CHAPTER XXVIII 



THE PICNIC ON OLD ADAM 



It was nearly a whole week since Tommy or I 

 had been in the woods. But yesterday Philip's 

 foot was better, and we had the picnic and ate 

 our luncheon on Old Adam. Little Trudy went 

 with us, althoujgh Tommy said he would have to 

 tie a string around her waist to keep her from 

 running away. We invited another girl also, 

 whose name i? Kate Hood. She is Miss Amelia's 

 niece and has come to stay with her until school 

 begins. 



Kate is twelve years old, and quite used to the 

 country, although her real home is in the city. She 

 loves flowers, but she has never found Bloodroot's 

 tissue-paper leaves, as Sallie did, nor seen the Large 

 Yellow Lady's Slipper, and she doesn't think the 

 little spring flowers are half so beautiful as I do. 

 Yet she knows almost as much about the country 

 as Philip and Tommy. She is about as tall as 

 Sallie. Her hair is short and her face is tanned 

 from being out in the sun. Yesterday, when we 

 went to the picnic, was the first time she had been 

 in our woods, or up on Old Adam. 



We all started from Grandmother's, and Herr 

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