"
"And did Sam Hill do that?" asked Mandy.
"He did," said Hiram; and he burst into a loud laugh, in which Mandy
joined.
The laughing was quickly hushed as the kitchen door opened and Ezekiel
entered, warmly dressed for his fight with the snow and carrying a heavy
cane in his hand.
"Call the dog, Hiram," said Ezekiel, "and we'll start. Mandy, tell Jim
and Bill to come over to Deacon Mason's for me about four o'clock,
unless it looks too bad; if it does they needn't try it till to-morrow
morning."
"All ready," said he to Hiram, who was patting Swiss's head, and off
they started.
Again Mandy went to the window and watched the progress of the
travellers. Mrs. Crowley came into the kitchen and seeing Mandy at the
window quietly turned out a mug of the hot cider and drank it. She then
approached Mandy and said, "What was all the laughin' about? I like a
good joke myself."
Mandy said, "Oh, he was telling me about a girl that invited all her
fellers to come and see her the same evening, and only one of them got
there because he greased the log over the mill race, and all the rest of
them fell into the water.
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