...After supper he seemed to forgut his loss, till lie lay down on tho floor at night, and there was tho vacant spot again, and his little heart flowed over...closely every wagon that came in sight, and deciding fron the appearance of the driver and the horses, more often from the latter, whether they ' would...

.... wma the vacant spot again, and his little heart flowed over with • FIRST TRIAL AS FARMERS. 253 grief. Just so again when he awoke in the morning,...all directions, scanning closely every wagon that runic in sight, and deciding from the appearance of the driver and the horses, more often from the...

...Society. It met with the cordial approbation of all present, and several promised to take children. . . . Monday morning the boys held themselves in readiness...receive applications from the farmers. They would watch in all directions, scanning closely every wagon that came in sight, and deciding from the appearance...

...Society. It met with the cordial approbation of all present, and several promised to take children Monday morning the boys held themselves in readiness to receive applications from the farmers There was a rivalry among the boys to see which first could get a home in the country, and before Saturday...

...prospective frontier farm families. Charles Loring Brace in 1872 wrote of how the children "would rather watch at all directions, scanning closely every wagon...latter, whether they 'would go in for that farmer.' The debate over which children should be cared for in foster-institutional placements and which children...

...proceedings. And by his account, the children were as resigned to George's disappearance as he was: "Monday morning the boys held themselves in readiness...latter, whether they 'would go in for that farmer."'" Smith seems to have occupied himself that day exclusively with interviewing prospective "parents" and...