Mary kept reassuring me that she brought the birds to them after dark, so the townspeople wouldn’t see where they came from. Mary and my wife wanted to at least sell them some clothes for the babies, but the rest of the town might shun us too. The third day, as I was in the middle of making a rope, the smell started getting to me. Our town learned a hard lesson. The third day, as I was in the middle of making a rope, the smell started getting to me. She cried as she fell to the dirt. I have to admit I was impressed they could resist eating any eggs the first month, in their poor circumstances. When his son David was born, Rachel’s sister Dina carried him to meet the Friar, so the child could be baptized. After several terribly difficult years, Joseph had enough to get a used plow and another horse, all the way from Engleton.
