usement in the
family circle by writing her instructions in blue pencil on the front of
the ash bin. These were: "Strew two shuffefuls of ashes into the volt,
but don't spill two shuffefuls onto the floor. By order of the Gurl who
has to sweap up." This order was emphatically approved of by those
fastidious ones who didn't have to "sweep up."

This closet opened off the woodshed, and besides being snugly
weatherproof in itself, was sheltered on one side by the shed and on
another by a high board fence. The other two sides were screened from
observation by lattice work, outside of which evergreens were planted to
give added seclusion and shade. A ventilator in the roof and two sunny
little windows, screened at will from within by tiny Venetian shutters,
gave ample light and currents of fresh air. For winter use, the rector's
wife and daughters made "hooked" mats for floor and for foot support.
These were hung up every night in the shed to air and put back first
thing in the morning. For the greater protection and comfort of
invalids, an old-fashioned foot warmer, with a handle like a basket, was
always at hand ready to be filled with live coals and carried out.

The little place was always kept as exquisitely clean as the dainty,
old-fashioned drawing room, and so vigilant was the overseeing care
bestowed on every detail, that the most delicate and acute sense of
smell could not detect the slightest abiding unpleasant odor. The paper
bag was frequently changed, and every night the accumulated contents
were burned; out of doors in the summer, and in the kitchen stove--after
a strong draught had been secured--in the winter.

At stated times the deodorized mass of solid increment--in which there
was not or ought not to have been any refuse paper to add useless
bulk--was spaded, through the trap door, out of the box in the upper
part of the vault, into a wheelbarrow, thrown upon the garden soil, and
thoroughly incorporated with it. In this cleansing out process there was
little to offend, so well had the ashes done their concealing
deodorizing work.

In using this modified form of Moule's invention, it is not necessary to
dig a deep vault. The rector, given to forecasting, thought that some
day his property might be bought by those who preferred the old style,
but his brother, the doctor, not troubling about what might be, simply
fitted his well made, four feet deep box, with its trap door, into a
smoothly dug hole that