88 THE SILVER LAKE STORIES.

- Their mother soon entered the room
with little Belle, to whom she had been
teaching a hymn, and the children
called out,

“Mamma, where has papa gone this
morning ?”

“He has gone across to old David
Anderson’s cottage,” answered Mrs.
Playford. “We have been fearing,”
she continued, “that the old people
were completely snowed under, as we
see no smoke rising from their chim-
ney, and you know old David is laid
up with the rheumatism.” 7

“Why did papa take the snow
shovel ?”