Carroll and Brooks readers - a reader for the fifth grade . her own and ElizabethElizas best bonnets in a bandbox; also Solomon Johnshats, for he had an old one and a new one. He boughta new hat for fishing, with a very wide brim and deepcrown, all of heavy straw. Agamemnon brought down a large, heavy diction-ary, and an atlas still larger. This contained mapsof all the countries in the world. I have never had a chance to look at them, hesaid; but when one travels then is the time to studygeography. Mr. Peterkin wanted to take his turning lathe. SoMrs. Peterkin packed his tool chest. It gave h
Carroll and Brooks readers - a reader for the fifth grade . her own and ElizabethElizas best bonnets in a bandbox; also Solomon Johnshats, for he had an old one and a new one. He boughta new hat for fishing, with a very wide brim and deepcrown, all of heavy straw. Agamemnon brought down a large, heavy diction-ary, and an atlas still larger. This contained mapsof all the countries in the world. I have never had a chance to look at them, hesaid; but when one travels then is the time to studygeography. Mr. Peterkin wanted to take his turning lathe. SoMrs. Peterkin packed his tool chest. It gave her sometrouble, for it came to her just as she had packed hersummer dresses. At first she thought it would help tosmooth the dresses, and placed it on top; but she wasforced to take all out, and set it at the bottom. This 38 A READER FOR THE FIFTH GRADE was not so nmch matter, as she had not yet the rightdresses to put in. Both Mrs. Peterkin and ElizabethEliza would need new dresses for the journey. Thelittle boys hoops went in; so did their India rubber. boots, in case it should not rain when they each had a hoe and a shovel, and some basketsthat were packed. • Mrs. Peterkin called in all the family on the even-ing of the second day to see how she had was packed, even the little boys kite laysmoothly on the top. I like to see a thing so nicely done, said THE PETERKINS SUMMER JOURNEY 39 The next thing was to cord up the trunk, and tried to move it. But neither he, nor Aga-memnon nor Solomon John could lift it alone, or alltogether. Here was a serious difficulty. Solomon John triedto make light of it. Expressmen could lift it. Expressmen are usedto such things. But we did not plan expressing it, said , in a discouraged tone. We can take a carriage, said Solomon John. I am afraid the trunk would not go on the backof a carriage, said Mrs. Peterkin. The hackman could not lift it either, said Peopl
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