. A family flight around home. MAY-FLOWERS. A FAMILY FLIGHT AROUND II0:ME. num. iii»^^ijw>iJi*iMrjrx«c»^ijiij. ( AFTER MAV-IXU\VKKS. girl, as she buried her facein the sweet-smelling May-flowers. Are they notsweet ? she continued, tochange the subject. Weare going to have a partyto gather them, as soonas they are plenty. Wont With pleasure, repliedHubert, only if it is alarge party I shall beafraid. You stick close to me,said Alice with a smile,and you will be safeenough. Not many days after-wards, the party cameoff,—several children of REGULAR LESSONS. 77 the place, with Alice
. A family flight around home. MAY-FLOWERS. A FAMILY FLIGHT AROUND II0:ME. num. iii»^^ijw>iJi*iMrjrx«c»^ijiij. ( AFTER MAV-IXU\VKKS. girl, as she buried her facein the sweet-smelling May-flowers. Are they notsweet ? she continued, tochange the subject. Weare going to have a partyto gather them, as soonas they are plenty. Wont With pleasure, repliedHubert, only if it is alarge party I shall beafraid. You stick close to me,said Alice with a smile,and you will be safeenough. Not many days after-wards, the party cameoff,—several children of REGULAR LESSONS. 77 the place, with Alice and Hubert, and Professor Bruce, as youngand active as any of them. Going after May-flowers has not the ideal charm of going a-May-ing as described by the poets. Hubert knew nothing of an Eng-lish May, as his life had been chiefly passed away from home;but he fancied there must be a difference. The day was road was muddy; after they had turned from it into a wildcart path through the woods, they walked on damp, dead leaves ofthe year before. By and by they came to a sort of opening, where the sun KALE
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