YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



riage, with its broad russet seats, and putting 

 on their brown nets, fringed with yellow 

 tassels, to keep the big green-headed flies 

 from stinging their glossy brown sides. I 

 thought that the handsome nets were the very 

 cap-sheaf of their grandeur as they pawed 

 and bridled, nodding their tasseled heads. 



When all the baskets and wraps, and the 

 flowers to deck the feast, were aboard, I was 

 lifted, wiggling and waggling, to the seat. 

 Mamma charged the servants to be careful 

 of fire around our lovely island home, and 

 when to expect us all to supper, for she 

 always liked to bring aunt Mary and the 

 doctor home with her. We started down 

 the winding drive, down through the hills 

 and over the long red bridge, off the island. 

 I could hardly contain myself when I heard 

 the sharp clack, clack of Don's and Dora's 

 feet on the wooden planking, and knew that 

 we were fairly under way. 



I flew up and kissed mamma's face and 

 reached over and thrust my sharp, cold nose 

 against papa's ear, to tell them both how 

 joyous and thankful my little heart was, to 

 go with those I loved and never to be for- 

 gotten. 



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