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ing about, and almost everything smelt sweet. A 

 long way off he could see large, wonderful white 

 flowers. 



The reason Tommy and his father went in the 

 woods that night was because Peter was lost^ 

 They hunted for him in some of Tommy's bunks 

 and around Old Adam. But they couldn't find 

 him, and it was not until the next day that he came 

 home, and then quite of his own accord. Peter 

 has acted badly lately. Tommy says he has secrets 

 that he keeps all to himself. 



There are flowers out in the woods now that 

 could be seen at night; and I'm sure the people in 

 a train would notice them If they passed by the 

 wood's edges. Their name is Black Cohosh, or 

 Black Snakeroot. This doesn't make things very 

 plain, because they are pure white, and many of 

 them grow in long narrow bunches on such tall 

 stems that they make even Herr Wilhelm Fritz 

 look short. Each little flower is tiny, and has a 

 fluffy, pretty look, although its odor is rather hor- 

 rid. The leaves are divided in something the same 

 way as Maple-tree leaves, only they are larger and 

 more cut. 



When the woods are dark and these tall white 

 flowers wave with the wind, they look like ghosts 

 walking among the trees. They would make me 

 much more afraid than the little Ghost Flower, 

 shaped like a pipe. 



To-day, when we were talking about flowers, 



