Winter Fun

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Stoddard William Osborn. Winter Fun

CHAPTER I. ALL AROUND A FIREPLACE

CHAPTER II. RIGHT OUT INTO THE WOODS

CHAPTER III. THE RABBIT-HUNT

CHAPTER IV. WINTER COMFORT

CHAPTER V. A WINTER PICNIC-PARTY

CHAPTER VI. THE DONATION-PARTY

CHAPTER VII. THE WORD-BATTLE AT COBBLEVILLE

CHAPTER VIII. AN OLD-FASHIONED SNOW

CHAPTER IX. GRAND COASTING

CHAPTER X. THE DEER-HUNT ON THE CRUST

CHAPTER XI. ON THE ICE

CHAPTER XII. A VERY EXCITING WINTER EVENING

CHAPTER XIII. A FIRESIDE STORY

CHAPTER XIV. THE BEAR-TRAP

CHAPTER XV. THE NEW CHESSMEN

CHAPTER XVI. WINTER FLOWERS AND THE PARTY

CHAPTER XVII. THE SNOW-FORT

CHAPTER XVIII. THE SUGAR-BUSH AND THE BEAR

CHAPTER XIX. THE FLOOD AND THE END

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Vosh Stebbins hurried away from Deacon Farnham's pretty soon after supper, but he had made no sort of mistake in staying that long. He had understood his duty to his mother precisely, and he had done it to her entire satisfaction. Almost her first words, after his return home, were, —

"Made ye stay to tea, did they? Well, I wouldn't have had ye not to stay, for any thing. Susie's fetched along her brother with her, has she? Now, jest you sit right down, and tell me; and I won't say one word till you git through, and I want to know."

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"You'll do!" shouted her uncle from behind the sleigh. "That's first-rate. I'll hire you to team it for me all the rest of the winter. – Boys, you'd better put down your guns. Lay them flat, and don't step on 'em."

Porter Hudson had stuck to his gun manfully from the moment it was handed him. He had carried it over his shoulder, slanting it a little across towards the other shoulder. He had seen whole regiments of city soldiers do that, and so he knew it was the correct way to carry a gun. He was now quite willing, however, to imitate Corry, and put his weapon down flat on the bottom of the sleigh. The gun would be safe there; and, besides, he had been watching Vosh Stebbins, and listening, and he had an idea it was time he should show what he knew about oxen. They were plodding along very well, and Susie was letting them alone at the moment.

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