. Juvenile Instructor . - woman, maid and little girlafoot, and upon the vehicles and vansof every sort, laden with goods and fruit and flowers and vegetables, andI saw plenty of cabbages and turnipsand even carrots, but no red-headedgirl. I had nearly crossed and wasgoing slowly, with fast declining hopethat I should be among the fortunate,when, as the crowd cleared somewhat,I saw coming in front of me a smallbrown-haired lady holding the .handof a little girl, whose long lovely curlsreached nearly to her waist, and thesewere red. The child was beautiful, withpink cheeks like rosebuds; her ha
. Juvenile Instructor . - woman, maid and little girlafoot, and upon the vehicles and vansof every sort, laden with goods and fruit and flowers and vegetables, andI saw plenty of cabbages and turnipsand even carrots, but no red-headedgirl. I had nearly crossed and wasgoing slowly, with fast declining hopethat I should be among the fortunate,when, as the crowd cleared somewhat,I saw coming in front of me a smallbrown-haired lady holding the .handof a little girl, whose long lovely curlsreached nearly to her waist, and thesewere red. The child was beautiful, withpink cheeks like rosebuds; her hazeleyes shone so bright and the sun, com-ing out just as I began to gaze ather, caused her wonderful hair toglisten and shine gloriously. I couldnot help stopping them and telling. THE MONUMENT 440 THE JUVENILE INSTRUi TOR Hi ? -1 i 1 them the object of my quest. Theywere so polite and listened to all I hadto say. I pointed to the Stars andStripes, flying from the tower ofSouthwark Cathedral, and told themI was an American going there tocelebrate the Fourth. I told them thatour flag was called Old Glory; andthat we had a song, in which weshouted three cheers for the red,white and blue. Then I told them ofa little niece of mine out in Utah justthe size of this little girl, whose hairwas red just like hers, but whose eyeswere blue and her skin and teeth wereso white, that I always called herLittle Glory. This appeared toamuse the little girl and her mothervery much and we became quitefriendly. At last they turned back andwent with me to a near-by restaurantand had a cup of cocoa and somestrawberries and cake. Then I learn-ed that the little girls name was JoanShipp; that it was her birthday; andthat she was eight and was going withher mother to celebrate it at t
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