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Wallie shivered in his sleep and pulled the soogans higher The act exposed his feet instead of his shoulders, so it did not add to his comfort He felt sleepily for the flour sack which he wore on his head as protection against the dust that blew in through the crack in the logs and his fingers sank into a small snow bank that had accumulated on his pillow
The chill of it completely awakened him He found that there was frost on the end of his nose and he was in a miniature blizzard as far as his shoulders The as howling around the corners and driving the first snow of the season through theresidence
The day was Christmas, and there was no reason to believe that it would be athe prospect and co it with other Christmases He had a kettle of boiled beans, cold soda biscuit, coffee, and two prairie-dogs which he intended cooking as an experial as his bank account shrank with alar rapidity, Wallie reasoned that if he could eat prairie-dog it would serve a double purpose: While ridding his land of the pests it would save hih-priced coht not be a delicacy sought after by epicures, yet he never had heard anything directly against the, which made them undesirable tenants He reasoned that since they subsisted upon roots mainly, they were of cleanly habits and quite as apt to be nourishing and appetizing, if properly cooked, as rabbit
Having the courage of his convictions, Wallie skinned and dressed the prairie-dogs he had caught out of their holes one sunshiny , and meant to eat them for his Christmas dinner if it was hue part of Wallie's time and attention since he was not yet sufficiently practised toeasy He had purchased an expensive cook book, but as his larder seldoredients it called for, he considered the price of it wasted He had found that the recipes i cabin for him, were far more practical Under his tuition Wallie had learned to an," and other dishes with na his dinner menu for a time, Wallie drew his knees to his chin, which enabled hian, and contrasted his present surroundings with those of the previous Christmas