Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-02-14
A STORY FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
EVE IN NM rEA.siInLL.

Five peas sat in pen she They were green
aud the shell was green. Therefore 'hty
thought that the whole word was green IN
which opinion they we're about right The shel
grew, and the peas grow too. They could hc-
cominodate themselves very well in Their mar
raw house, and sat very hupply together, nl!
five IA IL row. The sun AhUne outside ant
warmed the shelf The rniu mhde it no clear
lint YOU could see through II, II was VERY
warm and pleasant in there, clear by day nnd
dark by night, just ~ il should he The hyt
pens grew very fast, and became more ihlell'-
gent tue older they were.
"Shnll nlwny- hr cinptli,l ~ 1t here
said one to tht rest. 81 neatly an altait thnt
! | shall get hnrd ltom sitting so cnnswnily'
do believe strange lh'nes are going on pu' 'ie
OF our shell ny well ~ in here
Weeks p,s SID On, Hul the lnrH4 btcnhc yellow
aud The shell grew yellow too "All llr world
is yrllOw," mld they. .And We cannot hainr
them under the cirpums laoeCs, lur the eNelh-
nation.
One day their hovse was s.ruca rs il by light
ming They were torn off by somebody's hHud,
AMI were put niu cunt pocket WAlch hnl a.
ready been nearly filled Nllll pe@- "N9N ih~ie
is gong to be an end ul us, uey slghed to nhe
another, an began t0 prepare themselves lHf
their change "But IL W. live, ! would he To
hear from The one lAtt yea the ththest'
| alt will suun lie uyrr Nih ha all, SAM tde
smallest But vile largest one replied; "l'et
come what will, an rca ly."
Kuack the she'll burst and nil i've peas
rollel out in the bright snNsn.he. ouoh they
lay in u litte noy's hnnl tie Nei ttrm i'st,
aud said they would be- excellent Tor lis 1tile
guu. Almost immediately they were rolling
down the buIle ut his ah9l gun Vut "9ain
they went into the wile wori
..Now am ilyiug out into the world Ctch
me, ii you eau r. 30 saia one aud lie was very
soon out ol sight.
The second one said: 81 am ging to hy up
into the sun. rhat a charming tile SHELL aud
woul lie just about large enough lor ne" And
off he ilew.
"Wherever we gu We are going to bed anid
two others. And they hit the ruuf vi a great
stone house aud rolled down IN the prDunl
"l am gong 10 make the best Of mY luf, sud
the last Que. Aud 1t went high up but came
down agatst the balcony window OF the old
house, and oauehi there in l5tllc TUT Of r'ts.
The moss closed up. und there lay the pea.- -
Everybody seemed to lutTci thal utlle PEA lut
not 10. God rrmemhetedi Il we'll
..I shall make the best u NY lot" il sail as
it lay there.
A punr woman lived III tLr roum back Of ihf
bu,cony wln1ow. Shu had eooi it'OnA hody
but neyri thelees she was st1y poor widew'
aud the rr0sp. "a wA iit flt Nsa,l always he
one la that little roam lNed her half grown
delicate daughter \ Sholv year SHE hai been
lyiug there nnd il seemed n4 ii SHE could neither
live or die.
"she wall coon ga On Ia p9e her little sister,
sighed her mother, "l had tWo dear children
aud it was IL difficult task ur NV to take care o
them both But the Latl mlt" u cpmpromsr
by tukng one OF them 10 live %ih linn, Now
, would like to keep this aus w,th me-, hut 1t ap
penrs as it God wants them h1ih With linn
joou she will 90 all see her SISTER
But the sick Firisnll ivei and lay lalIrntl
n ON her sick-bed while her muther worried va
her huuila tur their lNlly bread.
by aud BY apius time came on. One morn
/ ing when the lahorons nother @ta going ahon
. her work, tho friendly sun elane through ~
: little window and all nlonE the root The iirl
n girl looked down 1T the bottom of the winlo'
+. aud saw something growing,
il '.Whut kind Of II weed is ,ha'' ahe arkel
e is going tu grow aaniIst our whlow See th
wind is shaking it
a Aud the mother came Ia tie window nu
. opened il a little. "Iusi scr! ehr exclaimed
If "rhat is slanler pea-gine; it is NOW sheoin
: out its green leaves. How it likes the lilll
al crryice Soon we will have d plr1enl'
d Then the sick girls bed WAS novel closer I
. the window, 50 TINT She could tce The lltll
70 climbing pea. Then her mother went To- h,
work again.
T. "Moiher, | really belese shall get We
II nHlli, suiu lut hhlHhlcI hNV FNFhl"H w Nv
tn mother. sl1he sun has been shining into II
,h window 80 kindly to-day, mud the pea vine
in growing so fast, That believe shall soon
or able to go out in the bright sunshine
8, IL would to God it could be so, said Il
he mother But she did not believe it would con
~ to pass.
5. Then she stuck down itlle stick for III pc
th vine to run on. and ted string around it
ly keep the wind from blowing il away. }gei
day it grew higher aud lrger
of rNow it is beginning 10 blossom anid Il
,ir mother one day, a9 she went up tn tho winlo
lie 81 nn beginning to think my dear duueht
re will get well n.,aJn." S1r hal noticed Tint s
of had been more cheerful aud stronger of late
er on the morning That the pca-yine blossomed
,e. raised her up in hei, an leauel her against
o. chair.
nd The next week alo was ablc for the first tir
III for many, many months TO get out Of bed Al
"a tnke few eeps
de IIow happy she was as she sat in the brig
by sunshine sud looked nj thp growing pea-sine.
,ty The window was open anl the morning hree
came skipping in. The girl eaucl her head G
zen OF the window and kissed the vine. That i
50 was u happy holiday to her
"The good Father IN Heaven, my dear CHI
has planted TINT little towering pea there
you and also to bring hope and joy to my hear
.nl So spoke the mother--and truly, too.
Now, what became Of the other peas 4
one which flew out into the wide world aud 81
az lie passed, "Cateh me if you can, fell il
the gutter beside the street. and was swallow
by by dove.
il Tho two which went OIL together larel no b
ter, for they were both devourcd by the hum
18th pigeons
The fourth pea which went of toward the s
un- didn't get bali way there hut fell in wa
the spout and lay there for weeks, growing lar
aud all the time.
81 am getting 80 oorpuent!" !" it aaid one d
and ~ shall soon hurst, I'm afraid, and that
certainly be the last of me-"
ear And the chimney, who afterwards wrote
epitaph, told me a few days ago that he
.ble burat So that was the last of him.
But the sick girl stood one day with hri
T.? eyes and red cheeks at her mothers little "
hen dow, and folding her hands over the heRut
pea vine, thanked her Heavenly Father for
? goodness.
,ain al am proud Of my vine, snld the widow
the Aud so said all the world,
air SERtiai tlotlGCg.