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The Story of Ruth: The Watercolour Journals of Arthur Adair Brooke
Location: Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.

 
"Ruth beginning to walk by herself. She waves her arms to balance herself!"
19 of 137 		"Ruth can walk now and carry something as well."
20 of 137 		"Gran ma who came early in September - 22, puts Ruth to sleep."
21 of 137 		"Gran ma, Ruth and Buster."
22 of 137 		"Gran'ma takes Ruth out as often as she can!"
23 of 137 		"Ruth going for a drive."
24 of 137
"Ruth and Mamma. Ruth is wearing the cap that Gran'ma knitted for her. She is over 1 year old."
25 of 137 		"Nobody must laugh when Ruth does this but she seems to do it on purpose to make one laugh."
26 of 137 		"Night Night!"
27 of 137 		"In the first book Ruth ends by saying good night. So she went to bed. She is now over a year old."
28 of 137 		"At first it was not hard to keep her on the platform on the South side of the house . . . "
29 of 137 		"But one day she escaped!"
30 of 137
"And soon found her way into the strawberry patch! Where she soon found some berries."
31 of 137 		"Ruth is not lazy, she wants to help Mamma."
32 of 137 		"She delighted in running after the lawn mower."
33 of 137 		"Of course the bright flowers were just what she delighted to pick."
34 of 137 		"A very young eve, but not being 2 years old yet she could not reach them . . . "
35 of 137 		"In haying time she must haul hay, which amused her black cat immensely."
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