Geschichten vom Pionierleben, für junge Leser; . schlug eine Wurzel, und der Hamesstruck mich, dachte ich, es war ziemlich hart. Als der Boden fertig war, half ich dabei, den Dorn fallen zu lassen, und der Vater deckte ihn mit einer Hacke. Als Soonas der Mais aufkam, gab es Arbeit für alle Kinder. Wir müssen bei Tageslicht aufstehen und den ganzen Tag den Mais beobachten, um die Eichhörnchen und Krähen zu halten. Sie würden den jungen Mais hochziehen, um am Ende des Sprosses Thelittkorn zu bekommen. Wie das theywisse, war das kleine Getreide noch im Boden zu finden, kann ich nicht sagen; aber sie taten es sicherlich. Der einzige Weg, den wir ihnen fernhalten mussten, war ein Laufbauch

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Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . struck a root, and the hamesstruck me, I thought it was pretty hard. When the ground was ready I helped drop thecorn and father covered it with a hoe. As soonas the corn began to come up, there was workfor all the children. We must get up at day-light and watch the corn all day to keep awaythe squirrels and crows. They would pull up the young corn to get thelittle grain at the end of the sprout. How theyknew the little grain was still to be found in theground, I cannot tell; but they surely did. The only way we had to keep them off was byrunning and making as much noise as we could.We would beat on old tin pans, and halloo atthe top of our voices. My good dog Rover aidedme much with his barking. Several years later til Stories of Pioneer Life. I owned a shot-gun and this served my purposebetter. After the grain in the ground was gone, thewatching was over for a time. When the newgrains began to grow on the cob, war began oncemore. The crows again came for the corn, and we children had. to frighten themaway. You seenow how peoplecame to have a scare crow inthe field. The mosquitoesthat came aboutthe cornfield at thistime were very an-noying to us. Wehad to build firesto keep them away.As you may believe, this work in the cornfieldwas neither easy nor pleasant for us, but howglad we were when the roasting ears came !Perhaps we enjoyed them all the more, becausewe had worked so hard to protect them. A SCARECROW. Grandfathers Story. 113 V. AFTER THE HARVEST. After our corn was ripe and gathered in, wehad another kind of party called a corn husk-ing. All the neighbors for miles around wereinvited to help. Great was the frolic and greatthe fun at such times. The men and boys were divided into sides with captains at the head. Each side workedwith might and main to husk more corn than theother side. The captain of the winning side was oftencarried about on the shoulders of his men, amidgreat shouting from the winners. After the

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