The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-08-02
TaE FLOWER GIRL.
BY MISS n. NILES

d" Will you buy my fnwers!" said a
sweet voire To Mrs .Audly, ss she Stepped
from her carriage. aud Hss about enter.
ing nne 81 the mnsi fashionable mansions
in The mast pnpulaus of our southern
cities. Mrs Auhly stopped. and regard.
ed with an eye Of wander. a child of
surprising beauty. Who held Firth bunch
Of moss ro.es. She was struck with
surprise TO see one 81 fr'giIe aud delicate.
thus engaged in selling in the public
street.
" Da Won sell your roses i'm order 10
support yourself. lillle glrl!" she asked
10 a tone of Kindness.
" NJ. ms'am; she replied, dropping
courtesy, q" but nv mother is sick.
and | walked frnm The crnss roads % sell
all the roses that was on my own bush;
will ynu buy them. ladyr and her deep
blue eyes filed with tears.
Mrs. Autlly was much interested by the
innocence aud arless simplicity Of the
chld. and afier few more inquiries. de.
,rrmIned 10 - herself and see the sick
woman. whn the child said was q stranger
in u -. She was me whose purse was
always open 10 the calls Of charity. aud
taking the llllle girl Inio the carriage. she
ordered her cnachman to drive To The
cr.s rnads. abnui two miles from the
city. They stopped at low humble
boxing house. aud the lady entering,
cav extended upon the bed. and apparent
~ dying. female upoa whose cnunten-
anre. wasted as it was. there yet linger.
ell The remains Of great beauty. Mrs.
Audly spike to her in times Of compassion.
but she only lifted to her The glazed and
rnsng eye. I, was evident she was fast
sinking to her rest. A decent looking
woman came forward. and from her the
laly Learned TIA, the strangers name WIS
Lhrlon. and that she had cnme there sick.
aud rs she was pnor. she hal boarded
her aud her child, and until the last three
weeks. had regularly received her pay;
anil as she wanted so ne cnm(nrts. she
had gwen Inez the ch,ld leave To sell
roses. Mrs. L"rInn, | guess. has seen
better days" said the woman, IN coa-
clusIon. " but what | shall do with the
child whea she is gone. | don't know.
hodgh she is 50 goo aud sweet temper
ed.
Mrs. Andy sent her servant TO procure
the necessary comforts for the night. aud
leaving some money with ,he women.
returned home with the promise Of visit
Ing them the next day.
The windows nf Mrs. Au,lly's mansion
opened upin piazza, aud she sat alone
maslng on the past
Time had been. when tho voice OF child-
hood sent Ills thrill through the mothers
heart, and the sound Of mlrIh aud gladness
res"nn,led through her now silent dwell
ing; bat one by one, the bright and beauIl-
inI beings who clustered around her
hearth aud board. had gone down in their
innreare 10 the tnmh; nae only remain
ell. soa IN distant lanl. The lady sat
IN sadness. Her husband entered, aud
seeing the melancholy that rested on her
brow. began relating something amusing
that had occurred during the day. Sne
sill appeared abstrsc.ed. aud upon his
'enderIy inquiring The cause. she related
10 him the incidents Of the morning.
"'Phat child reminds me Of my departed
Ones" said she. and tear fell upon the
hand her husband held. - Robert, L
know tina, you seldom deny a request Of
nine; bu, still il is an important one am
about making. This pour child, IN all
her beauty aud sweetness. seems as II
sent To supply the places Of the dead;
why may M. adop, her as my own!-
Our home will not appear so I"nely.
Mr.. Aully gladly consented 10 any
thing that could cheer the solitude oi has
wife, or wife her from the melanchnly
that was undermining her health; and
they Concerted together To take the huIe
llrI, as soon as Mrs. Lnrion was dead.
The mex. day. when Mrs. Audly arriv
ed at the cottage, she found that Mrs
Lnrlon had died in the night, withou
giving any sIgn of consciousness, or dts
G"terIns who she was. There was
miniature sl her, taken when young. an'