Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-02
4 SUMMER DAIRY.

\ 'SIan'lnr ray Of sunlight dnrtca
mere and there; Il bird chirpcd: SUN
mr. Is here; be glad be glad" !,
rhirptd and chirped. bringing me
,umhling out of h.h
Then remembered: this was the
'rst d"y Of summer oh. what a nor
'"ct summer day. The sun was
sending ITS hot rays down 10 tho
'"rlh iaon'"; tho birds were chatter
InE ana making nests in the old OAK
'r''s tho tr'cs were noidinr their
heads "a pcrchauc" a stray breeze
o'me BY Il was as IL magic had
sprung up during tho night!
vent FOR a walk In tn. woods
they breath,d the glorious heaven
az summer.
Strawberries w..rc ripc. tempting
cherries hung high up among The
Thick branches. a grnsshoppcr dar,cd
her" and there. cricket chirpcd
loudly, tho robins were scor lying
away for fool FOR their lttlc ones.
while his mat" sat and watched Tho
egg; altogether Tho woods smclt
sweet from ,he pines ana it seemed
u m" ~ y thor" yer" nothing in the
world TN, The spirit of summer. nov
crInS everywhere and myself The
trees h"ckoncd 10 me to come and
rest under tho shade Of their thick
branches, and with a sigh OF joy TO
De alive in Gods country. drop-
pea down on the soft grass.
looked up and the robins and
snarrows were watchiua, ms with
their solemn. Lcady eyes oh. how
grand II was To be alive. Jus, to
know that You lived and brcathcd on
! nat summer day seemed 10 bring up
our hopes in one perfect dream
oropred oe to sleep, dreaming OF the
! jcyini summer days before INC.
When awOkc, the sun was shining
through the trees and was sending
lis burning rays down on me 7
was hot all over. but little did care.
| Everything in the woods. every single
th!nS bctoEencd the grand spirit OF
| summer. got up and ran every
whore at once. touching the wild
roses, ndmirinC q hitherto unno;lccd
! Wild flower. carossing a wounded
bird, aud trying To avoid the playful
run. ran home as fast as could,
ate my dinner. ana ran out In the
yard. There We're red roses. pink
roses, yellow roses and all kinds OF
roses which hadn't noticed before
l piuckcd rose. and the ;horns
| rrickcd my fingers but what did I
care" This was the month Of roses.
and fun and JOY.
] climbed the old pussywiIlow tree
and saw Il bunch of scared robins ny
! 10 The nearest tree. ! soon fell asleep
! ana dreamed that a party nf my girl
friends and | were having a jumping
contest. Well, the next thing ]
! knew | had landed on my feet and
was rubbing my eyes. trying To rccol-
cct what made me jump. Then. when
| | thought OF my dream. laughed
IL. nj nd 10
dcring pedestrians stared hard at me.
so picked myself mp and ran in
the house. Luckily no damage was
! done. besides a bruised knee.
After eating my dinner went
downtown. Everyone I met. il seem
ed, were glad as il they had not a
care in the world. And indeed every
| one was. for who is not huppy when
/ the traces OF summer and vacation
| show itself?
! ~ the time I got home It was 4
/ o'clock. The sun shown more bright
/ or than ever, and the flowers were
! thirsty for summer shower. tried
! 10 read, but ! wanted to jump, to
|, play. or anything. rather than to read
/ z; book. ! played till $40 O'Clock
| and | noticed that the sun was hid :
ing behind a cloud. hut It came out
again, and ] jumped I'm the house
| with glcc.
ate my supper and then sat out
side. Somewhere the strains of n
4, violin We're coming UP the shaded
avenue. and the merry laughter OF
tho people at tho dance was heard.
| watched and waited for tho stars
To come out. and soon the sky was
/ fairly twlnklins with the lights OF
the stars.
by O'Clock the moon slowly
wendell It's way over the mountains;
the trees on tho mountain TODD out
like solemn spectres under the starry
! sky; whlppoorwill Dried; a chicken