AUGUST 29: The Huckleberry Pickers
“To-day I passed by a house and heard some little children talking to some other children who looked very ragged, hot and tired,” said daddy.
“These children had been picking huckleberries and were going around this hot afternoon trying to sell them.
“They had stopped by this house where they had seen the little children playing. The mother of the little children had gone out for the afternoon, but they were having a party with a few of their little friends.
“They told the little poor children that they hadn’t any money at all to buy the berries with, but they asked them to stay and play with them and that they were sure when their mother came home she would buy all the berries.
“The children could not resist the temptation. They sat down and had some lemonade and sponge cake, and, oh, it did seem so good after the hot tramp they had made looking for the berries. After they had had all the lemonade and sponge cake that they could possibly eat they all went wading in a little brook back of the house. They did so enjoy the lovely, cool water, and when the mother came home, there she found her children entertaining the little poor children.
“Of course she bought every one of the huckleberries, which pleased the little children so much.
“But what pleased them still more was that the mother added that if they came that way very often she would like to buy huckleberries of them, for her family was so fond of them, and that there would be lemonade parties too.”