When I was your age . Laura was found in the Sugar-Barrel. GREEN PEACE. 55 For as I write, the thought comes to rne ofa day when Laura was found with her feetsticking out of the sua^ar-barrel, into whichshe had fallen head foremost while trying toget a lump of sugar. She has never eaten alump of sugar, save in her tea, since that , it is recorded of Flossy and Julia, that,being one day at the Institution, they foundthe store-room open, and went in, against thelaw. There was a beautiful polished tank,which appeared to be full of rich brownsyrup. Julia and Flossy liked syrup; soeach fill
When I was your age . Laura was found in the Sugar-Barrel. GREEN PEACE. 55 For as I write, the thought comes to rne ofa day when Laura was found with her feetsticking out of the sua^ar-barrel, into whichshe had fallen head foremost while trying toget a lump of sugar. She has never eaten alump of sugar, save in her tea, since that , it is recorded of Flossy and Julia, that,being one day at the Institution, they foundthe store-room open, and went in, against thelaw. There was a beautiful polished tank,which appeared to be full of rich brownsyrup. Julia and Flossy liked syrup; soeach filled a mug, and then they countedone, two, three, and each took a good draught,— and it was train-oil! But in both these cases the culprits werehardly out of babyhood; so perhaps they hadnot yet learned about the broad stone ofhonor, on which it is good to set ones feet. I must not leave the garden without speak-ing of the cherry-trees. These must havebeen planted by early settlers, perhaps by thesame hand that planne
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