The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-04-28

change. But il we live | should like
u hear lrOm the one ths, gocs the tar
thCst."
q" 1t viii soon be over witt Us a l." id
tho smallest. But the largest one re-
piled, Come what will, ON ready"
knock' The she'll burst, and the five
rolled out IN the bright sunshine. Soon
they Law in little boys hand lie held
them fast aud said they would b. excel.
lent Tor his little gun. A lmost imlnc.
datcly they were rolled down the barrel
of his shot gun. Dot sguiu they went
into the wide world.
Now | ON flying out into the world
Catch the Il YOU can" s. said Que, aud
lac was very soon cut OF sight.
Tho secoud said." lam going to fiy up
~ the SUM- That is charming shell
aud would be- Just abuat large enough tor
me- Aud olf hc few h
Wherever We 20 W. arc gViug ~
bed, said two Others sand ,h,y htt tho
roof oi great stone house, ahd r,,llgd
down ON the ground
" | am going to nuke the best Of nv
lb, said tle last Unr. And itwrut high
up but came down against tho la cuny
window vi an old house and caught in y
/ little tult OF muss. The moss closed IN
aud thsrc lay the Pea, Every body seemed
TO forget thul little pea. But not 81
God remembered It we'll
shall mako the best Of my lDi," Il
said. ns IL lay there. A door woman
/ lived m a room back of the balcony win
dow. She spent the whole day in max.
ing little toys Of wood and shells. which
was her way of getting little money
She had good strong body but never
tho'ess she was poor widow, and the
/ po ospcct was that she would always bo
one. In the little room lived her half.
| grown, delicate daughter A whole year
she had been lying there, and il seemed
as it she could neither live or die.
I She will soon 20 OIL to her little sis
ter sighed the huthcr " had two
ch ildrcn, aud it was difficult tusk for
me 10 take care Of them both. hut the
Lord made a compromise, by tukiug one
of thcm 90 live with him. Now ] would
/ like To keep this one with me, but il up
plurs as u God wants them both with
him. Soon she will go and see her sis
ter"
But the sick girl still lived, aud lay
patiently On her SILK bed, while her moth
er worked with her hands Tor her daily
bread.
Dy.and.by spring time como on. one
I morning hen the luburuuH mother was
going about her work, the friendly sun
shining through the little widow, and
along the lilllc root. The sick girl locked
down AZ the bottom of the window aud
saw something growing.
What kindvI weed is thotl" she said.
|" II is growing against our window sec
the wind Is shaking H."
Aud the mother came TO the window ;
aud opened il little. just Sec" sbe
exclaimed, "that's u slender pca-vinc.
II is now shooting out its green leaves.
How II likes the little creyicc! Soon wo
will have u garden"
The sick girls bed was moved closer
to the window, 50 that she could See tho
little climbing vine. Then her mother
went 10 work ngoin.
Mother, ! reUIly believe shall got
well again. said the daugltr one eve.
ming to her mother. "Thc ,un has been
lining into the window so kindly TO-DAY
aud the pca',inc is growing 50 fast, that
believe ] shall soon be able 10 ~ tut
into the bright sunshine"
would to God that II could he sol"
said the mother, but size did not believe
that II could come 10 pass. Then she
stuck down little stick for the pea-vino
to run on, aud tied u string around IL, 10
keep the wind from blowing il away,
Every day il grew higher and larger.
NM il h.t,rinptp,r 3 LI Uf. i.
the mother, one day, Us she went To the
window. e am beginning to think my
, daughter will get well again" She had
noticed that she had been getting more
cheerful aud stronger of late. So nn the
morning that the pua-vinc blossomed, she
raised he' in bed, aud leaned her ugains,
u char. The next week she was able tot
the first time for many, many months, 10
get out OF bed aud take few steps.
How happy she was whcn she SIT in
! the bright sunshine, and looked upon the
growing pea.vinc. The window wss
open and the morning breeze came skip.
ping in. Than the girl leaned her head
out OF the window aud kissed her vine
Thst day wesu happy holiday to her vine
!. That day was happy holiday to her.
"The good Father IN heaven, my dear
child, that has planted that little flow &.
ing pea here for you, and also TO bring
hope aud jy 10 my heart" So q. o 10
the mother, and trnly too.
Now what became of the other peasi
The one which flew out into the widO
world, And said ae he passed. " catch
me ii you can" tell into the gutter be.
side the street, und WIS swallowed by a
dove.
The two which went OF together Jared
no better, for they were devoured by
) hungry pigeons.
The fourth pea, went oif toward the
sun, did not get half way there, but fell
into awaier-spouti and lay there weeks
growing larger all the time.
81 am getting corpulenl." it said one
dly,"l shall burst, am afraid, aud that
will certainly bo the last OF me.
And the chimney, who Afterwards
wrote his epitoph told me few days ago
thut ho burst. So that was the last of
him.
But the sick girl stood one day, with
bright eyes aud red checks, at her moth
er's wiudow, and folding her hands over
the beautiful peu-Sine, thanked her
heavenly Father for his goodness.
" | am proud Of my vinc," said the
widow. And SO says the word.-H. ny
A HderSoR.