The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15
Summer Day in the Nursery.

|S ssummer has come at last" said Jack,
was leaning against the sase pos'
|EEsand making ball
|S "ptv for Margery," said Rose, that
|gsit should come when she had 'oeasies.
|E s,Yes, it is" said Jack, and she's been
about how much she'd Ike 70
Hi set out and now it's pretty ana she
Iscan,t. Well, guess I'd better go, us
fsabout time for the baseball game 10
sscome off
fss lack Burton was twelve and large FOR
EShis age, black hair and black eyes very
Edifferent from his sister, who was eleven,
iAfand very small and plump, with golden
| hair, blue eyes, tender, sweet and loving.
tSSR MarCery, the youngest, was ten, brown
II hair and hazel eyes, who had been very
bsasfck with measles and was still very
k8weak and languid.
NH Rose. as she sat on the porch heard
ss8Margerys voice, which had gotten SO
low that she hardly heard the murmured
swords, Rose and Jack say It's summer
ss8out Oh! wish was we'll; wanted
Ito get we'll before summer came, but
IAN so, SO sick, OH me! The last words
54scame in a deep drawn sign, and q few
I l1ninutes later Rose went In and found her
/ fast asleep with tear stains on her face.
! ss..Poor thing" thought she. II must dc
: lsomething to make her forget about
s&everything." And SO she did. for when
lsSNfargery woke up she rubbed her eyes
and looked and looked for it seemed like
tssashe was in bed outdoors, on the floor was
| 1noss and pieces of sod; all around were
Eapple, peach and maple blossoms. dande-
Elions. hyacinths. lilies and every kind OF
sGftIowcr you could think OF. Was she
IL dreaming? Tho doctor had said she was
l$stoo weak to 20 out and where could they
bl,ave come from? Looking around agar
tx she was. started by seeing somebody she
Sshnd not noticed before. small figure,
SssaSith an apple twig By her side. in a
NJ small white dress with great bows of pink
s:Es,lla white baby ribbon. On her colder
IS5#carls was a crown OF apple and peaci
s#blossp1ns. She was leaning against an ap
X {Tle tree, it seemed to Margery, and
|sindeed was the sweetest creature Mar
b gerry had ever seen. In u few minutes the
door opened and five others came in
|Sjust like this one, except they had no
a5%Etcrown. only pink apple and peach BIOS
Ssons in their maid aud the same flowers
sSorer their dainty dresses.
Your Majesty, said one addressing
III the one with the crown II am glad 10
saaFec you well and among us again, Isn't
Sthis a lovely day.
Indeed. it is" said Margery. tremb-
lingly yet wanting to get acquainted with
these small beings. WHO is that" said
VI he Queen "Ah, yes, the sick girl How
are you my child? | Supposed shall have
( to introduce myself, | am the Queen
Il Ef the Apple and Peach Blossom. l know
II Nou You are the sick girl Margory Bur
Va ION. These are my ady's maids, Peach
4 Blow, Crimson. Virginia Beauty and Rus.
EEset. Margery Burton, the sick girl. whom
VI you've heard me talk OF there Virginia
! Beauty, don't step my wand"
! am pleased to meet YOU said Mar.
F8gery, "hut where did YOU come. from 2"
we came from ths"apbfe and peach
bsStrees to be sure said the fairies to-
hgether.
Here, Crimson" said the Queen you
Sand Peach Blow ring this maid 10 sleep. !
n Russet you and Virginia Beauty fan her
with this" and breaking off some apple |
ttfblossoms she formed two dainty fans |
I which she gave to Russell and Virginia
Il Beauty, and before long Margery fell
into a sweet slumber crooned over by
1.-THE fairies. When she awoke from this
h sweet slumber. the fairies had disap.
Il peared, and in their place was Rose read
siing a book and leaning against the very
Fl
L Bossarns had.
NJ 1.-The doctor came In the afternoon and
tHEald II she had q good night ana II
twas pretty, she could go out the next
lhday, lie smiled when he heard the story
4Gof the fairies from Margery and said
s#thnt It must have been them that made
Cher SO much better that night After he
CHAD gone, Rose sat down by her and told
Illers y story: once upon time" said
7. rYt,N
lSsWhose name was MarEery, and she had
ssbbtfe measles; summer had come and she
gtwas so. so sick. and wanted to yet out
g8sro awful bad that she cried herself l.
sksleep, and while she was Sleeping her
#Annt Lille came and brought her six
5siittle girls, 10 ash. how Mareery was,
land Rose, Marsery's sister. told her how
sAMargery had cried herself to sleep and
aebow much she wished Ia do something
III for her and Aunt Lille suggested some.
gsthing. So Rose and Jack. Margerys
sEbrothcr went out In the garden and
%Egatnered LOT Of apple, peach and
%3maple blossoms, and got a lot OF sod
BYiyacintns. vIolets, lilies. dandeions ard
Just everything they could think of and
sstuck them in the moss and sod, so they
sS}noked exactly Ike they We're growing.
8EIne peach and other trees were nut in
2$lnrGe pots and iar1ineres, so they looked
siti!se they were growing. too. Then Mar.
8agerys Aunt Lille dressed the children
sto look like fairies and-and-oh YOU
5FdfaFl you know ~i1st happened next
FOR her right here Is Margery, here Is
slfose, here is Aunt Lille who had en-
Uttered the room without Margery noticing.
l''And Oh. here are the fairies and here
IFS everything
VIRGINIA BUCHANAN.
Marion Va May 4, 1904