The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-06-15
PBEsERVING 4 ROQUET,

WIN your bouquetF exclaimed the Misses I
r, as they saw their cousin about TO !
remove it from the parlor.
q know an excellent way Of preserving
flowers, and / VIII help yoa press them If !
you wish it, said the eldest
or, if You wish to study its language, 1 |
am qui-c an adep. in such things, and will !
gladly aid you,' sail the youngest sister, ,
mischievouslv.
i thank YOU was the smiling reply, !
But | was no: intending 10 do either; there
are so many flowers here already thai |
thought would pu. mine where they could
be better appreciatedi
Where it can receive undivided admi-
ration?'
'Exaclyl'
How fat'cred the donor would feel,
could be know ilP
We viii not teii%in, then, for two very
good reasons; FIRST, because we doaet know
who heis; and, secondly, because l Think
It wrong to fla.ter any one;' and with sill
very laugh the young girl passed out Of the
room.
Well might Lucy say there were so many
flowers that hers, elegant as they were,
stood IN danger Of being overlooked. Ev-
cry antique vase contained a perfect wealth
ofTlOwers, while the delicious perfume
they diffused tkrorghou! tie rooms made
one forget that the season was sill winter.
The two occupants Of the plri5r were a.
rnong the rel igHing bellies Of tie city, and
every day they received, from some oftheir
many admirers, presents most attractive
flowers the markets could furnish Their
mother often remarked that they had more
than they could really admire, and that if
some Of them could, only be sent TO dewel-
lngs where there were none, how they
would be priced! Ba. they were most a.
mused by an exclamation made By the
houaemai1 one morning, while arranging
the rooms. Dear, dear' she said, what
pity tosoe so many flowers withering here,
every day, when they could be sold for two
or three dollars bunch! If the young
ladies' would only le: me sell some of them,
when they have more than enough, they
might make right handsome sum of pin
money!
The cousin Lucy tro1uced to our read
ers was country girl who had been
brought to the city few ws,ks before,
by her relatives, to be polished up and ft-
ted to enter society, Though rustic sim
plcity itself, beside her quecnly cousins,
there was a certain freshness, beauty a.
bout her, that acted as a powerful charm.
She had, that morning received her first
bouquet from namelcss friend, and, after
it had been duly admired, and pronounced
! by her cousins the most perfect one Of the
season. it was placed in wster, and the trio
sat down to read. Lucy was soon called
out to inspect an1 pay for some OF The
one hundred and one articles OF sewing thai
a young lady requires when preparing to
60 into society, especially if she is just from
! the country.
While doing this she learned, through
the inquiries made by her aunt. that the
sewing girl had sick Grandmother at
home. And, as she longed TO do some
thing for the invalid, her fingers were in
stinctiycly placed upon the clasp of her
portemoanoie, but something in the young
woman's face and manner made her fear
that she would only wound her by Offering
her money. Then she recollected her
flowers, and feeling, with her country
tastes, that they would do much towards
cheering sick room, she bought them out
and requested her to carry them to her
grandmother.
oh, thank you, Miss was her reply;
they are too beautiful for us, but grand
mother was wishing for flowers only yes
terday, and thought after received my
pay would stop in the market and get her
few; but never expected to be able to
carry home anything like this!'
That evening Mr.. F---'s parlor;
were brilliantly lighted, and the two young
ladies-in most becoming dresses-wert
doing their bestto entertain some gentlemen
while Lucy sat wondering how they coulC
find so much to talk about, with persons
who were almost strangers, andfeeling her
self cast quite into the shade by their bril-
liant conversationalpowers Aflera while
the talk quite naturally turned upon flow
crs, when Emma F. simply to tease
her cousin, remarked: One of the bou
quets sent here this morning was TOO pre-
cious to be leftin the sight of common peo
pie like ourselves. Cousin Lucy priced i
SO highly that she only permitted US t.
feast our eyes upon it for FIVE minutes, anC
then she bore it away! 1 supposed of cours
she hal carried it to her own room, tha
, she Hight enjoy it all alone, and fully ex
. pected to see it on the table beside he
prayerbook, but it was not there!
Did you 60 there on purpose to fin,
h?'
Yes, and net o1ly that, bu. have ac
! tually cxertcd myself so far as to visit ever
room in the house, in order to discove
where the little miser had concealed he
treasure, but all in vain. Now such care
: fitness in hiding away her flowers, certain
! ly looks suspiciousp
, 1t argues strong interest in the givel
! undoubtedly, Something serious will com
Of it yet; depend uponit we shall hear MOI
| Of that bouquet, at some future time
= What happy man must he be VIII
{ sent i; how envy himP
. 1--WE only knew him, that we might o
| fer our congratulations!
We'll, if She will tell what she did Wi
G ner pretty flowers, we wont tease her ar
: more.
e Her flowers? Iknowp exclaimed Il
h child, she gave them to Susan for her sic
a Grand-muver!' If there had been al
: doubt about Lucy's blushing before, the
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