Identifier: manorsofvirginia01sale (find matches)
Title: Manors of Virginia in colonial times
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Sale, Edith Dabney Tunis, d. 1932
Subjects: Manors
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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tting its eyesamid constant exclamations of surprise. Thencame a strong desire on the part of us all to seeyour contributions to the Fair. The room wascrowded with an anxious group, and upon theopening of boxes containing the needle-cases andpin-cushions, all united in expressions of admira-tion. The doll was only so far uncased as toexhibit her face and feet and a portion of thedress, and Mrs. Beckmans taste and skill werepronounced to be unmatchable. Julia will followyour instructions in regard to the display anddisposition of the articles, and thinks of dispos-ing of the doll by raffle if auction does notsucceed. The children last night hurried to bed at anearly hour, in order to sleep away the tedioushours which were to elapse before the dawning ofday; but I went into Gardie and Alex.s room atnear eleven oclock, and sleep had not visited theireyes. They were watching for Santa Claus, andcomplained of his tardiness. Being told thatSanta Claus objected to being seen, and did not 166
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SHERWOOD FOREST like boys to watch for him, they finally went tosleep; but the day had not fairly dawned whentheir exclamations filled the whole house. Having dispatched the sweet things, theythen opened their toy boxes. Gardiner is still(eleven oclock) carrying on the siege of Sebas-topol; Alex, is busily engaged with Whittingtonand his Cat; Julia arranges her furniture;Lachlan spurs up his horse; and Lionel (last,though not least) calls for his drummer. Ahappier concern you rarely ever saw. I onlywash that all of you were here to look upon thescene. Julia was so very much fatigued yesterdayas to devolve on me the task of writing. TheFair comes off to-morrow, and she will give youa full account of it. Governor Floyd and hislady have not reached us, and I suppose will not.We have had bad weather, and the mist is stillexcessively dense. The central portion of the simple, ramblingmanor-house at Sherwood Forest was built bythe Minges in the latter part of 1700. The wingsand corridors wer

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