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

BY HENRY DICK.

tiOn to the rule; but then, Sne was Iue
fortunate possessor of grandmother
who could tell the most charming sto-
ries in the world. Of these Annie's
favorite was a really, truly, live story
that had happened to grandmother
herself when she was little girl. An
ME called it the Lydia Tree Story
and twice year, for few days at
Christmas and for a good long time
in summer, when she went to visit her
grandmother, they began at once with
poor Lydia.
Haven't heard anything from Lydia
Tree yet, have you, grandmother!
Annie would call from the carriage
door.
And grandmother always shook her
head and smiled, it seemed a little
sadly, as she said Nothing yet, my
dear"
This was the story:
When grandmother was little bit
Of a girl she did not have as many
playthings as little girls have now,
and the few she had were so plain and
homemade that the children of to-day
would consider them very poor affairs
indeed; but to grandmother they were
simply beautiful. never having
dreamed of anything any finer than
her simple toys, it never occurred to
her that they could be thought ugly
or ridiculous.
Grandmother lived on large fran
not far from the city of Boston. AS
she was the only little girl in the fam
lily, she was greatly petted by every
one. In the long winter evenings,
when there was little to do. some o.
the farm hands who were clever with
their pen-knives used to employ their
skill in whiting out toys for grand
mother.
Sometimes they were rough block
houses that came apart, which you
fitted together puzzle fashion. Some
times they were curious trick boxes
made of countless small pieces fwood,
which only those who were admitted
to the secret could open. Sometimes
:, .l.;n. -,,do of
tney were "oouIn - ,'ao, omt frorn
9inal itnaS a..:. ae naod which Grand.
mother thought made beautiful neck
laces. Poor grandmother! You see
this was long ago and she didn't know
an9 oe,'e . ,,;o, bod CHM
~, ,,..,o Lo,rt With r.nturo
piS niieu ne, $500 White
"as-"hae uo you suppose ,na, =,
Dlrcn uoii. 0an 'ou any
tnlns ,,..
lts nead was maui u. q ,hno. ~ -
olrcn Gooa upon n,en y .,ailas,
me! mouth nao neen ps,tn Wa
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l.I,ss =. III ,,Sma aai;co drass slike
an. az .nnhanaat Tic slecves were
e+,,fred with rags for arms. and it had
80 ,,..,. .,ooo. 80 Wood for hands
W. W.. ~ =. ho5 none. bnt then its dress
20 ,,o.,, Io,a ond grandmother never
s "ae -. e'
n,a'eu .ue' 80 ,,..,o ~,u,, ,,ho ore
Illus ~ mu'e - w .uan, ~ ,,n ~ ;,+e rood Grand
inlenueu ~ e.0" a..S,hous, ~ - 5oortc
t moln'.S uas sua. o. Whan The beantiful
.iy ,Nr ..os .n n;,.on ~ arondmotbar she
~ - y. 80 u.s,hont I'D and simnlv
sooI. down an tbe floor and bupred it
s 90 ~ .n,om hroos+ with ranture
o,,,o,.
"ntGn .iJaina,t nate ,on u word of thanks to
.,,,a Iohn nv ooor9n said grand
o,othar,. f,,bor He wished his little
aorah+or ~ CROW nm well-mannered
e'.s 49, - ho rroratefuI Grand
r,othor s;nnlv could not sneak; but
che locked at John with such beaming
evos that he understood.
"rbat,s oil right little 'un," he
sa;d &C he pove her brown hand a pat.
Iobn must have had a rrandnother's
bonrt
10 S.oso.,o. doos NOT renomber
~. ~ SoII oor,a ~ be co,led lydia
Traa. hut Iydi, Tree she was from
49, erSt Tever-until tbe terrible
dav which we are coming to-was
grandmother separated from Lydia
Too dav or night From that day she
forgot to he lonely or TO feel sorry that
+boro wera no little girls with whom
che could NAV lydia Tree filled all
tbe emnty nlocss in her heart.
what secrets thew shared! What
nIans thew made, And they played
together 40 bappiIy! Lydia Tree was
olwavs thinking of new games-that
ic grandmother Drstcnded that it was
80 IT, ,bo Thought of them
O. 5aH :, tho oorIv eunomer II ham
.. 49,, -
peheu 1nat ',e-e na' s - - ~
motA ~ De ..,a.Lon uon. So -n,s told -
olnei, s.. sU 49, a.d m ont .nd n,ov
s'1', -, ~, -. - ,rhouo .hov ,.oridn,+
-, 49, a.. n'.aoa :, o ,,anIo,r footn
Co ihov went ont and sat beside the
,ouso h,oo,, &C II wos called for if
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