a dance o iful delaine dress. laura and mary ed. tions about til at last he said:

“noo bed! youll kno t. i o put a nering on my fiddle.”

ticky fingers and s mouto be ime laura and mary rundle bed, pa and t time on the floor:

“im captain jinks of ten go beyond my means, for im captain jinks of tain in the army!”