The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-04-11
GO BACK ROSE.
YOU'RE TOO LITTLE TO COME.
NJ nLLrS LouIsr cH.sDLsp.

frs, appeared, for some lorgetiul editor has
failed to make the cred, due
There were three of us-ks,e, Annette.
and myself and We were going into the
old wood to hun, Strawberries oh ii was
such delicious day in June. The birds
sang I'LL the air was fairly vocal with their
melody, snd all the green trees nodded
their heads in APPRECIATION. Tho very
brook seemed to have caught the general
inspiration, and danced along through tho
meadows A. ii keeping time 10 q qulckstep
OF the fairies.
\nne,,e summers and had been invited
to spsnd the haIi.holiday with our school
mate Nate Harrington Deacon ilsrrng
tons old fashioned, brown house ironted
toward the South. Behind i, stretched
b Dad, green meadow, aud .tlll further back
was densely wooded ACTIVITY, famous for
flowers and berries IL the geography ol eve
~ child IN Ryeiield | used to love to look
at Deacon llartIngton's old brown house,
even in those early days, when had not
single well defined notion oi artistic taste
IN ia, curly head know now th.i 1t
combined to M eminent degree the Gle
ments of the pc esque The ,ow roof,
which sioprd backward nearly to the
ground Mas gray with moss Ivy crspt
about the windows, and over toe rustic
porch had twjned climbing roses, siona vita
heav, clusters trumpet otevpsr.
There wa. n rude seat ut the doorway,
made OF the lttue hough. ef the white
birch. twisted together IN fantastic fashion.
aud her grandmother Harrington was wont
to .lt, with her grey WOODEN KNITTING work
Oh, whsta treat We used to think 1t to
spend hali,holiday with Nate Harrng
ton.
Il wish were you. Kate" exclaimed
Annette, after we had spent halt the long
summer afternoon ehaslhg butterflies, aud
arranging vegetable baby-hons., with
holiyhocks for oar ladies psrs.ois, aud tea
pots manufactured out OF yerit.ble poppy
pods Il wish | Nere ,ol, sud thea !
could be hsPp, all day long, with nothing
to trouble me
you could. could voui" aud ka,ss
cheek flushed as she put away from
them her heavy bands al black hair, " YOU
think So aud that's all you know s5oni u.
hayea thousand thing. 10 vex me- There's
Rosc. for instance. Mother especls me t"
be on.tan,t taking care ol ter, and sue :
The rtehles, little Torment yon eyer saw
by tire way. e.rls. ict- start s'ter those
strawberries ln the wood. now she'. oct of
.jahi tot a minute, - sire wont tease &c 60
( with w..
We were Just half way aero" the m'ai-
ow. when we haa;d = sweet yoice cfyiuS
Please, sister Kate; Rose waul, 20 -
too
turned round, | remember, aud thought
how beautiful Was tide little creature comlne
tow1'ds Us, She wac very uUilke her as
ter kate Kate was brunette, bn, fae
lliti, whte,tobrd figure tripping across the
meadow bad pale, spiritual tace, ard long
cur,- OF golden hair falling to her tiny vast.
There was flush On her cheek and = look
OF eager, he.eeching interest IN her large
blue eyes, sud she stretched her dimpisd
arms towards Us. and kept crying "a her
esruestness.
a." please. girls. wait for Rose"
4 look OF vexatiou crossed hstes face,
and she called GU. in tone OF extreme
untabihty
eco back. Rose you're too iiule to
come Go back 20 back
h ate always had way OF being msnd
ed, and the lllle one PIT her dngers t, her
eyes. aud silently turned toward the house
, Wr hurried on in the direction OF the
wood. without giving single glance back
ward. think Hates conscience reproach~
ed her for seldshness. and know nay own
pleasure WAS spoiled Tor the afternoon,
We found plenty OF strawberries REQ sud
ripe. among their bed Of l~syes. There
wer. i,ll. blue.eyed bosaonis. too. that
kept reminding ne OF Rose, aud WAS not
sorry when the sunset shadows heightened,
aud we turned to 20 back.
We had gone down tho bill out OF the
wood, aud crossed several rods of the
meadow lsnd. iwhen ks,e saii IN hoafse
whisper --" Sec there girls. what ~ TINT
white thing by tho brook Do You sec
ar
We saw 1t and buried towards It II,
was Rose 1, first we thoagbt .ne was
,irsd SrsrcelY seemed he tVntrst breath
to sle,l lrum her parted ,i's. aud the pub
ssltous ni the heart were So weak YOU
could scsrcely feel them She was N a
kind OF trsuce-hke sleep, II was some
tine before we succeeded ia waxing her
aud then her limb. seemed chilled ard
.tii'cned hy the subtle dsmpne's OF The
mesdow,sad atmosphere. She cnnld not
stand How many tmes that afternoon
the litle darling had begged ~ 20 y maze
a chair" Tor her with our hands, AMI we
had answered that we couldn't stop we
/ ,. 10 ana ,,n,v Sh, t,vtneI nor dimpied