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2 Cover by Aesthetic Soup, Shakopee, Minnesota AUTUMN DAYS Copyright 2015 Elva Hurst; Illustrations by Elva Hurst Published by Harvest House Publishers Eugene, Oregon Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hurst, Elva, author, illustrator. Autumn days / Elva Hurst. pages cm. (Farm life series) Summary: On a Mennonite farm at harvest time, every family member, including Elva, helps gather fruits and vegetables then pitches in to preserve the bounty, but much can happen between chores as Elva decides to teach herself to play her brother s guitar and Teacher plans a sleepover. Based on a true story. ISBN (pbk.) ISBN (ebook) [1. Farm life Pennsylvania Fiction. 2. Autumn Fiction. 3. Harvesting Fiction. 4. Mennonites Fiction. 5. Family life Pennsylvania Fiction. 6. Lancaster County (Pa.) Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.H95687Aut 2015 [Fic] dc All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America / VP-JH /

3 Thanks, Mom, for teaching me homemaking and food preservation skills. My husband and children, thank you too!

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5 Contents 1 The Stranger Trouble at School The Teacher and the Bachelor Autumn Leaves and Apple Treats Butchering Time My Musical Secret Glossary Recipes... 69

6 P These true stories recall my happy childhood days growing up in a large, loving Mennonite family. We lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in a community made up of many Amish and other Mennonite families who shared the big and small events of our lives.

7 Chapter One The Stranger The half-mile walk home from the one-room schoolhouse during the autumn was very pleasant. Usually I walked along the road with my siblings and classmates, but because the crops in the field across the road from the schoolhouse were harvested, my friend Linda, her sisters, and I decided to take the shortcut through the neighbor s field. 7

8 Autumn Days At the end of the field, a fence marked the boundary line between two farms. I said goodbye to Linda and her sisters as they ducked under the fence and slid down the bank and into their pasture. Waving goodbye, I watched them cross to the other side of the creek on a fallen log that made a natural bridge. I turned to the right to take the trail through the woods toward home. As I entered the woods, I remembered my summer s-end walk and the fears and worries I had about the new school year. But now, somehow, everything I had worried about had worked itself out. Funny how the woods had changed with the new season, and so too had my feelings 8

9 The Stranger about the summer days ending. Now I was glad for autumn days. Fallen leaves made a brightly colored path for my feet as I walked. When I took a deep breath, I noticed the smells of the woods had changed too. I followed the trail through the woods until it ended at the road by a bridge. I leaned over the rails of the bridge and watched the leaves float on the water, continue under the bridge, and disappear downstream. The leaves seemed to be in a race to reach the bridge first, and I hoped the red leaves would win. I knew better than to linger too long. There was work to be done at home. At school we were never assigned homework, and I was glad 9

10 Autumn Days for that so I could focus instead on what was happening at home. When I entered the yard, Jackie, our faithful German shepherd watchdog, began to bark viciously. I turned just in time to see a darkly clothed figure emerge cautiously from around the silo. I hurried to the house and called for Mom. My anxious voice brought her quickly to the door. I watched her face intently as she peered through the screen door. I suddenly felt afraid. Dad wasn t at home, and for many reasons I always felt safer when Dad was around. Jackie barked and pulled against her chain. The cats fled the porch as the stranger 10

11 The Stranger approached the house. Ach, Mom said in Pennsylvania Dutch, it s just the hobo! I d never seen a hobo before. Mom stepped out on the porch, invited the hobo to have a seat on the lawn chair, and offered to bring him something to eat. I watched as Mom warmed up leftovers and put them on an old tin plate she kept in the back corner of the cupboard just for hobos. He grunted thank-you when she handed him the meal and ate it as if he had not eaten for a while. He looked old and tired, and his black overcoat was tattered and fringed at the sleeves. I wasn t the only one watching the hobo. Our black house cat approached him cautiously, hoping for a share of the free meal. 11

12 Autumn Days When she reached up to his plate with her paw, the hobo roughly pushed her away. From inside the screen door, I watched and wondered what it would be like to be homeless. When the hobo finished his meal, he left the empty plate on the chair and returned to the barn to spend the night in the haymow. 12

13 The Stranger There used to be a lot of hobos around, Dad told us later during supper. Why, when you all were little, he said pointing at my older brothers, on chilly nights they d gather down in the quarry where they were shielded from the wind. There they kept themselves warm by huddling up close to a bonfire. When the weather got colder, they showed up at the farm regularly to help harvest the tobacco and spend the night in the warm tobacco-stripping room. I always made them hand over their matches first. I didn t want to take the chance of having a barn-fire mishap. In the summertime they were a handy help during haying time. They offered to work for food. 13

14 Autumn Days Dad went on to tell us about Sam King Cole, a boxcar hobo. Sam had come from the west and claimed to have traveled the world. He always had many tales to tell. Since backpacks had not been invented yet, the hobos put their belongings in a shirt, tied the shirt to a stick, and carried it over their shoulder as they walked the countryside. Shorty Schaefer was another local hobo. Even after the Social Security system had taken care of some of the homeless problem, Shorty continued in his old way of life. He lived and died a hobo. P That night I had a little trouble going to 14

15 The Stranger sleep. I was very comfortable in my bed. I was snug and warm under Mom s homemade quilts, but I wondered what it would be like to sleep in the hay. I figured it would itch. I wondered if the hobo had a blanket or if he covered himself with the hay. The next morning there was no sign of the hobo. I figured he must have gotten an early start and was on his way again, traveling the countryside from farm to farm. 15

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