He hunted about till he discovered a hay-rake with a long handle.
Then—suddenly—into her rhapsody broke the astonishing, harsh clash and clatter of a hay-rake.
"But Baxter can't mend a gun or a hay-rake, or a pump, to save his life," I said.
The next day, John hitched Daisy to the hay-rake and drove it up and down the field, raking the hay into long windrows.
Not one was touched, but an old farmer shook a hay-rake at the boys.