The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-08-14
MISCELLANY.
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Erom the Emporium.
THE TlVI.V FLOWERS.

HCdt tOuhAuS iitt'S ShAs ouNiO SSho nj
self to young lady in Chesnut-street,
and holding out at the same time
small basket containing some beautiful
roses, they are newly blown and
fresh. Buy red rose for your hair,
Miss here's one that will look delight
full twined among those pretty locks"
Not rose, my child said the young
lady, there are thorns among them
but I'll take this little flower, it looks
so lively and sweet; OBJ it's Forget
me-not?' " Pardon me, Miss" replied
the child, s'tha! flower is engaged"
tTo whom !? 'sTo master Charles Le-
land.n sCharles Leland. indeed sail
the lady well, but here's another,
what beautiful paire "They are Twin
Flowers-they are both for that gentle
man." said the little girl. 'Oh, a fig for
him. said the young lady: but an arch.
smile played upon her cheek as she
said it, a.>1 something sparkled iu her
beautiful dark eve that told tale her
lips refused to utter; while she inge-
n;ousIy marked both the favourite flow
ers, and returned them TO the basket !;
then choosing little bunch of roses,
she walked home, leaving the flower
girl TO visit the rest of her customers.
Love is impatient; and Harriet count
ed the tedious minutes as she sat at her
window and listened for the well-known
rap. The clock struck nine, and vet
Leland did not appear: she thought he
had been neglectfnl of late; but then
the flowers; he knew they were favour
ties of hers, and she thought, to receive
them from his hand, and to hear him
say, Harriet, forget me not, would be a
sweet atonement for many little offences
past. But once the thought stole to her
bosom, perhaps they are destined for
another! She banished it with sigh,
and it had hardly escaped her ere
Charles Leland entered. She rose to
receive him, and he gently took her
hand. "Accept" said he "my humble
offering, and forget me" Harriet in
terrupted him as he attempted to place
a single flower in her BOSOM Where
IS the other ? said she, as she playluly
put back his hand. A moments silence
ensued; Charles appeared embarrassed.
and Harriet recollecting herself; blushed
deeply and turned it off but the flower
was not offered again, and Charles had
only said forget me I.
This could not have been all he in
tended TO say; but mutual reserve, rem
dered the remainder of the evening cold,
formal and insipid; and when Leland
took his leave, Harriet felt more than
ever dissatisfied. As it was not yet late
in the evening, she resolved to dissipate
the melancholy that this little interview,
in spite Of all her efforts to laugh at it,
left OF her mind, by spending a few
minutes at neighbours, whose three
daughters were her most intimate COM
panlons.
The youngest of these ladies' was
gay and interesting girl and was the
first to meet and welcome her Young
friend: but as she held out her hand,
Harriet discovered little flower in it
it was forget-me-not." She examin-
ed tit was one of Leland's the mark
she had made upon it, when she took il
from the basket of the flower-girI, was
there. This was at the moment an un-
fortunate discovery. She had heard
that Charles frequently visited this FAM
lily, and that he even paid attention to
Jane but she had never before believ-
ed il; and now she shnddered at the
idea of admitting that for once rumour
told truth. "Where did You get this
pretty flower, Jane p said she. ooh a
beau, to be sure,' said Jane, archly;
don't you see--f'orgeto me not > and
as she took back the flower, Il should
not like 10 tell you where got it: I'll
wear it in my bosom though--come
sing
I'll dearly love this pretty flower,
For his own sake who bid me keep it.
I'll wear il iu my bosom's---1-'
" Hush, Jane, said Harriet, interrupting
her, ~my head aches, and your singing
distracts nae. sAh! its your heart said
Jane, or you would not look so dull
8 Well if it is my icari,' said Harriet,
IS she turned to conceal her tears, ii
loes not become friend to trile with