WENONAH'S STORIES
FOR CHILDREN
By
CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM
and
WARREN PROCTOR
THE
HARMONY SHOP
PUBLISHERS OF GOOD BOOKS
BOSTON — MASS.
Copyright, 1918,
by A. M. Davis
To
EDITH BULLEN
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Lois and Harold | 1 |
| II. | Wenonah | 5 |
| III. | Dusty Feet | 16 |
| IV. | Basket Making | 23 |
| V. | The Wand | 28 |
| VI. | The Golden Key | 48 |
| VII. | The Polawee | 85 |
| VIII. | Farewell | 111 |
WENONAH'S STORIES
FOR CHILDREN
CHAPTER I. LOIS AND HAROLD.
When Lois and Harold Robbins first learned that they were not going tothe seashore this summer they felt very much disappointed.
Lois was ten years old and Hal was eight. They thought there was no funso nice as wading in the salt water and letting the foam break overtheir legs. Of course it was better still to have Daddy put thewater-wings on them and let them float, and give them swimming lessons.They had not quite learned to swim alone yet without the water-wings,and this was to be the summer when they would surely do it.
When their father saw their disappointment he tried to cheer them up.
"Don't you know that Lake Michigan looks as big as the ocean?" he asked.
"It isn't salt," said Lois.
"Has it any starfish and crabs in it?" asked Hal.
"No," returned Mr. Robbins, "but children can swim in it and wade on thesandy shore, and then there are sweet-smelling pine woods to play in,and your mother wants to smell those pines. Don't you think you wouldlike to see a little more of the world, instead of going to the sameplace every summer?"
Lois shook her head very decidedly. "No," she replied, "for I know weshall never have such a good time as we do at the seashore."
Her father smiled. "It is never a wise plan to make up your mind not tohave a good time," he said. "That is like turning a bowl upside down.Nothing can run into it, so it stays empty. Keep your bowls right