The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-23

10 Des aoee now many HofG ouQS sthcic
are ron it, just count, and only smellithe
fioweri Where shallowe put it?9 and 1
Mary skipped aboutthe room, placing her
first in one position, and then in
another, and walking off to see the effect,
tillher mother gentle reminded her that
the rose-treecould not preseryesits beauty
without sunlight. stT srosT yl97@s So
B 80, ayes;;i truly," said Mary; we'll,
then, it must stand here on this new stand.
How glad lam that we have such ahand-|
some new stand for t,iit4wil look SO much
better. 2. And Mrs. Stephens laid down
her work, and folded a piece of news
paper, on which the treasure was deposit
ted.avsiq ib 4saih1sJ d9i#u 2aasl1yss 81
; tsThere, Poi said Mary, watching the ar.
eagerly. t.that will 4de;i no,
thoughsit does not show the buds--tuIrit
farther round---a little more-there, it's
right;'' and Mary walked round the room
to view the rose in various positions, after
w which si,einsistedgthat hertmother should
go round with her, to the outside, to see
how'it looked therc.I t'How kind it was
in Miss Florence to think of giving .tIisto'
'us.!a said Mary; e" though she has donesoi
much for us, and given us SO many things
yetthis present seems the best,of all, be-
cause .itseemed as if she athoughusof US, 9
and knew just how we felt, and SO fewrdos
that .4ga- gaa.bGa5 ,!.esas aos13q nj
j" Yes, indeed said Mrs. stephens,
sighing.q eia2ii15 $40 @issi N 80 ga.1so7
What a bright afternoon thatlsmall gift
made in that little ROOM How much fas
ter Msry's tongue and fingers flew the live
long day, and Mrs. Stephens in the happi-.
ness of her child, almost forgot that she
had a headache, and thought as she sip
pedaher: evening cup of tea, that she felt
stronger than she had done for some time.
That rose! its sweet influence died not
with that first day. Through all the long,
cold winter that followed, the watching,
tending, and cherishingt of that flower
awakened IA thousand pleasing trains of
thought that beguiled the -sameness and
WEAKNESS of their life. Every day the
fair growing thing put forth some fresh
beauty, a bud, a,leaf, or new shoot, con-.
stantly excited fresh delight in its posses
sors.
AS it stood in the. window, the passer
BY would sometimes stopand gaze, attrac-
ted BY its beauty and then how proud and
happy was ary,gnloolr q, did eyen the serious
and care worn widow notice with indiffer-
epce, when she IS saw the eye Of a chance
visitor rest rest,ad ,admiringly. on their favorite;
But little did Florence know when she
gays that gift that. there was twined
around it ,ad invisible thread that reached
far and brightly l vino n5o Ihe web Of her des7
tiny. .zo,.d oo...a =; s.s.;..,sr, ..a.
a.e1r One f9'k cold afternoon in eary spring, 9
tall, graceful! young a nmlan .caled at the,
lowly room to receive and. pay for some
linen which the widow had been, making
up. He He was q wayi7farer and stranger in
the place, recommended through the char
ity of some Of Mrs. Stephens's friends
His eye, as he was going out, rested ad,
mirlngly, upon the, rose, he stopped and
looked earnestly at it, g., t.,,-.. RI: -.
,;"It was. given to us, p said the little
Mary quickly, =" by, a young lady as
sweet and beautiful as that is. 80
>, Ah!'' said the stranger turning and
fixing upon her a pair Of very bright eyes,
pleased and rather struck with the simpli-
city Of the communication. "and how
came she to give it to you little girl = ~
,3""Ol, because We. are poor, and mother
is sick, and we can never have anything
pretty. We used to have q garden once,
and we loved flowers SO much, and Miss
Florence found all this out, and so she gave
Us this. y ..,,.. a... .s,, s..-., f..... r.-..s
r., ""Florence!'' echoed the stranger, 49,.
~ Eyes, Miss Florence 'Estrange; a
beautiful young lady-7they say she was
foreign parts, though she spoke English
just like any other lady, only sweeter.''
els she here now?-is she in the city,"
said the gentleman eagerly.
"No, but she left some months ago, -
said the widow; but noticing the sudden
shade of disappointment on his face, she
added: "But you can find out all about
her by enquiring gofheraunt Mrs. Carlisle's,
No. 10, : : ---- street, ASH oa.e s.., 3 f.
AS the result of this, Florence received
form the Office in the next mail a letter, in
a hand writing that made her itremble--
During the many early years of her life
spent in France, she had learned we'll that
writing; had loved as woman like her
loyesoonly once; but there had been OBJ
'stacles of parents and friends, separation
and long suspense, till at length, for many
bitter years, she had believed that the re-
lentless sea had closed forever over that
hand and. heart; and it was this belief
that had touched with sweet, calm zsol-
sroyyr eyerv ss linf in her lovely face. = Ra,