Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-12-12
One Of Hans Andersen,s stories.

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the year. But above all other flower she
loved roses; and therefore she possessed
the greatest variety of these, from the wild
hedge,rose, withgrcen, applo-scentedleaye
to the, most beautiful rose, of Provence
Theygrew on the costle,walls, twined round
| the pillars aud over the easements of the
corridors and saloous, and the roses varied
in scent, form and color
But care and sadness dwelt in that pal
ace; the Queen lay on her sick bed, and
the physicians said she must die /" There
is, however, n remedy for her" said the
wisest among them. " Bring to her the
fairest rose in the world-the one which is
tho expression of the highest and purest
love-if that comes before her eyes ere
they close she will not die"
And young and old came from all lands
with roses, the loyclicst that bloomod in
every garden, but none was the right one
The flower must be brought from the gar
den of love; but what rose could be thc
expression of the highest, spurcst love?
And the poets sang of the faircst rose in
| the world-cach one named his own. And
messengers were sent through all the coun-
tries round, to every heart that beat with
cNClJ Idllh ullIl CNNtll age.
| 'sNo one has yet named the flower, said
the wise man. "No one has shown the
place from whence it'springs in its beauty.
1t is not one of the roses from the bier of
Romeo and Juliet, or from Walburg' grave
though these flowers will ever bloom in lie.
gcnds and songs. 1t is not of the roses
that bloomed forth from Winkelrcd' blood
stained lance-from the holy blood which
| flowed in death from the breast of the hero
for the fathcrland, though no death is
| swccter, no rose is rcddcr, than the blood
which then flows. 1t is, also, not that
wOuder-howor, for the cultivation of which
man gives his fresh lifc away in years and
days--the magic rose Of knowledge"
| "I know where it blooms W said hap
py mother who came to the Queens couch
with her tender babe [; " know whore the
farcst rose in the world is to be found-thc
rose which is the expression of the highest
purcst love. 1t blooms on the bushing
checks of my sweet child, when it opens
its eyes refreshed by slumbor, and smiles at
me with it's whole love-"
"Lovcly is that rose, but there is yet a
faircr one" said the wise man.
eyes, much fairer one," said ono of
the women "I have seen it-a holior
rose blooms not. But it was pale, like the
petals of tea-rosc. | saw it on the cheeks
of the Queen; she had laid aside her royal
crown, and was nursing her sick child in
the long, sad night. She wcpt and kissed
it, and prayed to God for it, as mother
prays in the hour of anguish"
Holy and wonderful is the white rose
| nf qnlnoSa in 70 h,,t e MT Az,
one sought for"
No, I saw the fairest rose in the world
before the altar of the Lord" said the good
old Bishop, | saw lit shine as though an
angels face had shown itself Tho young
maiden went to the altar of the Lord, hav-
ling renewed the vow of her baptism, and
roses came and went on hor fresh checks
The young maiden kuelt there she looked
up to God with her soul full of purity and
love. That was the expression Of the pur-
est, highest love-" tfi
Blessed isit," said the wise man "but
no one has yet named the fairest rose in
the world"
Then stepped child into the chamber,
the little son, of the Queen. Tears stood in
bis eyes, and on his delicate cheeks. He
| N"'''SI ~ Ia' ~ SlOoCu uoOhj DOuilu III NeI-
vet, with large silver clasps. Smother !"
said the little one, ooh, hear what have
| read"
And the child seated itself on the bed,
and read out ofthe book of Him who gave
Himself TO die on the Gross, in order to
save men, and even unborn generations
Greater love is there not
And rose spread over the Qneen's
cheeks; her eyes became so bright, for she
saw the fairest rose spring forth from the
leaves of the book--the likeness of the one
which bloomed from the blood Of Christ on
the Cross.
S"1 sec it3" said shO. F" They never die
who look on this rose--the fairest in the
world" .n.,
CoNrENTIoN.-An old divine, cautioDipg
the clergy against engaging in violent con,
troversy, uses the following happy SMILES !:
"lf we willbe contending, let us contend
like the olive and the vine, who shall pro-
duce the best and the most fruit; not like
tho aspen and the elm, which shall make
the most noise in the wind"
/ SAY, mistcr,p said ono Yankee 10 an.
other, chow came your eyes so crooked?"
T" Ms eyes Why, by sitting between two
girls, and trying to make love to both at
the same time"
LONG words, like long dresses, frequent
ly hide something wrong about the under
standing 49,.