A Summer in the Life of Two Little Children, by the Author of 'The Lilies of the Valley and Other Stories'. (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. Soon after came Rosie's birthday, and she was four years old. It happened that both the children's birthdays came in the summer. Rosie's was in June, and Bobby's in August, so it was generally fine weather, and if it was fair they used to go somewhere for a picnic, which they liked better than anything else. This time it was settled they should go to a pretty place on the mountain behind their house, where there were some nice shady trees and bushes, and a little spring that bubbled out of the hill-side, and then ran all the way down, jumping and splashing over the stones, and sprinkling all the flowers and grass with shining drops of water, till it reached the lake below. You may think how anxious the children were that it should be a fine day. Rosie had never been to this pretty place, but Bobby had, and he was never tired of telling her about it, and she was never tired of hearing, and so they talked about it nearly all day long for two or three weeks before the time came. At last the day really came, and when they opened their eyes in the morning, there was the sun shining as brightly as ever it could into the nursery, so brightly that it quite dazzled them and made them shut their eyes up again for a minute or two. Oh they were so glad They jumped out of bed directly Trina called them, and helped as much as they could to dress themselves. They could both put on their shoes and stockings, and Bobby tried to brush his hair; he brushed it first one way, and then another, till his brown curls stuck out in a great fuzzle all about his head. "Isn't that nice, Trina?" he asked. Trina laughed. "Ach Herze " she said, "you are a true fright; I don't know what your Frau Mama would say if she could see you." Trina always called Mr. Fraser the "Herr...