"What do you think it is?" he said.
"Untie the ribbon," advised his mother, whose quick eyes saw a faint line which showed an opening.
Jimmy pulled the yellow ribbon, the upper half of the egg opened on a hinge, and there were glistening gold coins—five-dollar gold pieces.
"Oh!" said Jimmy, and he sat down on the step, breathless with surprise and joy.
A slip of white paper lay between two of the coins. Jimmy snatched it out, and this is what he read:
Please accept the contents of the golden egg, with the best wishes
of The Goose.
Arbor Day
No uniform date in the different States
Arbor Day is a designated day upon which the people and especially the school children plant trees and shrubs along the highways and other suitable places. It was first observed in Nebraska. The State board of agriculture offered prizes for the counties and persons planting the largest number of trees, and it is said that more than a million trees were planted the first year, while within sixteen years over 350,000,000 trees and vines were planted in the State.