Scribner's magazine . Biloxi Patter Biioxi. Link and Chain. Bears Paw. THE TAPESTRY OF THE NEW WORLD. -^ ^*^* By Fanny NE of niY earliest andpleasantest recollectionsis of sitting beside mvinvalid grandmothersbed, and examining thevarious designs of thecotton-cloth of which^^ Avere made the blocks of its patchwork bed-quilt, and listeningto stones about the women and chil-dren whose gowns were there rej^re-sented. Or sometimes it was my de-hght to sit up in bed before rising inthe morning, tracing with my fingercei-tain favorite calico patterns on mybed - covering, while, after waking myaunt f
Scribner's magazine . Biloxi Patter Biioxi. Link and Chain. Bears Paw. THE TAPESTRY OF THE NEW WORLD. -^ ^*^* By Fanny NE of niY earliest andpleasantest recollectionsis of sitting beside mvinvalid grandmothersbed, and examining thevarious designs of thecotton-cloth of which^^ Avere made the blocks of its patchwork bed-quilt, and listeningto stones about the women and chil-dren whose gowns were there rej^re-sented. Or sometimes it was my de-hght to sit up in bed before rising inthe morning, tracing with my fingercei-tain favorite calico patterns on mybed - covering, while, after waking myaunt from her morning nap, I askedquestions that drew forih stoiy afterstoiy of charactei-s that, by her oft-re-peating, had become most familiar tome. Where is the child who does notlove to hear father, mother, or otherolder friends tell about when I wasyoung ? Now, I fancy there are fewobjects which, by association of ideas,are more fertile in recalling bygonetimes and people than an old home-made quilt. It was not only the friends andneighbors suggested by the scraps oftheir clothing, with whom I be
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