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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1907
Page
15
Little Junie, five, longs for town while her busy family handles farm chores. She watches her siblings leave for school and town each day from the Pearsville valley farm, imagining joining them soon and proving her own walking strength.
Five year old Junie sneaks from home in a cloak and hood with muff, aiming to meet her siblings at school. She endures cold, hunger, and a barking dog before a gypsy wagon appears. Tom and siblings intervene, revealing the danger and guiding her safely home, promising never to go out alone.
Matilda of Scotland, wife of Henry I, born about 1079, was a descendant of Alfred the Great. Orphaned young, she lived at Romsey Abbey where she resisted vows and later married Prince Henry. Her steadfast virtue earned the nickname Mattlda the Good and she remained beloved by subjects. The portrait comes from a British Museum miniature.
A nature piece explains bats are the same as flying mice, wintering in caves and hollow trees. In spring they awaken, young cling to their mothers, and eyes sharpen for night hunting. they feed on gnats and mosquitoes after months of fasting.
An alphabet verse by M W describing family members from Arthur to Tim and beyond. It names a mother father grandmother Irene cousin Jim Kate aunty Tim and other kin in a playful family tribute with a caution about talking too much.
After holidays quiet returns to Perkins household Bricktop and the Twins start school in high spirits A heavy New Year snowstorm grips the town and Bricktop shares a generous lunch with hungry classmates Later he brings home Bettie and Lettie while Mrs Perkins fears the worst Then Bricktop and his mother Mrs Perkins are reassured by the brave rescue effort and Mr Perkins praises Bricktop’s courage and care.
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