20 THE COUSINS.

CHAPTER VIII.
COUNTRY PLEASURES.

Tun next morning’s sun rose as brightly as even
Farmer Nye could have desired, and long before
Mary and Charles were awake, he and his mea
were in the field cutting the grass with their long
seythes, and laying it down to dry. Charles was
quite vexed when he heard this from Mrs. Nye ;
but she comforted him by saying that they would
all come home to their dinners at twelve o’clock,
and that he could go with them when they re-
turned to their labours. Accordingly, while the
men were dining, Mrs. Nye came to see if the
children would like to go. They might ride to
the field, she said, in the empty cart, which was
going to bring back some hay that had been cured
already. ‘Mr. Nye,” she added, “will drive to