. St. Nicholas [serial] . HEADING FOR MAY. BY EDWARD C. DAY, AGE 17. Pretty Robin Redbreast says it s spring again,Welcoming the coming of the bluebird and the little primrose from its winter bedNods across to wintergreen with its berries now are coming on the apple-trees ;Flowers are giving honey to the busy bees ;Clumps of yellow cowslip spring up everywhere;Lovely pink arbutus scents the springtime are madly coursing through moss-covered banks ;Wetted field and valley murmur back their and grass are nodding in the gentle breeze ;Birds are b
. St. Nicholas [serial] . HEADING FOR MAY. BY EDWARD C. DAY, AGE 17. Pretty Robin Redbreast says it s spring again,Welcoming the coming of the bluebird and the little primrose from its winter bedNods across to wintergreen with its berries now are coming on the apple-trees ;Flowers are giving honey to the busy bees ;Clumps of yellow cowslip spring up everywhere;Lovely pink arbutus scents the springtime are madly coursing through moss-covered banks ;Wetted field and valley murmur back their and grass are nodding in the gentle breeze ;Birds are building houses in the tall green trees ;Butterflies are flitting, children gladly play,Birds are singing gaily, It is May, sweet May! ^. AN OLD-TIME TRAIN. (SEE STORY BELOW.) ONE SUNNY DAY. BY MARGARET WINTHROP PECK (AGE II). One sunny day in 1831 Aunt Lydia said: I mustgo and see sister Amy, who lives a hundred miles away. Oh, mama, cant I go? cried little Joe. And I, too? said Mary. Aunt Lydia said they might go, and she put onMarys best bib and tucker, and her little pantalets —which were tiny skirts for each leg and were tied onjust above the stocking. Then she put on Joes pink calico trousers and hislittle pink waist, and packed the boxes, and got a horseand wagon, and started. Pretty soon they met Uncle Amos, who was goingtoo, and Aunt Sarah, all going to Troy, New York. It took them nearly a week to get there, and theyslept and ate in taverns and at their friends houses. By and by they got to Miss Amys house. When they got there Brother Miles said: I hearthere is a train running from Albany to s drive over and ride on it. They all wanted to go very much, so they drove toAlbany. The train was an
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