Every fruit tree, bush, vine, and flower we planted.

Here our children have been born, lived, loved, and left us; some for the graveyard down yonder, some for homes of their own.

Always we have planned and striven to transform this into the dearest, the most beautiful spot on earth.

In making our home the best we can, in improving our township, county, and state, we are doing our share toward upbuilding this nation." She began at the a b c's, and gave it to him straight: the whole thing, just as we saw it; and he listened, as if he were a prisoner, and she a judge telling him what he must do to gain his freedom.

She put in the birds to keep away the worms, the trees to break the wind, the creeks to save the moisture.