Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-06-12

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Ihllng a bunch of clappers made of
Isreeds, which were supposed to repre-
Eseht the voice of the doll.
.:I do not think that the little girl
fads these strange dolls very beauti-
I|sff:ll said their guide laughing. "In
one emoment will show you some that
YOU will admire more. for they have
come from the city of Paris. But first
fIWill show you n quaint doll from
your own America. She is not very
beautiful, either"
AS they walked on, Annie's mother
.stopped a moment to examine some OBJ
Eject that had attracted her eye. She
was startled by cry Of Mother,
mother, mother! Oh, do come here!"
She found Annie dancing up and
down in excitement, waving something
about, to the great astonishment OF
their new friend.
ttIts Lydia Tree, / know it is, l
know it isl" cried Annie, nearly in
tears.
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Elar the outlandish looking doll baby
answered grandmothers careful de-
There was the knotted
wooden head with tne yellow paint
ISfeatures; the blue calico dress and
slnbonnet, the yellow silk braids, the
l(Iegless body. Annie's mother was
NEARLY as excited as her little daugh-
ter. With few words Of explanation
she asked permission to take off the
l5sunb6nnet. She had suddenly remem-
lsbered2a a part of the story that Annie
had forgotten. If this really were the
lsiong-lost Lydia Tree, her name would
lbe found cut in the back Of her head
where John had carved it so many
Years before; and there it was! The
cnrator was very much amused and in
| sterested but of course Lydia Tree had
lto be returned to her shelf for the
time being, as she was part Of the
coIlection.
II do not know just how it was man
aged, but the curator and Annie's
flasher laid their heads together and
managed it; but first one of the Am
sterdam papers published long &C
tscount of the Travelled Miss Trees"
life and adventures. Annie could not
read it, to be sure. as it was all in
lDutch, but the paper is one of her
most, treasured possessions today. 1t
EteIis how Miss Tree had been sent to
1.-the fair by the granddaughter of 4
Iiiong dead Dutch sea captain, who had
bought the queer doll from one Of his
EsaiIors, presumably the very man who
tshad robbed grandmother Of Miss Tree.
.sS<At all events Lydia Tree crossed the
| Atlantic once more in Annie's own
tsunk. After landing in New York
Ethey went almost Immediately to pay
\ grandmother a visit You can imag-
Line how excited Annie was when, al
Ismost tumbling out of the carriage in
ISher eagerness, she asked the old ques-
ton:
Haven,t heard anything from Lydia
jS5Tsree yet, have, You, grandmother" s.
Nothing yeti my dear said grand
mother ~ sis
eked Annie and:
SsaTiiis ID 4 rec l5efore grandnioth-
Eer,s amazed eyes, she threw herself
linto her arms:
1t was certainly complete sur
prise; and when, after happy day.
annie came to grandmother for her
goodnight kiss, she received one OF
even more than usual tenderness. ut
was the most beautiful present I ever
received in my life" she said.
!. For many years asterward Lydia
Tree, after her stormy and adyentur-
GUS life, passed her time sitting In
low chair beside grandmotbers bed.
Grandmother's glance was some"
times little dimmed when she looked
at the old companion of her childhood.
So many things had happened while
Lydia Tree was on her travels
| Youths Companion.