Excerpt from The Old Scrap Book Among the pear and apple trees stood the old home. Its windows and its porches were embowered in clematis and wild grape vines; its walls were buried in ivy; its rooms were large and lofty and filled with the happy laughter of boys and girls; and now like last year's nest it is deserted. In the beautiful quiet of God's acre sleep the Father and Mother; the boys and girls have gone to new homes; business houses have crowded it to its very doors; automobiles and street cars rush by every minute; the beautiful old orchard is destroyed, and the house is abandoned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.