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Show Two Little VirgirS.ts A Truo Story. ; Viola and Slccnle. two little lrgl-nlans, lrgl-nlans, descendants of Martha Washington' Wash-ington' family line nnd the youngest repreicntallvo of that distinguished name, lived with their parents nd Aunt Knlhy nt Hose 1 1 III n lovely old home on n slope, not far from the banks of the historic Potomac river Thero was a shady grove In front of the home full of pretty play-pliccs and mossy rock brake Viola, the elder, wa tall and strong with long, thick golden hair, and In her an ret blue eyes a frank, open expression ex-pression which nln)s told v. hat she wa thinking about title iu ' big sister" sis-ter" to "little brother" who na fragile fra-gile nnd slight, lth gray e)es nnd brown hnlr nvrryhody loved Htrenle, he had such nice via), and although he wa little, his notions of honor and right vtere big lie loied everybody and every living thing on tho place, from the horses nnd dogs to the chickens, chick-ens, ducks, and the lame rabbit and swallon which were their special pels Hut moat of all h: lavta hi sister, and would ala)s do vthrtl she thought best, so they were companions In everything ev-erything and lw)s hsppy together Ilotb wero fond of outdoor sports nnd delighted to go barefoot This onro led to what might bale been a serious accident, ac-cident, for one day while climbing up Into n cherry tree, Viola lost her hold and fell through, her bare fool catching catch-ing by tbe heel In tho notch of the tree, and her head suspended over a spiked fence Strmle ran In terror toward to-ward the house to bring Aunt Knlhy to the rescue, crying "Como qulckl quick! or Viola will be killed!" Kortunntelye-Xor Aunt Kalhy could-n't could-n't rlum a boy vtas on the grounds near by. and running up, helped to dlscntaglr- tho victim Another of her hair-breadth escapes vtas to come bounding down on nn old cellar door which had lost IU hinges Aunt Kathy, who happened to bo near, sprang forward In time to break bcr fall. Whsn she waa picked up uninjured, unin-jured, her aunt reminded her that she should thank Clod for sparing her life, and the little girl Immediately knelt down where alio waa, and anld "I thank thee, dear Jesus, for letting , Aunt Katlty catch Ihe cellar door," evidently evi-dently considering her aunt a special providence. JJoth children dearly loved Nellie Clray, a while horse on which they rode together Sometimes It happened they got pitched over her head, and then the horso would lift her feet carefully care-fully for them to crawl safely out, and neigh with delight One night the big barn took fire, and grandma, who waa vlaltlng Jbem t Hoao, Hill, wrfososcarM it, i i . .. rheenlo's elotjirV on him wrong aids out Afterward sho found tho two children on the garret steps In the dark, their bands clasped la each other's, oth-er's, praying to Clod, away from tho confusion, thinking He could bear them better off by tbcmaelies. Afterwnrd, when Viola wo older, tho barn burnLdown again, and seeing the gltro of the flames from tho house, sho waa the first ono to try and gat tho animals out Her own riding horse was among them, and In her efforts to nave It, she went back twice Into tho building nnd got severely burnt, Shu said afterwards: 'T felt so selfish, safe outside, with all those poor things suffering In there!" With so many llvq peta, thero was a. death occasionally and a regular burial ground was provided for thorn they had loved. Aunt Kathy heard loud walls one afternoon, nnd looking from her window saw approaching a sad procession Stconle carrying an old trunk tray, on which was tho body of a favorite cat, tylillo Viola, armed with J "COME QUICK! Oil VIOLA WILL DE KILLED!" a shovel to dig tho grave, walked beside be-side him weeping Thoy paused beside the paling fence for the family to nay farewell to "dear kitty," and then proceeded to their cemetery. Indoors tbeso little Virginians had a lovely old cabinet with brass knobi to the drawers, and here were arranged on soft cotton a wonderful collection of bird's eggs, bright wings nnd but-torfllcs, but-torfllcs, Borne of tho egg were from Ibo South sea gulls, alligator and heron, which Viola Insisted on pronouncing pro-nouncing "be-ron " Another drawer held Indian relics arrows and curios tnken from a strangely formed mound of stones which had been discovered near the river bank, where It waa oup-posed oup-posed Indians had been burled, Ono day the children's grandma neard a gnawing sound from the cabinet, cab-inet, and on Investigating, found that ralco had Injured several of tbelr most precious treasure Viola and Steenl were In despair, nnd Viola cried: "0 grandma, I would rather tbey had gnawed my leg" Grandma succeeded In restoring most of tb Injured property, much to their t v delight, and artanjl the things again , so the damage b" H They also owncj ' glais aquarium, aqua-rium, filled wllb pretty pebbles ani grata, with ratowi, tadpoles and water Insects. JW "' read Water Ilablea" with gruljolwest and knew ns much as lheIsPnor of these denl-rene denl-rene of the esrthjjalr and iky At they grew olderjJC0"' " plsce they found nnd namS!u,"l 'Pott whero they played, worUd tod dreamed away the brlgh.IjlF",1r ""l fawn In the grove Bw "k tedge they railed "Sofa ItoctV'di a grand teat .here they coulJI1' ""u Imsglne nil sorts of wondrlil things Then thero was 'TaJrjyfnoll,: full of vtild Mowers; nd "8jomore Hall "under whose waving brand" they would tell and listen to rnstjelous tilt. Hut "Uouldcr OlCn" wifthe best of all, for there thrbcatillfolSprlng ciired "If ran clear and coolj&d tbey never tired of listening to UvNtory of how In revolutionary tlmil"Morgan s men1 met there, and IhryqUlers sgreed to meet on tho spot sp'" "hn they returned, re-turned, Yean aflnr only three of the company cam to t meeting-place It wo In this tctutlfu) and historic pot they had thflplcnlcs, gathering wrttcrcrrsscs from tkc shady banks and eating 'delicious hitches out of Aunt TO THE CEMETKItY Knthy'a big basket) litre they read "Trrasure, Island" tad Hawthorne's Tales, or when tlredWuld itrctch out on the grass and Itoklng up In the blue sky, would wonder what "heaven waa like " flleenle knows now, for he lint left Viola and gons there, and some day she will know, too, when "big sinter" and "little brother" meet again In the beautiful land of ths fortver. Kato Dtndrldgc, In Youth's Companion. |