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THE DEADLY N~IGHTSHADE.

Two lovely little children went, when summe
was in prms, ar- ---- =. ID. 81
Into a garden beautiful, beneath a southern cline
A brother and a sister-twins, and each to eacl
most desr,- - 20 1885, .-E m
Wss not the mother Of these babes beset with an,
And brightly shone the summer sun upon that gen
tie palr,
Wbs Piusked each gauay ao.sr that grow In 1ict
or chased the idle butterHies,-those fair, defence
That round them tantalizing danced upon thei
silken wings.
With many a flower which they had pusked q
mimic grove they made,
But wondered, when they came again, they had
so soon decayed; p -4,.sfE.za.a1
And glisving, each the other asked, why all the
roses red, 'i
which freshly bloomed an hour before, now
dropping hung their head?
Twas in that season of the year when on the
blooming earth =
Each flower and plant, and shrub and tree, 10 an
their fruits gave bIrth:.hf U- br.i .lfsE
But mid them all, and most exposed to catch the
passing view,
With purple flowers and berries red, the Deadly
-NightShade grew! .a-s.. .-.;- +.
Up rose the little boy and ran, upon the bush to
gaze, EH..
And then his sister followed quick, and both were
in amaze;
For berries half so beautiful they ns'er before had
seen, s. ta.-- .s. . . H-.' - -
So forth he rashly stretched his hand among the
branches green. -.
cob, EdwardI Edward do not touch. Remem-
Der, mother said,
That poisonous fruit in clusters grew, though
beautiful and red;
And that it had a tempting look, inviting TO the eye,
But If a single one we cal, that we should surely
die" ...-- ..,.,- -. rs..T
"ol Charlotte, Charlotte, do you think that these
can do us harm, .-...-. -st .-..hs
Or tina. such pretty fruit as this need cause US such
'alarm? -gE YifH'.H 49, "Ss f'
For surely, if they poisonous are, they bitter then
must be,
So will taste 3 single one, and we shall quickly
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Then forth he stretched his little hand, and he a
berry Plueksd, rt " rs. 81
And to his lips he put the fruit, and IN the poison
sucked
And when he found the juice was good. he babe
"For It is pleasant to the taste-so' cooling and SO
sweet: irii ". r'.ti -f- .'". 81
These children then the berries pulled, and Of
them eat their fl,-
Nor did tliey ever dream the whine, that they were
doing i'll.
s'Tis not the fruit that mother meant,' exulting-
" they cried; a..s a z-:i9C .s.- biz.
And merry was their pr%attling laugh, to see their
fingers dyed. -
But suddenly the sister stopped, her rosy cheek
grew pale
ooh, brotherI brosberI hold me up, for something
1 feel 50 weak, / cannot stand,-the trees are
dancing round; ..5Is3 - -!att
"Oh, Edwardi Edward ! clasp my hand, and
place me on the ground."'
He gently laid his sister down, and bitterly did cry,
And every means 10 ease her pain and calm her
But soon he felt himself turn sick, and feeble
chiHy-weak- .,z--l:ia T.. .t.l
And, as he tottered on the grass, he bruised his
S'e[s eH'eA BE- qasaEis2. zptha- st &
Exhausted though that isfant was, upon his ten.
der breast -,
He placed the little Charlotts's head, that she
might softer rest: j
The 6aPiess creature did but think his sister only
slept! ."o,I
And when his eyesight DINNER grew, to her he
itasB4! o 3 all. <asE10|
The evening closed upon these babes, who slept
away her breath; Il
And. mourning Ger his cruel task, away went
And they Who had the sacred trust, those cherubs
sshsh then where they quiet lay, but Thought
they were asleep. |
1GnIE 1861 80 81 - SsSF . . ~ -4A. /
When they iAe AapIess sufferers raised from inst
sast,f fond einhfaee, g. : ,zts5 T. sEiah Il
Ahal.fornsd smile was seen to dwell upon each
.psly face; .rn .tsa,C.. - ,.l1
AIS that such win roses fan, which morning
Should vfthes ia lhe sunny land, ERE came the
twilight gaeom. ? II .vsa. z .oeieiag!a
"a .trr.saI ,zs4afS > FLORENCE.
7GstEng Of Falss Friends,-F weedsd
myfrisnds,' said aneoidG eccentric FRIEND
'bshdsging . pisce ofstair carpet out of
my 6rst door window, with a brokers' an