. St. Nicholas [serial] . ds passed on to tell the storyThat spring had come and all her magic days. 1902.] ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. 659 A SUNNY DAY. BY SUSIE FRANKS IDEN (AGE 16).{Silver Badge.) It was a bright, warm day in the springof 65. The sky was cloudless and the treeswere fresh and green in their new springdress. A solemn hush seemed to pervadeeverything, and the very air seemed heavy with anameless something that caused people to walk rest-lessly to and fro, excited, expectant, and half clung to their mothers for protection as frommore than one lip they heard the whis
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ds passed on to tell the storyThat spring had come and all her magic days. 1902.] ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. 659 A SUNNY DAY. BY SUSIE FRANKS IDEN (AGE 16).{Silver Badge.) It was a bright, warm day in the springof 65. The sky was cloudless and the treeswere fresh and green in their new springdress. A solemn hush seemed to pervadeeverything, and the very air seemed heavy with anameless something that caused people to walk rest-lessly to and fro, excited, expectant, and half clung to their mothers for protection as frommore than one lip they heard the whispered words : The Yankees are coming! That was a day never to be forgotten in than a few hearts beat quicker at the thought ofthe entrance of the Federal soldiers into the surrenderedtown; for Wheelers cavalry had just swept throughRaleigh, taking everything with them, and leaving thepeople in great want. A little girl stood on the porch of a yellow cottage,looking south across the large grove in front of the. n. (1 ?S A ? c HEADINGFOR RUTH FELT, AGE(SILVER BADGE.) 1 RACCOON. BY MORGAN HEBARD, AGE 14. (SECOND PRIZE,WILD-ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPH.) house. As there was no sign of the Yankees yet,the child went back into the house. Inside, the ward-robes and trunks were stripped of their contents, whichhad been hidden behind the wooden panels under thewindows. Under the house, by one of the pillars, a littlebox of gold and silver money had been hidden; but noone but the childs father knew of this until long after. At last the expectant hush was broken, and the airseemed to vibrate with an excited murmur. Peopleshaded their eyes from the dazzling sun and leanedbreathlessly forward to catch the first glimpse of thelong blue line winding slowly up Blount Street. The little girl standing on the porch of the yellowcottage hardly knew what she expected to see. Certainlynot the long line of tired, dusty men in their dark-blueuniforms. With a feeling of keen disappointment she
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