The Chronicles of Rhoda

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Chronicles of Rhoda, by Florence Tinsley Cox, Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
BY FLORENCE TINSLEY COX ILLUSTRATED BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH
O the radiant light that girdled Field and forest, land and sea, When we all were young together, And the world was new to me.
BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1909 By Small, Maynard & Company (INCORPORATED) ———— Entered at Stationers' Hall THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER

A DETHRONED QUEEN

Your name is Rhoda, grandmother said, with the catechism open in her hand. Rhoda. Rhoda. It's quite easy to say.
Ain't I the little pig that went to market? I asked, anxiously, gazing up from her lap into her eyes, over which she wore glass things like covers. And ain't I Baby Bunting? I continued, with the memory of a famous hunt stealing over me.
Once you were, grandmother answered, soberly. Now you are Rhoda.