58 LUCY AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

Robert and Eben. Lucy could see that Eben
had a long switch in his hand, and Robert had
an axe over his shoulder.

“ There gre Robert and Eben,” said Lucy, “1
verily believe.”

* Yes,” said Comfort, “they are driving home
the cows.”

“ So they are,” replied Lucy ; “ but Robert has
got an axe on his shoulder. What has he been
doing with his axe, I wonder ?”

«QO, I suppose,” replied Comfort, “ that he has
been at work upon his clearing this afternoon ;
and so, after he had done his work, he went and
got the cows.”

The road in which the cows were coming, Jed
down through a valley, and it looked like a very
pleasant road indeed. Lucy asked Comfort
where it led to, and she said it led up to the
pasture. Then she asked Comfort what she
meant by Robert’s clearing; and Comfort told
her that Robert was clearing a piece of land
somewhere up the road, but that she did not
know exactly where it was, or what sort of a
place it was.

“JT mean to go down and ask Robert where
his clearing is,” said Lucy.