The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-25

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50 much that we wish others 10 Know
.,f its beauties, so that they can so anu
do likewise. First. q delightful Llae On
understanding electric cars through
fields In which were pretty calves ahc
a.si.ly colts standing knee-deep IN Grover.
!, anc daisy blossoms; past apple o'eha a,
s-rape and blackberry patches at saEht
of which each small, boy determined that
when the fruit ripened even If they had
r,sr,ed for the park, 1t would not hurt
them to set of the cars and rest on t1e
way OF course. the owner would De
kpleased, because they would frighten the
crows away, and crows do SO much da'i'-
age 30 fruit. You know
Well, at last We reach our dest1na-
zion. hut lust at first experience n feel
Arg of disappointment as ploushed
field and several unfinished buildings
come into view But only for moment.
However for few steps are taken. when
large lake is seen, with an island, boat
house and beautiful rustic bridges. Whlie
orposite are the most delightful woods.
Just the place for poor, tired humanity
t., seek rest and repose. How appropI1-
ate the lines Of Gray:
There at the foot OF yonder nodding
beech
That wreathes its old fantastic roots
so high.
His listless length at noo!tde wonio ne
stretch,
And pore upon the brook that bubbles
by
While lying on your back under some
huge oak and listening to the twitternG
birds which are sporting In the thick
foliage overhead. sense of perfect rest
steals over soul and body and you feel
how good 1t is to commune with nature
and with natures God. Who is 1t that
says: God sends the birds as messen-
GERS. to cheer the hearts of men and
draw their thoughts to heaven" The
o;l;i6ren find countless tTea sures. Toad
stools on a carpet OF rich green moss
are the fairies tables. while empty acorn
cups and saucers, also stemless butter
ctps which made golden soblets show
thai not long since the fairies had feast
It must have been a wedding. for the
flowers Of the Coltsfoot grew close by
md anyone could hear the unkle tinkle
OF the tiny bells Then the children find
a field of daisies. which sets them off
singing the old familiar song: Daisy.
daisy, Stve me your answer true"
We hear screams of delight from the
boys and running TO them find that they
have discovered the home Of Brother
Rabbit who Just then remembered an
important engagement and scurried away
to keep it. Finding squirrels nest in
hollow tree was the next event of inn
portance. Judging by the number of
worried much on account of the beef
trust. One of the boys thought cherry
tree grew near. He found a beautiful
large cherry and with a look of expec-
tation popped it into his mouth. but
after chewing OF it a minute the look
changed to one of wonder and taking
out he found that it was made of
1ui.fer and cotton. and had dropped off
some ones hat
The boys thought they would improve
the lake by making a dam, and were
soon working like beavers. What a
blessing to be a barefoot boy with the
cool water flowing over your ankles and
The clean sand trckling through your
toes. with not a thought of the troubles
and sorrows that the coming years may
bring. God bless the barefoot boy. and
lot him paddle to h.y hearts content.
One of the boys Was not considered
very good and The others thought bap
tism might improve him. They were
undecided whether he should be Bap-
list or Episcopaliah. SO they compro-
missed by Just ducking his head in the
uater A deep hoarse voice from the
lake said: Duck him wen. duck him
we'll We were quite startled until We
saw a broad grin spread like SUNBEAM
over the face of a youngster. he said,
'Water frog
Search was immediately made for the
messy log upon which Master Bull Frog.
big and strong. is supposed to sit while
he teaches little foggies how to sing and
rroal1. It must have been recess time.
lor they were not in. Even the teacher
decided that it was getting too warm
10 remain and took plunge, kerr-splash
into the deep cool water.
Along comes a country boy, whistling
e1erriiy and dressed in blue overalls kept
pp by single suspender strap. which
IS fastened by nail instead Of a but
ton, but his heart is light. and with his
large hat tapping lastly in the breeze, he.
looks the picture Of contentrnent. He
knows where there are plenty of fish and
loon has his line baited and set ready to
batch some Of the fnnY tribe Several
IF the girls found swampy place full Of
white violets. when brought to mind
Miss Taylors beautiful poem.
Down in green and shady dell, mod
est violet grew:
It's stalk was bert. it hung it's head as
II to hide from view
Some of these violets We're not quite
10 modest though. for they held up their
lear little white faces for the sunbeams
10 kiss and didn't even blush. Some of
lhc children were tired and willingly sat
lown to hear the story of the forges- me-
iver the moss-covered earth, while some
If. the boys went Off to explore the deeper
FOODS They soon came back painting,
having been chased by Gypsies. SO they
,aid. They had been walking through
teds of blue Lupine. which is said to
trengthen the imagination. It certain
exerted a powerful influence in this
iase. for investigation proved that it was
)nly gentleman and his children. who
scre walking through the woods singing
pixie. The boys, like the Indians, must
lave had their eyes and ears skinned
Or trouble. or surely they would have
recognized dear old Dixie. I, forgot to
Mention that there was tent down on
he edge Of the lake that the children
lad been watching all day long. and
hats what made them think of Gyp-
les.
= did not know that lizards We're clever
nough to play 'possum.'' but they
re One was caught and the boys were
81 hutioned not to hurt 1t. but they said il
s. fas already dead. although they had only
t,x,gf he fpN turned fanSX