The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-15
One Summer.


,pringinr lightly from tree To tree
One Summer.
nv Ruth T.. Wheeler, u, Whiiingham'l
81 .rs do Il, girls" said Lesley Stanley,
4, ,lim Girl 81 Is years with wealth oil
dnrk brown hair. She, with her hree
ro,nnnnions. had formed the Fresh AIR
Club, and they were holding meeting
under a large maple tree Two oi ue
girls were the Lawrence twins. Nora ana
aura, with light brown cnrls ana io,ei!
gray eyes, and the fourth was pihe'
eyed Cecil Dumarche, with her pre't!
fair hair in long braidS. The girls were
planning TO give a supper and an enter
,ainment That was what Lesley was
referring to in the beginning.
With the money they received from uie
sumner and the entertainment they were
goine 10 bring some poor child from the
city for the summer. III s'ore "''
girls Put poster which said;
SUPPER AND ENTERTAINMENT
Given by Lesley Stanley, Nora and Laura
/ lawrence and Cecil Dumarche, for the
benefit Of some poor child IN the c''!'
Is Cents Admission.
MANY people went and the entertain
mont was great success. lhc glris
wro,c 10 some one in the city asking
him 10 send some poor girl for the
! summer. 4 pretty orphan giri was
sent. Her name was Fanny Ward ana
she lived with some poor people whG
called her Fan for short. The girls mao
lovely times and Fan belonged to theli
club
During the summer they had picnie
m which every one was invited. At noon
there was a grand spread and the rest
of the time was spent in playing games
and rowing on the lake. The girls
reached home at night tired but yer!
happy They wished to belong 10
bicycle club and to get money them
selves to buy their wheels.
81 cts have fairw exclaimed Nora
suddenly. as the girls were again sitting
under their favorite maple tree.
"T'm so glad you thought of that, Nora
for | am learning how to make some
things that would be nice for the fair'
said Lesley eagerly :, c.u
| II know how to crochet" SAID oecii,
so | can do something toward 1t.
I'VE have some silk pieces" said Laura
so we can make pin cushions ana SOFA
pillows"
let's begin right off so | can work
too" said Fan. snow that | belong to
the bicycle club must help"
"Of course we will have it before ran
goes" said Lesley decidedly.
"Get your things and we will begin to
work today" Cecil said.
So the girls collected their cloth ano
thread and needles and went out under
the tree again.
| By night they had some things started
and in week or two had several articles
finished and many more begun.
The fair was to be held on the 18th OF
August. Early in the morning of that
day the girls met to prepare for the
fair which was to begin at o'clock that
afternoon. ;,
By that time every thing was ready
and the girls were all dressed in white
with white aprons. Fan and Cecil MADE
some candy, besides other things.
People came all through the afternoon
and evening. All of the things were
sold and the girls made enough money to
buy their bicycles. :,
ut was success, wasn't it, girls?
said Fan.
at certainly was" agreed Laura.
A friend of Cecil's mother had beer
visiting her at the time Fan arrived from
the city, but had gone away soon intend,
| ing to return in the fall. This she dlo
soon after the fair.
Several years before, this lady had LOST
her little daughter in terrible wreck
on the ocean.
One day Cecil's mother was talking
with her about Fan. 81 think Fan looks
like YOU, Mary" said Mrs. Dumarche
"and she is Just as old as Leila would
have been, and her complexion is the
same"
81 know it," replied Mrs. Drew. u
have taken fancy to her and l an
going to find out who her parents were
When Mrs. Drew returned to the city
she found the people with whom Fan
lived.
The woman said, "Fan was picked up
on the beach about eight years ago
Her mother, they said. was dead, SO
took her. She looks like you, ma'am
she has the same hair and eyes and your
faces are the same shape"
81 once had daughter who would be
about as old as Fan is now If she had
lived" said Mrs. Drew.
"Fan had little locket on her neck
when she came to me-" said the lady.
.Oh. NAV / see it?" asked Mrs. Drew
Certainly" answered the lady. She
went into the house and soon returned
with pretty little locket in her hand.
"Ohp' said Mrs. Drew, ut is like the
locket my little girl had on! Can Fan
be my daughter and mistake have been
\ r,ode about her being drOWned?"