noon
So the heaviest of the household work fell to Shenac . They had not a large dairy , and never could have again ; for the greater part of their pasture and mowing land lay on the wrong side of the high cedar fence so hotly resented by the children . But the three cows which they had were her peculiar care . She milked them morning and evening , and , when the days were longest , at noon too ; and though her mother prepared the dishes for the milk and skimmed the cream , Shenac always made the butter , because churning needed strength as well as skill ; and oftener than otherwise it was done before she called her brothers in the morning . Much may be accomplished in a short time by a quick eye and a ready hand , and Shenac had both . The minutes after meal-time which her brothers took for rest , or for lingering about to talk together , she filled with the numberless items of household work which seem little in the doing , but which being left undone bring all things into disorder . When any number of persons are brought together in circumstances where decision and action become necessary , the leadership will naturally fall on the one among them who is best fitted by natural gifts or acquired knowledge to assume responsibility .