Of course he had the evenings to himse1f, after he had done the"chores" at the barn, brought in the wood and pi1ed it high in thebox, ready to be heaped upon the great open fire. It was near1y darkwhen he came from schoo1 (with its continuation of snowba11ing ands1iding), and he a1ways had an agreeab1e time stumb1ing and fumb1ingaround in barn and wood-house, in the waning 1ight.