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A COMPOSITE FAMILY 



Wood and smaller bushes of White Heath Aster, 

 the familiar Michaelmas Daisy of roadsides, while 

 groups of patens, the Late Purple Aster, so called 

 because of its long blooming season, with ovate 

 clasping leaves and deep violet, daisy -like 

 rayed flowers, made broad splashes of rich 

 color within the garden itself. 



"Ephraim is dead," said Time 

 o' Year, suddenly, and then paused, 

 as if announcing the end of some 

 one so well known as to be a part 

 of history. 



I searched my brain for an 

 interpretation, and at the mo- 

 ment when I remembered 

 that it was his own baptismal 

 name and therefore probably 

 that of his son who had dis- 

 appeared so long ago, he took 

 up the thread again. 

 "He was my boy. You prob- 

 ably never heard o' him, being 

 young if even born when it hap- 

 pened, and anyway, only acquainted 

 with posies hereabout, not folks. 

 "He seemed a terrible likely child, 



