CHAPTER XIV 



THE FIND BY THE ROAD, AND LITTLE PIPES 



After Sallle had gone I felt very lonely. For 

 some time I could not be quite happy, although 

 Grandmother reminded me how beautiful the 

 country and the flowers were, and of many things 

 that I had yet to do. It was in the house that I 

 felt most lonely. Out in the sunshine I am al- 

 ways gay. 



Sallie sent us a note from the seashore. It was 

 written the first evening she reached there, and 

 was very short, so we know nothing more about 

 her intentions, nor how the seeds are growing in 

 Old Adam's black earth. 



To-day it is warm for May, and although 

 flowers are blossoming all over the woods, it looks 

 as though the weeds were growing faster. They 

 are getting tangled in among themselves, and some 

 are crowding the flowers out of their right places. 



There is something very impertinent about these 

 weeds; but Tommy says for me to wait until mid- 

 summer and see how they act then. That wiU be 

 the time when nobody can get ahead of them. 

 They are not exactly troublesome just now; only 

 it Is much harder to find small flowers than before 

 the weeds were grown. Besides, they cover the 

 ground so that I might easily put my feet down on 



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