FLOWERS OF THE SUN 



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I stopped 

 with 



effect is of an exquisitely wrought and enameled 

 candelabrum. This is the Red Wood Lily, so 

 called because it is said to grow in shade; but I 

 have always found it, as now, shedding its light 

 over the open fields, though, of course, it may be 

 a case of the flower having survived the sheltering 

 trees of its real haunt. Hereabout, at least, it is a 

 true flower of the sun. 



Flower Hat followed lazily, comparing the Lilies 

 that she held in each hand with those 

 in the grass, moving them to and fro 

 to change the effect of light, 

 suddenly, shading my eyes 

 hand, and she, unheeding, 

 almost fell over me, crying: 



"What is it, a big black 

 snake at last? No? We 

 shall have to meet one 

 some day, and I am not 

 sure but what, like the 

 woman who looks under 

 the bed for burglars, I 'm 

 half disappointed that we have 

 not met even a little one as yet. 

 It deprives bog -trotting of half 

 the adventure that I had 



