232 THE CARDINAL FLOWER 



that it wasn't meant for the house any more than 

 Herr Wilhelm Fritz's flowers would be able to 

 grow by the stream. 



" When I was a girl," Grandmother said, " the 

 tallest Cardinal Flowers grew near a place called 

 Indian Monument." 



I asked right away if Indians were there. 



" Not now," Grandmother answered, " but a 

 long while ago they roamed through the woods 

 near-by, and built the very monument which we 

 must all go soon and see. There's a story about 

 it also, but that I'll save to tell until we get there." 



Afterward she talked with Tommy about the 

 way Peter was behaving. 



