Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-09
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sold trunks of them to the people and
made as much money as some OF the
hotel men"
..Thsn We can make mshey. too.
said Helen, eagerly reaching for
beautiful specimen that Was belas
carried away By the waters, reaching
until suddenly her foot slipped and
with a splash she fell into 'he water
This will do for today" said Ame-
liza, laughing as she helped her sister
TO arise.
ITS too bad that we didn't ,hlhk
OF IL before" said Helen as they Walk
ed back TO the house: /, Is Ions
time TO next summer.
why not make up lot and try 10
sell them at the holiday season.: ask
ed Amelia. perhaps Ne could 90
something then. even II II was not
very much"
There were cards TO be bought;
beautiful shells TO be selected; and
quantities OF ribbon OF numerous dell
cate shades TO be purchased: and 10
attend TO these matters and certain
other details OF the proposed venture
Amelia started for Boston bright and
early one morning. taking the earliest
train. She had laid her plans very
carefully. allowing so much 1ime Tor
this and that errand. and had intend
cd to take the three o'clock irasn Tor
home: quickly the hours paS'cd. how
ever. and IL was not Till nearly six that
the last item vas attended 10. Weary
and loaded down with a dozen or more
packages. Amelia at las; reached
home. and never had home seemed
more to be desired.
Meanwhile the MOSES which they
had collected remained In dish
OF sea water and when they began to
work on them the following day they
wcF. as fresh as when frSt dipped
from the sea. The work OF transfer
rim. the MOSES to the cards was n
delicate operation and one requiring
considerable skin. the more the
better. Perhaps Il will be interesting
to know how the work was done.
First OF all a shallow dish contain
Ing quantity OF clear sea water was
placed upon the table. Into this wa
ter they dropped one Of the pieces OF
moss. and instantly the most minute
thread OF tho moss would take grace
tul curves. displaying every hbre and
part. Beneath this floating mass the
girls would now place one OF their
cards. disturbing the water rs little rs
possible. Now they would gradually
bring the card to the surface OF the
water. permitting the water to fall
away from the card until the piece OF
moss was left In prcciJely The same
position that 1; had. In the water.
though ut that stage OF the work II
would not so appear. This card along
with other similar ones would now bo
placed between great sheets OF blot
ting paper and n heavy weight placed
above. Permitting the cards to stand
thus for n day and night, all tho
moisture would be absorbed by the
blotting paper, leaving the moss Arm
ly adhcrIng 10 the card with every
line Us distinct and beautiful as when
first 1t had been seen floating among
the rocks by the sea.
Day after day for two months the
work was carried on with diligence.
and each day the girls seemed to learn
something new about the work. for
the results Of their labor became more
and more gratifying as the time
passed.
They made some of the MOSES into
little books OF a dozen pages or more:
some specially large and fine ones
we're placed upon fine panel-cards:
while still Others were placed as leaves
between scallop-shells. and larger, ex-
pensive shells brought from the East
Indies and other foreign countries:
they made photograph frames. beauti-
full blotters, In fact almost anything
that would look beautiful they made
from time to time
AS the fall advanced the girls se-
cured other varieties. each season
bringing different kinds in turn.
All of these mosses Of course had
botanical names. some OF them almost,
II not quite. unprOnounceable Ame-
liza suggested that they learn them and
write the correct one under each va
riety. The undertaking appeared SO
great, for there seemed no end to the
species which they had pressed, that
Helen. half Joking suggested that
they think up some long names and
let 1t go at that. saying that no one
would know the difference, save posi-.
bly, one who had made a study of sea,
MOSES.
But that would not be right" sale
Amelia, smiling at Helen's easy way
of disposing Of the difficulty. land be
Sides" she added there will be S,
much satisfaction in knowing that nj
one can find fault with our work, In
going to consult some authority an,
get the right names, or there will no
be any names appear al all. Am
not right. Helen, dear?"
Yes. guess that is the right wa,
too look at the matter" said Helen
slowly, but if you do hunt them II,