OLD ADAM'S GAIETY 85 



leaves she found under Bloodroot, and perhaps 

 about the Orchid I took to Tommy's party. 



Tommy and Philip Todd are both going with 

 us when we take Sallie to the station. Her father 

 is to meet her at the other end of her journey, and 

 this is fortunate, for she has so many things to 

 carry. Philip has given her a rabbit, a pretty little 

 creature, almost all white, and which keeps his 

 nose moving every minute. His eyes are bright 

 pink. Herr Wilhelm Fritz has some Roses and 

 Carnations for her; and Tommy has given her a 

 dear little Pine-tree to plant at the seashore. It 

 is hardly as tall as the rabbit when he sits up, and 

 we all think that it may grow if she puts it where 

 it is not too windy and a little shady. Then, of 

 course, she has her box of Old Adam's earth. 



Grandmother thinks Sallie's intentions are more 

 about this earth, and the wild flowers she will try 

 to grow, than about writing compositions at school 

 next winter. 



Herr Wilhelm Fritz said to-day that we were 

 not likely to see Old Adam looking half as gay 

 again this season as he does now when the Rock 

 Pinks are blooming. 



