My uncle and Purvis were busy with the chopping and we were out of flour and meal.

It took a lot of them to keep the axes going.

So I filled two sacks with corn and two with wheat and put them into the box wagon, for the ground was bare, and hitched up my horses and set out.

Aunt Deel took a careful look at the main hitches and gave me many a caution before I drove away.

She said it was a shame that I had to be "Grimshawed" into a man's work at my age.
But I was elated by my feeling of responsibility.