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Updated: June 11, 2025
To Phœbe Metz, Greenwald, with its two thousand inhabitants, its several churches, post-office and numerous stores, seemed a veritable city. She delighted in walking on its brick sidewalks, looking at its different houses and entering its stores. How many attractions these stores held for the little country girl!
"Mother Bab will be surprised," she said gladly as she swung up the hill in rapid, easy strides. "And David I wonder what David will say if he's home." At the summit of the hill she paused and turned, looked back at the gray farmhouse and beyond it to the little town of Greenwald. "I just must stand here a minute and look! I love this view from the hill."
She was still a child and the promised walk to Greenwald changed the entire world for her. She paused once in her sewing to look about the sitting-room. "Ach, I vonder now why this room is so ugly to me to-day. I guess it's because it's so pretty out. Why, mostly always I think this is a vonderful nice room." The sitting-room of the Metz farm was attractive in its old-fashioned furnishing.
Trooper Rowland again distinguished himself by his fearlessness. For gallantry on the field of action Sergeants Dame, Ferguson, Tiffany, Greenwald, and, later on, McIlhenny, were promoted to second lieutenancies, as Sergeant Hayes had already been. Lieutenant Carr, who commanded his troop, and behaved with great gallantry throughout the day, was shot and severely wounded at nightfall.
"I'm glad you take it this way," she said as he came in, whistling, from his trip to Greenwald. "What's the use of crying?" he answered gaily, though he felt far from gay. Had he been too hasty? Doubts began to assail him. It was going to be hard to deceive his mother, she was always so eager for his confidence. But, then, he was doing it for her sake as much as for his own.
"Why" Phœbe stared in surprise "don't you have quilts in your Hope Chest?" "I haven't even the Hope Chest." "No Hope Chest! Now, that's funny! I thought every girl that could have a chest for the money had a Hope Chest!" "I never heard of a Hope Chest before I came to Greenwald." "Now don't it beat all!" The child was very serious. "We ain't at all like other people, I believe.
It is the voice of the Tempter urging her to do this thing and we who are her friends should persuade her to remain in her good home and near the friends who care for her. Have you thought, Aunt Maria, that the people to whom she will go may dance and play cards and do many worldly things? Philadelphia is very different from Greenwald.
Ah, well, he would be unselfish enough to go away without telling of the hope of his heart. If he came back there would be ample time to tell her; it was needless to bind her to a long-absent lover. If he came back crippled if he never came back at all Oh, why delve into the future! IN the little town of Greenwald there is performed each year in June an interesting ceremony, the Feast of Roses.
And right in front of them you see what's there!" "Larkspur, blue larkspur!" cried Phœbe. "Oh, I see it's red, white and blue! You'll have it all summer in your garden!" "Yes. When it blooms it'll be a grand sight. I said to Aaron that we'll have all the children of Greenwald in looking at his flag and he said he hopes so, for they couldn't look at anything better than the colors of Old Glory.
Counters were filled with glassware, china and crockery; other counters were laden with umbrellas, hats, shoes "Ach," she sighed as she went out to the street, "I think this goin' to Greenwald to the store is vonderful nice!
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