YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



kets of dainties, aunt Mary spread a big 

 white linen table-cover over the great flat 

 rock, and the wonderful contents of the 

 many baskets began to issue forth. 



Mamma laid out. first a lot of bright new 



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tin plates and drinking-cups, that shone in 

 the dappled rifts of sunshine like real silver. 



When all the heaped-up plates of sand- 

 wiches, cold boiled eggs with spiced stuf- 

 fing, dainty baskets of velvety red peaches, 

 purple grapes, golden oranges, with the 

 emerald and saffron of the luscious cante- 

 loupes, and here and there a loaf of aunt 

 Mary's delicious frosted layer-cake were set 

 forth, the great rocky table was just lovely to 

 look at, and my little mouth would fairly 

 water while I was waiting for papa to adjust 

 his camera, to make a picture of the picnic 

 group as they gathered round the festive 

 sylvan board. I wriggled around so that 

 I almost always had two heads and two 

 tails when the picture was finished and 

 Kitty and Don and Dora, in the background, 

 usually had the same extra features; but 

 aunt Mary said she liked the pictures, just 

 the same, as souvenirs of the occasion. 



Then all made merry, and the bright air 



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