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ham did more than fifty years ago, and then on 

 the very grounds of an older one dating back 

 another fifty years. A few of the old, old trees 

 remain and fruit a little, but are noted as the 

 special homes of the Flickers and Blue Birds 

 who easily drill holes for nests. Dr. Pelham 

 was a genial gentleman, known far and wide, 

 and everybody loved him. Children were his 

 favorites. It was the habit of the children for 

 miles around to come and see him every Satur- 

 day afternoon. What rompings they had, and 

 singing and speeches and eating, and the jolliest 

 of them all was the doctor himself. He was a 

 man of small stature, of nervous temperament, 

 dark eyes and hair, really handsome, and full 

 to the brim with effervescing fun; and never 

 more happy than on these children's days. 

 Among men he was a prince commanding pro- 

 foundest respect, and ever foremost in good 

 works ; a leader in political affairs yet coveting 

 no office, active in church life and easily hold- 

 ing first place, at home and happy as a public 

 speaker, always terse and intense and brief. 

 He knew men and delighted in fellowship. But 

 with the young people he was their pet and 

 pride. He knew young life and was thorough- 

 ly in sympathy with it and had not forgotten 

 that he was once a boy — so many men do. He 



