Timothy's Quest

Wilkinss Wood was a quiet stretch of timber land that lay along the banks ofPleasant River and though the natives for the most part never noticed thatit was pav... » 

Wilkinss Wood was a quiet stretch of timber land that lay along the banks ofPleasant River and though the natives for the most part never noticed thatit was paved with asphalt and roofed in with oilcloth yet it wasnevertheless the most tranquil bit of loveliness in all the country round.Here was a quiet pool where the rushes bent to the breeze . . . and there awinding path where the cattle came down to drink of the rivers nectar. Herethe first mayflowers pushed their sweet heads through the reluctant earth andwaxen Indian pipes grew in the moist places . . . And here sat TimothyJessup with all his heart in his eyes bidding goodby to all this soft andtender loveliness. For Timothy Jessup was running away again. KateDouglas Wiggin 18561923 with such works as Rebecca of Sunnybrook FarmThe Story of Patsy and A Village Stradivarius earned a permanent place inthe heart of Americas youth. «