lyialGovernorinia.ShewasalsosedcousintoRobertE.Lee.

    Myfather,ArthurH.Keller,taininthefederateArmy,andmymother,KateAdams,washissedwifeandmanyyearsyounger.Hergrandfather,BenjaminAdams,marriedSusannaE.Goodhue,andlivedinNewbury,Massachusetts,formanyyears.Theirson,CharlesAdams,wasborninNewburyport,Massachusetts,andmovedtoHelena,Arkansas.WhentheCivilWarbrokeout,hefoughtonthesideoftheSouthandbecameabrigadier-general.HemarriedLucyHele,whobelohesamefamilyofEverettsasEdwardEverettandDr.EdwardEverettHale.AfterthewarwasoverthefamilymovedtoMemphis,Tennessee.

    Ilived,uptothetimeoftheillhatdeprivedmeofmysightandhearing,inatinyhousesistingofalargesquareroomandasmallone,inwhichtheserva.Itisaihtobuildasmallhousehehomesteadasaobeusedonoccasion.SuyfatherbuiltaftertheCivilWar,andwhenhemarriedmymothertheywenttoliveinit.Itwaspletelycoveredwithvines,climbingrosesandhoneysuckles.Fromthegardenitlookedlikeanarbour.ThelittleporchwashiddenfromviewbyasofyellowrosesandSouthernsmilax.Itwasthefavouritehauntofhumming-birdsandbees.

    TheKellerhomestead,wherethefamilylived,wasafewstepsfromourlittlerose-bower.Itwascalled"IvyGreen"becausethehouseandthesurroundingtreesandfenceswerecoveredwithbeautifulEnglishivy.Itsold-fashionedgardenwastheparadiseofmychildhood.

    Eveninthedaysbeforemyteachercame,Iusedtofeelalongthesquarestiffboxwoodhedges,and,guidedbythesenseofsmellwouldfindthefirstvioletsandlilies.There,too,afterafitoftemper,Iwenttofindfortandtohidemyhotfathecoolleavesandgrass.Wha