Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration] When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine BY C. A. STEPHENS [Illustration] PUBLISHED BY THE YOUTH'S COMPANION BOSTON, MASS. _Copyright_, 1912 BY C. A. STEPHENS _All rights reserved_ _Electrotyped and Printed by THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A._ DEDICATED WITH CORDIAL BEST WISHES TO THE MANY Readers of the Youth's Companion WHO HAVE SO KINDLY REMEMBERED US AT THE OLD SQUIRE'S FARM Contents CHAPTER PAGE THE FARM ON THE PENNESSEEWASSEE 1 I. A NOSE IN COMMON 5 II. WHITE SUNDAY 13 III. MONDAY AT THE OLD FARM 28 IV. OUR FIRST JERSEY COW 47 V. SHEEP-WASHING--ADDISON'S NOVEL WATER-WARMER 57 VI. THE VERMIFUGE BOTTLE 72 VII. IMMERSING THE LAMBS 94 VIII. "OLD THREE-LEGS" 106 IX. HOMESICK AGAIN. BLUE, OH, SO BLUE 119 X. MUG-BREAD, PONES AND JOHNNY-REB TOAST 128 XI. THE BIRDS AND BIRD-SONGS AT THE OLD FARM 136 XII. TWO VERY EARLY CALLERS--EACH ON BUSINESS 153 XIII. WE ALL SET OFF TO HAVE OUR PICTURES TAKEN 166 XIV. "THERE IS A MAN IN ENGLAND, NAMED DARWIN" 176 XV. A WET FOURTH OF JULY, WITH A GOOD DEAL OF HUMAN NATURE IN IT 187 XVI. WOOD-CHUCKS IN THE CLOVER--ADDISON'S STRATAGEM 208 XVII. HAYING TIME 218 XVIII. APPLE-HOARDS 227 XIX. DOG DAYS, GRAIN HARVEST, AND A TRULY LUCRETIAN TEMPEST 247 XX. CEDAR BROOMS AND A NOBLE STRING OF TROUT 255 XXI. TOM'S FORT 268 XXII. HIGH TIMES 286 XXIII. THE THRASHERS COME 297 XXIV. GOING TO THE CATTLE SHOW 308 XXV. THE WILD ROSE SWEETING 321 XXVI. THE OLD SQUIRE ALLOWS US FOUR DAYS FOR CAMPING OUT 329 XXVII. AT THE OLD SLAVE'S FARM 340 XXVIII. THE OLD SQUIRE'S PANTHER STORY 384