Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-29

walk. The bunch Of white lilies in her
plot of ground arrested her as. she paced
moodily by them. There were two or
three new flowers out On any ordinary
occasion this wound have brought
pleased look TO her face and an excla-
nation of joy to her lip, for she loved
her flowers very dearly and watched
them very closely, Now she stopped and
looked at them, and even pulled one off,
but her brow, did not relax In mo-
ment more she had thrown the plueked
flower down on the gravel walk, where it
withered in the morning sun Ruth did
not walk as if she were going to any.
particular place, but as if she. did not
know what else to do, with herself, and
so did this. She kept on till she came to
the big elm in the corner of the garden;
that covered great space of green
sward with its shade. She sat down
under it.aaBy-and-by she changed her
self from the rigidd. ?, position she had taken
at first, and her brow unbent a. little, a
very little, from its hard outline. 1t was
more than any little girl could do to re-
sist the influences of. that sweet morning.
She slipped down from sitting to lying
on the grass She threw her arm round
over her head, and looked up at the bits
of sky she could see Through the leaves.
The scowl was quite gone--the face
clear. Soon the white lids dropped
down over the eyes, the form settled to
a position little more restful. The
child was asleep.
A faint whisper was heard among the
flowers Afterward words became audi
BILE They came from the white lily.
"Ah, my sweet little flower. 1t lies
Eodi there on the walk dead. Did you see
it, sister verbena? What have we done
TO m. Ike our mistress angry with us? /
dread to have her come this way again."
and the white lily bells trembled with
fear. 4r-7--,.rsrs.--.y 81
81 did not notice her." rejoined the
poppy; had. scarcely awakened from
my late morning nap" 7sesT sdi
?" cannot think what the matter can
be" said the violet meditatively.4sH Mis-
:ress Ruth is usually so gentle to us.
She did not even notice me as she went
by this morning" 5El.of as.) "a $.
Good morrow, neighbor lilly" sang
out stately abutilon with its streaked
golden bell; Q what are you discussing
about over thereT' 4l gls.-9-.z4 Il
- The way Mistress Ruth treated us
! this morning
!" / saw it and huug my blossoms all
out of sight under my leaves, lest she
should pull at them for nothing in her
angry mood. l think she grows very
harshof late. | wish | could Transplant
myself somewhere else ~ -
The lily grew more sorrowful and wept
sparkling drops like dew upon the grass.
One of them fell on the broad back of
horned beetle that lay basking in the
sun. ~
z ~ Z" Dame lily" chirruped he, rolling up
I'his black beads Of eyes, g what aiteth
thee?'
/ am mourning because my flower
lies out there in the sun. See how black
and unsightly it grows. If some one
could put it herein the grass and cover
itiup, / would be glad
Do not grieve any more. think we
can manage that" He chirped louder,
and one of his Fellows came up, and
they both glided off to the withered
flower. 'f974 q. ta5s FL 4
The one who had spoken to the lilly
clenched his horns into the flower, and
the other went behind to push In this
fashion the flower began to move, at first
slowly, and then faster, over the walk
and out into the grass, by the root of the
| lily. But it was more than the beetles
could accomplish alone to pull the spears
Of grass out and weave them over the
flower 5fsat q ~ -9f9s
r. The first beetle dismissed his compan-
ion and then scuttled of. through the
/ grass. He then returned in few mo.
ments with ground sparrow, who wove
/ the green blades above the flower with
his bill till no trace Of it could be seen,
and then hoped away, for the morning
was passing, and he had his morning
breakfast still TO provide for. The flow
ers had attentively watched this proceed
4 ing till it was finished.
=" But all this does not tell us what We
have done to merit the displeasure o
] Mistress Ruth" reasonably observed g
I blue larkspur that had not before spoken
/ Nothing, put in the stately voice o
the Ginning rose in the window car
tell the secret of all this Listen.
was looking in at the window this m orn
i ing when Ruth was playing with he
dishes She had them spread out OF
the floor, in most tempting array, whei
Charles came up BE did not see then
at all, for he was in hurry to show I,
: new picture he had found in a book
d Look here Ruthl' exclaimed he stumb
ling over the dishes, with his face aliv
with interest isn't this Then Ruth
face became very red, and she slappe'
: him i'm 9a passion. Charlie, GO away
You're a bad boyl You're breakin
them all to pieces. u all
"The blow must have been har
one, for the little fellow fell backward o.
D the floor. Ruth did not mind him, Blu
! gathered up her dishes very sngrily, an,
I found that none Of them were broken
9atsst As soon as Charlie could speak 70
: sobbing, he said, } / didn't see, them, iT
a deed did not, Ruth Are they broken
= But when Ruth saw that she had bee
, angry without any reason, that made he
. mood worse than ever, and she woul
not answer him. 'di. aa1 -1'li %
i7a"Just then her mother came in an
saw how things were, and sent her ou
= into the gardFn 10 stay py nersen 10
s awhile. a9D2-aI 9a.5F e
+ ~ think she mnst be somewhere her
o now" a!-oN ~ ppaSa @
e @Yes, here she islo sang out the che
v ry voice of a blue-eyed grass flower ths
n grew 'nsar where Ruth lay. The soun
e awokeIher, or she thought it did, as sh
d sat up and rubbed her eyes and locke
h around She looked at the bunch
:, white lilies and then at the garden wall
q The withered flower lay there, just whei
IS she had thrown it. % .@nosl5l 5t--o3
y. " have been dreaming said Ruth
herself, and walked thoug ghtfully into IL
a house to hunt up Charlie and ask him n
is to remember the passion Of the mornir
OF against her. YUGH.
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