...the boys with a paternal hurrah, each having an axe, himself the most vigorous hewer in the lot. " How the axes rung, and the chips flew, and the jokes...then came the great work of wheeling in and piling " The apple peeling season in Autumn required all hands in the home. The work was done in the kitchen,...

...considering the immense quantity required in that climate to keep an old windy castle of a house comfortable, How the axes rung, and the chips flew, and the jokes...; and then I, sole little girl among so many boys, M'as sucked into the vortex of enthusiasm by father's well-pointed declaration that he ' wished Harriet...

...considering the immense quantity required in that climate to keep an old windy castle of a house comfortable. How the axes rung, and the chips flew, and the jokes...was sucked into the vortex of enthusiasm by father's well -pointed declaration that he ' wished Harriet was a boy, she would do more than any of them.'...

...considering the immense quantity required in that climate to keep an old windy castle of a house comfortable. How the axes rung, and the chips flew, and the jokes...was sucked into the vortex of enthusiasm by father's well -pointed declaration that he ' wished Harriet was a boy, she would do more than any of them.'...

...miracle of generalship was needed to get the immense pile finished. The axes rung, the chips flew, jokes and stories flew faster ; and when all was cut and split, thencame the great work of wheeling in and piling, and all the young children were sucked into the...

...considering the immense quantity required in that climate to keep an old windy castle of a house comfortable. How the axes rung, and the chips flew, and the jokes...than any of them.' "I remember putting on a little Wack coat which I thought looked more like the boys, casting needle and thread to the wind, and working...

...winter weather. The axes would ring and the chips fly; but jokes and stories would fly faster till all was cut and split. Then came the great work of wheeling in and piling." Harriet would work like one possessed, sucked into the vortex of enthusiasm by her father's remarking,...

...winter weather. The axes would ring and the chips fly; the jokes and stories would fly faster, till all was cut and split. Then came the great work of wheeling in and piling." Harriet would work like one possessed, sucked into the vortex of enthusiasm by4her father's remarking,...

...other adventures with her father. Although she wasn't allowed to chop wood, she could pile it up and was "sucked into the vortex of enthusiasm by father's...Harriet was a boy, she would do more than any of them.' " Interestingly, Isabella included in her indictment of her education the physical, as well as mental,...