36 THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 



Off at one side of the cellar hole was the place where 

 the well used to be. It was all filled up, and a few 

 stones were heaped on the top. Some blackberry-vines, 

 covered with white blossoms, were running over them. 

 Farther back was a small place sunken in the ground, 

 where Hal said the barn must have stood. On one side 

 of the door-stone grew a large clump of Lilac-bushes. 

 There were a few blossoms on them, which Rose gathered 

 to carry home. It was very still there. The only things 

 in motion were a few birds, which hopped about and 

 twittered on the branches of some scraggy apple-trees. 



Rose sat down on the old door-stone, while the boys 

 hunted about for butterflies. They , found some little red 

 and brown ones, which Hal said were sometimes very 

 plenty. He had seen whole swarms of them flying by 

 the roadside, but he did n't know their name. They 

 hunted about until Rose called them and said they had 

 only time to reach home before sunset. 



On the way back they found large bushes of Shad- 

 flower in blossom, and the boys carried home handfuls 

 of the delicate white flowers. 



After tea Rose arranged all the flowers in two large 

 bunches, and Hal carried one of them to Annie. 



