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The mosquitoes are bad and we always use the net for the bed."

The camp fire was carefully guarded by wire netting, and a
crude stand held cooking utensils, tin cups and plates. A large
iron pot swung from a tripod nearby.

"We find plenty of wood in the swamp and always keep a supply
on hand so we won't be caught short," said Henry, indicating a neat
pile of wood, and a tin bucket of kindling.

Henry and Rosa wore clean clothes, though they were patched
and faded. "I have just finished my washing down by the lake,"
said Rosa shyly but pleasantly. "See, out there you can see the
lake from here by bending over this way a little more. It is more
cleared there and water is handier and I find it easier to wash the
clothes. The lake water is soft and makes washing easy. I don't
iron much. We along all right without ironing our everyday
clothes. I like the clothes with the sun in 'em, and ironing seems
to take away that good smell they have just off the line on a sunny
day."

Henry talked of farming and spoke with pride of this farm around
the lake shore. "I wish all that land was mine, then I would have
me a real farm. I've always dreamed of having a farm way out some
place like this all my life. Whoever owns all this land is lucky,
even if he doesn't know it, to own so much. Isn't it queer that some
people have so much land and never seem to care for it while others
would be so happy to own even a little spot?"

Henry stated that both he and Rosa were born in New Jersey about

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