The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-07-15
DNisy's Drea2asZx.se
BY MRS. n. LEONARD.

"S 80 D"A0y aoonAo6 ~ ~ 0"Au
estly. standing there in the warm sun
light, shading her eyes with her lit
tie bear arm and hand? They do not
look as if thoy bad been much uscc
to serve as sunshadc, or they woulG
have been as brown as those of tn.
little barefooted boys and gils she
saw going to school this morning.
Besides, she has pretty broad -brim.
med hat hanging at her back. whiol
was meant to perform that Office, but
the ribbons caught in the bushes
where she had been plunging for Der.
rics, and. tho rim kept her head from
reaching down to them, SO she tied
the futtering strings and ,discsrded
the covering altogether.
There sho stands well. tired out
from her ramble, dress torn and in a
sorry plight; dainty finger tips st ain
ed with the fruit, but turning them
selves. unconscious of any shame on
that account. into the pretty pink
palm of the little hand upheld among
the wind combed bits of hair that lay
in all directions.
What is she looking at. II
She doesn't seem inclined to tell
us now, with that wistful, thinking
look On her merry little face. She
seems all at once to have quite for
getten the song she was singing to
herself and the run she has had for a
saucy Mr.. Squirrel, who sat on the
fence, looking ut her till she came
very near, and then started away so
wonderfully fast over rail and post.
that she could hardly follow hi,A with
her eyes, to say nothing Of her stun
bling little feet. ....s -@ i
What treat it was to Daisy, this
long happy morning, out in the open
air, with plenty Of room to run about
in, and SO many new things to find
wonder at! What funny little bugs
thers wero of all sorts, that lived in
the grass. Some would hop up At
her SO quick, as she stopped to look
at them that she would start up with
terror at first, and then laugh gaily
at herself for the fright. Hor masi-
ma had often told her about when she
was little girl and lived in the
country, and Daisy had wished she
could live there, too. Now she was
come for nice long visit. What
marvellous days they wonld be!
Daisy had always thought their
little,l well-trodden back yard at the
city homo was the very ni:est place
to play in that she could imagine.
Mamma had border of flowers al
round it, and papa trained up the
beautiful morning -glories till they
reached away to the sitting room
windows and pecpcd in to laugh at
the folks who stayed in tho house 90
much. But this -oh, this was 80
much better.
Aunt Sallic and mamma had said
she might 60 anywhere sho wished,
into tho field and into the grove at
tho farther end. because there was .
fence all about, which would keep
her from getting lost. But then. the
fence was nothing; she could easily
climb it or creep between the bars.
It was not great high city hall. nor
worse still, long row of towering
brick houses. No, indeed! This
funny old fenoe only lay roughly down
between this and other fields aud
woods just as bea utiful. letting the
whole sweet blue Of the sky. ssat-
tered brightly with soft white clouds.
come down till it seemed to meet the
trees aud hills SO far, far away. And
this was what Daisy Was looking 1t.
though. in truth. she was looking at
just nothing At all. for it was only
this great, far-otf space. this blue.
wonderful depth which she had never
seen 50 much Of before.
"That must be vhero heaven is
way of thcre in tho blue. she half
whispered to herself. 81 and those
dear, white clouds must be what tho
angels ride on when they como down
to stay with little boys and girls aud
help them to be good. Mamma has
told ms they do come and help " il
We want them to. and try to keep
our hearts all good and loving for
them. How nico it must be to live
up there and sail in them. How fast
they 20 and how near somo Of them
look!"
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