82 THE COUSINS.

a peep at the chickens, and saw Mrs. Nye feed
them. This Mrs. Nye was avery good-natured
woman, and, sceing that the children liked their
ramble, she took them to the saw-mill, which was
then at work. There she showed them the wheel
which, in turning, moved the saws up and down;
and greatly surprised they were to see how quickly
those saws would make their way through boards
more than an inch thick. Farmer Nye was at
the mill himself, and he answered all Charley’s
questions, and laughed heartily at some of
them.

““T mean to come back here to-morrow,” said
Charley.

“Then, my little man, you will have it all to
yourself, for I shall not be here myself to-mor-
row.”

“Where are you going?” asked the little boy,
who had already made himself quite at home.

“Tf the sun shines I shall be in the hay-field.
Did you never hear ‘make hay when the ‘sun
shines ??”

“Yes; and may I go there too? I should like
to go to the hay-field.”