Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-09
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Too Little to Come.

"l'repare, ye inortiiis, al your JuoIiees,
| And swell hosannas to the Eternal King
Too Little to Come. .a5-
So There were three of us-Kate, Annette
and myself-and we were going into the
old wood TO hunt Strawberries. .Ohli it
was such delicious day in june The
birds sang till the air was fairly vocal with
| their melody, and all the green trees nod
ded their heads with appreciation. IL The
very brooks seemed to have the general in
spiration, and danced along Through the
medows as ifkeeping time with the quick
step. of the FAIRIES. s.sasA l7ds :da
| 1 Annette Summers and had been in
viLed to spend tie half holiday with our
old schoolmate, Kate Harrington. Dea-
con Harringlon's old fashioned, ,s1 brown
| house frepted towards the South. Behind
it stretched broad, green meadow, and
stillfurther back was a 'denselyawooded ac-
clivity, famous for flowers and berries in
the geography of every child in Ryefeld.
l used 10 love to look at, Deacon Haring-
toms old brown house, even in those early
days, when Il had not a single wellde-
fined notion of artistic skill in my early
head: j knew thatit combined, to an en-
inent degree, the elements of the pictures
que. The low roof, which sloped backward
nearly to the ground, was gray with moss.
Ivy creptabout the windows and all over
over the rustic poareh, and climbed twining
roses, along with heavy clusters of trumpet
creepers. .ssJ5sJs D. cgaa odi beaob
- There was a rnde seat at the doorway,
made of the little boughse of white birch
twisted together in fantastic fashion, and
here grandmother Harrington waswont to
sit, with her gray woolen knitting.work.-t
Oh !! what's tract we used to think it ito
spend halfholiday with Kate Harrington,
ga Il wish.I we're you Kate, exclaimed An
nette, after we had spent halflthe long sum-
mer afternoon chasing buiterfiys and ar
ranging vegetable baby-house with holly
hooks forour ladies parasols, and teapots
manufactured out of veriabie poppy pods,
II wish were You aud, and then 1 could
be happy all day, long, with nothing to
trouble me-" ,,fs III, Ie aaiiii,Ioe O. ii
laaaYou could, conld YOU" and Kites
cheeks flashed as she put away from them
her heavy bands fblaek hair you think
so, and that's all you know about it. l
have Thousand things to Yex' me- There
is Rose, for instance. Mother expects me
to be constaNly taking care of her, and she's
the greatest little torment you ever saw.
By theHway girls, let's start after those
strawberries in the wood, now she is out of
sight for minute, SO she won't tease to go
siwith US. -. sI1ai .rlf,IlJ1 y.!1 ..35 ~
qa We We're half: way across the meadow,
-whepiwe heard sweet voiceoersing: ir:
ra 'fPlease, sister Kate, Rose wants to 60,
too.Dai; saa 53aio III s11e:4 aisal iis
Ia turned around, I remember, and tho't
how beautiful was the little creature COM
ing toward us. She was very unlike. her
sister Kate. Kate was a brunette, but the
little white-robed figure tripping across
the meadow had a pale, spiritual face and
long curls of golden hair falling to her tiny
waist. There was flush on her cheek,
and look of eager, beseeching interest in
her large, blue eyes ,and she stretched her
dimpled arms towards US, and kept crying
"Please girls, wait for Rose" Z. as s
\, A look Of vexation crossed Kate's face, |
and she called out in tone of extreme
irrltaoiiityTT 1.ua8 s.iJ slinJas I5os
$50 back, Rose, you're too little to
come., Go back 60 backp' .g,,.5. !
Kate always has way Of being minded,
and the little one put her fingers upon her
nose, and silently turned towards the house.
We, hurried on in the direction of the
wood, withou. giving a single glance back
ward. | think Kate's conscience reproached !
her for selfiishness; and l know my own.
pleasure was spoiled for the afternoon.-I
We found plenty of strawberries, red and |
ripe, among their bed of leaves There
were little ,blue-eyed blossoms, too, that
kept reminding me Of Rose, and was not
sorry when the sunset shadows heightened,
to 90 home. ----' '
p We had gone down the hill out Of the
wood, and crossed several rods of meadow |
land, when Kate said, in low whisper
=, "See there, girls, what IS that white
thing by the brooke Do you see it gong
We Saw it and hurried towards IT, It
was Rose. AT first we thought She was |
dead. Scarcely seemed the faintest breath
to steal from her parting lips, aud the pull
sations of her heart were 50 weak YOU
could scarcely feel them. She was in a
trance-like Sleep. 1t was sometime before
we succeededlin viking her, and then her
limbs seemed chilled and stifened by the +
subtle dampness of the meadow and at
mosphere. She could not stand. How !