The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01
QUEEN LOG.
NEa4,a aa a Niece ssary Ingredient for Sand
witch.

NTan9 sss a Nee essary Ingredient for Sand
witch.
Ours was purely petticoat party, that
summer, at Grab Falls. Now and then
al auckland turned up to spend Sunday;
aluG 60 Che eight of us who had no hus-
ThAnds these arrivals imported nothing,
aaYd for the rest of the time the compost
E1on of the household was exclusively
feminine, except for sundry babies in
Kmickexbockers, who did not count. Do
E1oe however think of us as miserable.
a. stray man OR two would have been
welcomed, but, since they came not, we
amused ourselves very we'll without
filen1. Our resources were various.
Some OF the girls sketched one or two
gyain&ed. Carpathia May had hobby
gSar botany, and pursued it in such
u7EeEty fresh-hower way that we all more
or less followed her lead. Alice Weir
eEad Marian Berkeley prOfessed trout
fislling. They went off by themselves
for whole days, and were real experts,
Swinging home baskets of the speckled
e1aUIings which would have done credit
60 experienced anglers Then there
wag dear little Annie Tinkham, who read
aloud in voice like a trained brooklet,
ss5f2I VSsS AOFOA WOoL VI AC0NAAhs5s IAAOO-
sgssG31er there was no lack of occupations,
~auad we enjoyed ourselves very well, in
ssss9SS Of an occasional malcontent sigh
ssaG Ehoaght of what might have been had
fate been little kinder.
&C We are all nice, you know" re-
marked Esther White, in an exasperated
moment very nice indeed but, after
sag&, it's adj one taste. One does like
something different at times. 1t is as
szauiahing what a very little bit of ham
9areadoand batter"
SeOh, Essie Shocking!" But some
Of us privately agreed with her.
F1na brilliant morning In late August,
we, the unattached eight, agreed TO lay
abide all private pursuits and combine
for picnic. How well remember it
,aZEthe hot climb uphill, and the de-
lxightfui spice smell of the pine woods as
xsse passed into their shadow Itseemed
u different zone, all GOODNESS and fra
GRANGE, with winds making vibrant muir
x1zxtrs overhead, and underfoot melOdious
Ezxsting, unlike other wood rustlings;
echoes, perhaps, of that secret, half re-
gyeaied and half withheld, which pine
NEoa5s hold and which to 1mpressionable
people is such perpetual fascination. It
wss infinitely refreshing after the out
esiCss heat and glare, and we flung our
selves on the cushiony needles with signs
ut pleasure and relief.
* What a dear place this isl" said
AEiCe4 81 am never tired of it. ;"
* Why don't we come here oftener-
every day 2" asked Rosa May, gushingly
<fWell, / can hardly say. There are
other things to be considered. Duties
-aketching, for example, There's
glo6hipg to sketch here, you know"
SfAnd trout, put in one of the trout
z&g girls. "There's nothing to catch
sleEes you know"
elm not sure of that" retorted
Slice. "Piny brook is pretty swift,
ald &alnbles good deal, confess; but
fi1ere ere pools below which might hold
szouG I'm going to take look at them
1sy and by.
& 1t must take trout of strong con-
gf7eution to swim III Piny brook, OBJ
served Carpathia. CT should think
he'd be bruised black and blue in five
AninEI5es."
So he would in the rapids; but be-
Gaw It is not SO bad. I never heard of
any there, to be sure, but there may
lla-"
g Much hangeth on a maybe.
quoted Sarah Stanley.
Here L lost the thread of the CONVEX
sutton. The pine needles were elastic
aEsG1 soft as a mattress, was weary with
ekke walk and the heat, the light tanning
wind iulied me unconsciously, and fell
asleep. Certain soft touches aroused
me- and q tickling in my ear. sieepily
rsEE4led and half sat up, but a hand
1glrossed me down, and laughing voice
ssaId=-
&C Oh, lie still little longer. We've
xuade you into log-such lovely log !