Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-05-01

! OF IL yet uepeHu aPo1 IL we .oiah Hca
more of that boquet at some future time.
"What a happy man must he be wh'
sent it, how envy him T
nIf we only knew him, that we nigh
offer our congratulations =
Poor Lucy blushed from annoyance a
this raillery, aad her little three years old
cousin, observing this said "You all are
naughty to tease my cousin Lucy so y
aWell, il she will tell what she did with
he! pretty flowers we wont tease her any
more.
"Her flowers? | know p exclaimed
the child .'she gave them to Susan for
her sick Grand murerp If there had
been any doubt about Lucy's blushing be-
fore, there could be none now "preseIve
me from my friends !" thought she.
We'll, Miss Lucy Blair, said her ED
est cousin. Il have always looked upon
you as a sort of perfect being, yet, sinner
as am, | have now detected you in two
most heinous offences; SO produce your
shilling" and come to the confessional
at once, as you hope for absolution.'
GAS you seem SO well aware OF my sins
already, YOU need no confession from me
to enlighten you.' n,
"Excuse you, then, you, Lucy Blair
in presence OF the company here assem-
bled-of two gross sins First, OF an at
tempt to ruin all the poor people of the
city, by giving them taste for expensive
Injuries, beyond the reach OF any but the
wealthy Do you plead guilty, OF not
guilty, to this grave accusation" ..a.
ttNr&4 .a,,J Wv stof apv 3ntog-
ton to injure the poor Of your city, IN
whose welfare you seem to take'so deep
an interest. And as TO giving them a
taste for flowers. a wiser 0ne than | has
implanted hat in the very humblest of his
children; Else why do we always see
few roses or morning glories shading the
windows of the veriest novels in the coun-
try; and little spot of the rudest garden
redeemed from cabbage and onions, for
pink or peonies And even in this great
city, rose BUSH geranum, or a few
chrysanthems growing in cracked teapots
and broken bowls. ornament the windows
of dilapiaated dwellings, saying to the pas
sers by, that this universal passion for
flowers will burst out, in spite of poverty
and .oil %
\ "a most able defence Not guilty y
said the gentleman. -e
"But the second charge" continued her
cousin, ''is still more serious one. |
have to accuse you OF the base act of
giving away present.. -
| did not think of that" said Lucy with
heightened color Il suppose it was DIS
honorable: but was SO glad had flowers
to give. that | forgot they had been a
present =
awe will exhonorate you, then, upon
the ground Of no malice aiorethought, e"
said Mr. F., who pitied her confusion.
IL wonder If it ieas so very mean in me
to give away my flowers" thought Lucy,
as she laid her innocent head upon the
pillow that night. Could she have follow
ed her boquet to the place of its destina-
ton, and seen the sunshine it brought to
that humble abode, she. would have dis
missed her anxieties. When the aged
stretched forth her withered hand to take
it, with an exclamation Of joy but as soon
as she saM how rare a one it was, she
shook her head saying "Ah, Susan, you
mist have spent all your earnings for this !?
You should net, it was selfish in me to
wish for flowers, but old people are apt to
be selfish; if we were only in the country
again, we could have flowers without feel
ing the COS: of them
ave need not feel this, grandmother,
for it was present to you from the young
lady vino is staying at Mr.. F. So
''How very kind Of her Tell her
will breathe prayer for her over each
bud and flower OF her sweet present: :"
and the old woman turned her boquet
round and round, admiring the colors and
seeming refreshed and cheered by their
odor.
She declared they made her feel twenty
years younger, and that she could almost
fancy herself back again in the little white
cottage, standing in the midst of flower
garden which she had taken so much
pleasure in cultiyating. "There were no
such roses within twenty miles of US -"
she said and then she went into full
description of each variety; what difficult
ty she had in obtaining it: how anxious
she had watched it, lest it should not
grow, and how proud she felt when all
her neighbors stopped to admire the first
roses it bore
Meanwhile, Susan diligently pied her
needle, while graceful feeling stole over
hel, that the usual petulance of age and
sickness had been SO pleasantly dispeled.
The next morning Mr.. Twas pass
ing along the street, his old friend DIR. Nj
greeted him with "Where have you
been hiding yourself, young man' | have
been wishing to meet you for the last two
weeks come with me, and let us have a
little chat, if you are not engaged"
Entirely at your service, and most hap
Ply to have met YOU
"By the way said the Doctor, 81 have
a patient living in that alley, a poor Old
woman whom look upon occasionally
will you step there with met will not
detain us not more than ten minutes -
Mr.. T-Wilhngly assented, they en-
tered neat room. On Il little table GOV
cred with white cloth, stood an elegan
boquet which diif'used an agreeable per-
lume throughout the apartment. "Why
! Miss SUSAN asked the blunt old physi
clan, chow long have you been so eXtrav
/ asant' Those flowers have cost no tri
| he."
"a young lady sent them 10 grandmoth
er, sir, and think they done more gooe
than all the medicine she took Yesterday.