"Some people laughed at what he said, especially when Christmas came and went, and so far we'd had precious little of cold.

But it's come along at last, and from all reports some of the most dreadful weather ever known is happening away out in the Northwest right now." "And how does the old blacksmith get his ideas--from Nature, you said, I believe, Thad ?" "He studies the bark on the trees; the way the squirrels store the nuts away; and how the caterpillars weave their cocoons.

Oh! he has a hundred different signs that he depends on before making up his mind.

I used to laugh when I heard him talking about it, but since I've grown older I've decided that there may be a whole lot in that sort of weather prediction." "I incline that same way," agreed Hugh.

"Many of the little animals of the woods are given a wonderful instinct that enables them to know what to expect.