PLEDGE SJGXING AT TRILLIUM SPRING 55 



temperance boys and girls, helping to make the 

 world better, and they were off for a glorious 

 good time in the woods. 



Ever since this Legion of Greene, Vermont, 

 had been organized the November previous, they 

 had been looking forward to a picnic they had 

 been promised as soon as the pine woods were 

 dry enough to make it enjoyable. They were 

 also to have their first reception of new members 

 at Trillium Spring, a custom to be continued 

 during the summer. 



, It was nearly noon when the ranks were broken 

 at the spring where Mrs. Libby, the L. T. L. 

 leader, and several of the teachers were waiting 

 to welcome them. The children were hungry and 

 thirsty after their long march, and filling their 

 tin cups with water from the spring, they sat 

 down on the green grass. Sandwiches, pic, and 

 cookies quickly disappeared, and then they had 

 such a good time ! Their shouts nd laughter 

 surprised the squirrels chasing each other round 

 the trees, and away they scampered to another 

 playground. 



Mrs. Libby had called the little people to- 

 gether, and had just formed a circle around the 

 spring, when Jamie's father on his way home 



