The Believing Years

The Believing Years

A number of the incidents described in this book have been used in a series of stories published in The Outlook. To The Outlook Company my thanks are due for their courteous permission to retell these stories in an altered form. We had thought of it, thought of it far back when snow still covered the ground; planned for it, lived in hope of it. To-morrow the tyrannical bell should be[2] silent, and no one could say: "Time to start for school!" Many forces had been at work hurrying this day forward: the first blades of grass, the first leaves on the horse-chestnut trees, the first robin who ran across the grass-plots overlooking the frog pond, the first dandelion that gleamed in the grass. All were signs and symbols of it. But in spite of so many omens, the day itself had been outrageously slow to arrive. The robins had abated the enthusiasm of the first few weeks, and become quieter. They were sober householders and family men, now. The golden blossoms of the dandelions were transformed into that shape in which they are useful chiefly to blow upon three times to see at what o'clock your mother wants you. The season had arrived for swimming,indeed, it had been here for weeks,Ed Mason and Rob Currier claimed to[3] have gone in swimming at Four Rocks as early as the last day of April. The fish in Little River needed our careful attention. And in front of Austin's shop had long stood a sign displaying a pink pyramid with a spoon stuck therein, and the seductive words "Ice Cream," a spectacle that made our Fourth of July money stir uneasily in our pockets. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 46712
Author: Pearson, Edmund Lester
Release Date: Aug 28, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English