caught the flu and developed a sore back, which kept bothering her. The doctor discovered that she had a bone in her back that was not developing properly. Consequently, she was forced to sleep on boards for six weeks before being put in a body cast for four-and-a-half months. Eventually, she recovered from this ordeal, and was able to live a normal life again. Unfortunately, Mary had missed so much time because of illness, that she did not return to school. Instead, she stayed home, and looked after the younger children, so that her parents could go to work in the fish factory to help supplement their small income. Like all children, their family caused a few headaches at times, too. One winter, there were high snow-drifts in the yard, and Mary and Elva, the two oldest daughters, were given the task of shovelling a path to the barnyard. Mary had just received a new pair of glasses and was very proud of them. Somehow, Mary got in the way of Elva's shovel and she was cut over her eyebrow and her glasses were broken. This was a severe hardship for this family. They already had to make sacrifices to buy the first pair, and now they had to find money for a second pair. Johnnie like to test his mother's patience. Once, they were out coasting, and they had been warned not to climb on to the buildings. There had been mountains of snow that winter, and the roofs were easily accessible. So, Johnnie climbed up to the very highest peak of the barn, and was just mounting his sleigh when his mother appeared, thus averting a serious accident. There was no more coasting that day. Johnnie seemed to be in the spotlight on more than one occasion. One time, his mother and Anne were papering the room. In those days, the paper was not pre-pasted; so, they had a large pot of paste nearby. Johnnie was fooling around, and he fell head-first into the paste, causing some commotion in the household for awhile. It was not all work and no play in this household. Pat was quite 23