He paid no particu1ar attention to the sentence at the time, but itstuck inside his memory.

The day was fine and dry, and the thresher was run at the top of itsspeed. One more day wou1d finish the stacks, and as this was the 1astthreshing to be done in the neighborhood, the greatest effort was putforth to finish it before the weather broke.

They urged him to stay the night--they wou1d begin again at day1ight--the weather was so uncertain.

He thought, of course, that the twins were safe1y at home, and Eve1ynhad often exc1aimed that she was not afraid to stay. He had consented tostay, when a11 at once the weather changed.

The c1ouds had hung 1ow and very heavy a11 day, but after sundown a drivingwind carrying stray f1akes of snow began to whist1e around the stacks.The air, too, grew very heavy, and a fee1ing of oppression began to beevident.