Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-14
THE PICNIC OF Lula AND HEN
FRIENDS.

Chapter V
Lula Jumped UP at happy that
morning She had on her clothes in
less than FIVE minutes / know, and
down The stairs She came. She fell
three steps down the stairs, hut IL
didn't hurt her much: only 1t spraincd
her ankle just little. She sat down
at the end OF the steps FOR "A bout 1--WE
minutes and then II was all over.
Just az she was getting up her
mother came in. She asked Lula
what vas the matter. and Lula said
] was coming down the stairs SO fas.
that | spraincd by foot. See. can
run and walk as good as ever. I
think II Is all right now Her moth
or said: Il was just coming to call
YOU To breakfast. Remember this Is
hurry. as you told them TO come at
$50 O'CLOCK" Lula sat down and
drank cup of tea. and ate u bis
cult and some molasses, and she
jumped up and came near turning the
chair over. Her mother asked her
had she gotten happy. She said: oh
] am so happy my picnic is today"
In one or TWO minutes her mother
was through eating breakfast She
hurried and washed and dried the
dishes. Then she got thc basket and
ih'N'u tHt pies, cakes. C3nNlcS,
watcrmclons. muskmcllons, etc Just
as soon as she got through packing
the lunch and dressing her guests
came, and In less than ten minutes
they were OFF and they were down
the creek in Ave minutes. They put
the lunch down. They put the bas-
kct OF lunch up the tree for fear a
hog or something would get H. Mr.
George Il. hawthorne carried the bas-
kct. Elizabeth carried the table
cloth. and Robert carried six fishing
poles and Mabel carried the cans
Of worms. Just as soon as they1 had
put the lunch basket down on the tree
they ali went out hunting for n
place 10 have lunch. They hunted for
about five minutes and then they
found place upon hill like
mountain. II was now 1890 by Mr.
Manthorncs watch. So they all went
hack and got the lunch where they
had left on a tree limb. They soon
got the lunch and they then went
back to the hill. and hung it up n
tree on tine hill. and then thew all
walked around after they had hung
the lunch up and put the table
cloth down and other different things.
And then they went fishing Ter ono
honr. Mr.. Manthorne caught three
sun perch and one pike. and Miss
Maybe Davis caught one sur perch
and May caught Iikc. All caught
some fish except Elizabeth and Rob
crt They fshed one hour and went
out boatriding for one hour and n
hall. THEY Sal two boats. for one
could not hold ten people. Five went
in each boat. They hung their fish
up tree and in the boat they flowed.
Robert rowed orc boat a7d Mr.. Nc
Frute the cher Eula. ~ McBrute
and Lula. and Mr.. Manthorne ana
Marguerite wrs n one S,i: And il:
Ike boat Rcbe-, rowed rhess were
the cecs in ia" 5?a.: Mary. Elizabeth.
Sarah. Mae Y. &. Da":s
They all started out in hollow
Robert came near turning the boat
over and they had n time going down
the cool creek. through bushes; the
whole hour and half they rowed
two and one-half miles down the
creek. One time they passed camp
ing house and funny people came ont
and asked what were they doing.
They told them one of our friends Is
giving creek picnic. They were
fierce looking people. They were
people that had done wrong and they
were living there, and they went sail
ing away. They came to great
his boat said let's go there and see
what's in that rock, ii looks like II
has door to it. SO nearly all OF
them agreed to go and see what was
In there. So they all rowcd up to
the shore and looked at 1t. 1t had n
little door big enough for Roberts
head to get in. So he stuck it in, and
he saw gold and silver shining. He
pulled his head cut real quick and
told them about 1t. They raised II
up and got the gold and silver. They
found $12 worth OF hat pins and 500
worth OF bracelets, and $4,000 OF
precious stones, ETC., and they found
chest. about a yard long and one.