Show P two little vs A truo story viola and stenle st enle eule two little virgi viril plans descendants of martha ington ton fanelly line and the youngest young eit representatives of that led name td ed with their parrots ani sad aunt kathy at itose iiii a lovely old bom on a i a alape nt tar far from tb the bauke of the historic Into maa river mere wai was a shady brove u in front ot of td house nil full of pretty pity play place places and mossy rock brackee viola the th elder was wa till tall and strong with long lanc thick golden hair and in ber her sweet blue eyes a frank open ex Cres frelon sion always told what she he wa thinking about she wasi bit big ais ti ter to I 1 little brother who waa was fra alie if and light slight with gray eyes and brown biown hair everybody lored loved steeple be had such urh nice nir way ways and although t IX COW 1 IOLA 1 V I ILL DE IDS HILLY Dl he waa was little his notion notions of horar and right were big lie ila ery body and evory living thing en an the place from the horses and dogs to the chick ens en duck and the tame rabbit and swallow which were their special pet pets hut but root most of all he loud loved hie his later sister and would always do what the he thought beet best so they were companion compin tons in er ey grything ery thing and always happy together doth were fond of outdoor aporta sports and delighted to go barefoot this once led to what might have been a serious ac aident for one day while climbing up into a cherry tree viola loat lost her hold bold and fell through her bor bare toot foot catch lax ins by the heel in the notch of the tree and her ter head suspended over a spiked fence ran in terror toward the house to bring aunt kathy to the rescue crying come quick or viola will be kille all fortunately for aunt kathy could n it clum 9 boy was on the grounds near by and nd running up helped to the victim another of her hair breadth escape was to come bounding down on an 0 od d iel cel ar door which bad had lost its hingen hingul aunt kathy who happened happen pd to be near prang forward in time ume to break her tall all when bhe she was picked up uninjured ber her aunt reminded he that ahe she should thank god for her life and the little girl immediately knelt down where abe she was and laid said r thank thee dear ims tor for letting aunt kathy catch the cellar door evidently conil dering her aunt a special provide ace both children dearly loved nellie gray a white borne on which they rode together sometimes it happened they their got pitched over her bead head and then the hone horse would lift her feet care fully for them to crawl trawl abely adely out ani nelah with delight one night the big barn took fire and grandma who ho waa was visiting lne them at rose was so scared that she put Ste entes a clothes on him wrong aide side out After afterward sard ahe she found tho two children on the garret keps in the dark their hands clasped in each other ers praying to god away from tho the confusion thinking lie could hear them better oft by them afterward when mola N iola situs older the barn burnt down again and seeing the glare of the flames from the bouce house abo b was wa the first one to try and get the animals nut her own riding horse was among them and la in h her r efforts to eave save it ahe ato went back twice into tho the building anil and got severely verely ce burnt she said afterwards after 1 I felt so feldsh lulb safe afe outside with all those poor things suffering luB erInc la in mere with so many lire live pet pets there WE was a it death occasionally aad and a regular burial ground wai wits provided for those they had loved aunt kathy heard loud walla walls one afternoon and looking from her window aw saw approAch approaching inc a and procession carrying carr finx an old trunk tray on which wu was the body ct of a favorite ct cat while viol viola armed with a shovel to die dig the grave grays walked be side eld him weeping they beside the tb paling fence for the family to aay say farewell to dear kitty aad and then proc proceeded eved to their cemetery indoor indoors theao theme little virginians bad a lovely old cabinet with brass knobs a the drawers ala hero sere ere arranged on soft cotton a wj gerful collection of bird birds eggs bright wings and but teril ter flip lem borne some of the eggs were from he the southsea south ica sea gulls alligator and heron alch viola in s isted on pronouncing noun ing cing he aeron ron A another nother drawer held indian relic arrow arrows and curios taken from a strangely tr angely formed mound of stones which had been dW near the river bank where it was supposed indiana had bem burled one day the chil children dreas a grandma heard a gaiting gnit guat ing eing sound from the cab inet and or In vestIL abing found that mice had injured several of their most precious treasures tr cHure viol viola and steenie were ere in despair and viola cried 0 giama I 2 ratler they ali lad gnawed my ray lee leg grandma succeeded in rm moet most of the injured property much to their delight and arranged the th things again so the damage hardly showed they also owned a large gines glass aqua gium filled with pretty pebbles ani gram gr aee with minnows tadpoles and water insects they had read water babies with great interest and knew know aa an much as 04 the author ot of these denizens of the earth air and sky As they their grew older all over the place they their found and named beautiful spots where they clayel worked and dreamed away the bright summer days down in the grate a long rock ledge tey called sofa rock made a grand seat where they could he lie and imagine all sorts of wonderful things then there was balry fairy knoll full of wild lowers flowers and sycamore hall under whose waring waving branches they would tell and listen to marvelous mar relous tales dut but doulder glen was the best beat of all fo to there the beautiful sprint spring called IV ir ran clear ani and cool and they never tired of listening to the story of how in revolutionary times 31 morgan organs men met there and the soldiers agreed to meet on the pot spot again when they re 51 TO THE tile CEMETERY turned years after only three of the compana came to the meeting place it was in this beautiful md and historic spot they had their picnic picnics gathering watercress water cressee es from the shady banks and eating delicious lunches out of aunt big basket lasket here ilert they reail read treasure bland island and liaw hawthorne thorne a tales or when tired would stretch out on the grass and looking up in the blue eky sky would wonder what hat heaven wax wa like stenle st sl enle ene knows now for he be has left I 1 lola iola and gone there and ome some day ahe she will know too when big later sister and little brother mett again in the beautiful land of the forever kate Dab dandridge dridge in youth youths companion |