Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-01-26
Little Mary's Beaquet.
BY ANNIE MOORE.


aaTo-morfow Is little Mary's birthday
said the gardener, az he examined his
] flowers. "She must have nice boquet. !"
Tomorrow is little Mary's. birthday"
whispered the flowers to one another
Tomorrow ! tomorrow ~
MY buds are ell ready, y said the rose.
$50 are mine,n said the sunflower.
The pansies smiled at the thought, but
the sunfiower held his head so high that
he did not see them.
"I,d rather stand In this garden than be
put in the queens boquet, said tall hoi-
Iyhock. - :,
"I've no flowers to spare for any one
said the moneywort, anxiousiy counting
her buds.
Don't be miser, (" said the ragged robin.
'"rhey may have all of mine."
al would like to go to little Mary said
The mignoHette. M 80
"My dear child. don't think of such a
thing" said gay tulip. spreading her
petals. "You have no beauty"
III know it, said the mignonette,
mournfully.
Never mind 2 said the rose YOU have
perfume, and some think that better than
beauty"
"Ah ~ said the tulip.
why are you here, pray?' said pert
little lady's slipper to bright dandelion,
as she gave her sly kick.
'If it comes to that, why are YOU here ~
said the dandelion.
Because was planted here" said the
lady's slipper. "You are wild, but came
in paper bag, with my name on it, and
was planted by the gardener
perhaps L am little wild, said the
dandelion, "but was planted here: and,
besides, can tell the time"
Il never heard of q dandelion being
planted" said the lady 's-slipper.
~ never heard of q dandelion telling
time" said four-o'clock
AT all events,I was blown here by some
one who wanted to knew what time IL
was.n
"Did they find out9'' interrupted the
four-o'clock.
"And thought as was here ] might
as well grow" continued the dandelion.
II am good TO eat, and / can be made into
cofee.'f
Don't say anything about time, what
ever you do, said the four-o clock II am
the only one who knows anything about
time.n
"Thymel thyme'' said the summer
savory.. There are plenty of sweet herbs
better than thyme"
foolish little things % said the sunfiower;
az can tell time-I go by the sum-
what will you do tomorrow, when the
clouds come over and hide the sun ?'' adds
poor-man's weather-glass at his feet.
3 II can guess at it,, said the sunflower,p
but you must be very poor-msn's weatlI-l
er-glass to talk of clouds when the sky is
bright % rn se M sT
81 feel it IN my fibres, said the weather
glass. ~
"For PHYS sake, can any one tell me If
It's four yet ?n said the four o'clock. "Here
have been gossiping, and forgot all about
tt.n
81 can see the clock ,issaid q sweet-pes,
on tip-toe. "It's half past four.n
Dear me"' said the four-ocloek. II
promised these buds they should be out to-
day, and now they will have to wait till
four Tomorrow morning, and then theren
be no one to see them but the early birds.
1t is too BAD
"Only yourself 10 blame, madam said
a thistle.
The four-o' clock made no reply, for sne
knew she would suffer If she meddled with
him. The next morning, early, the gar
dener came to make the bouquet. He
made it of lovely pink sweet peas, purple
pansies, rosebuds wet with dew, the
modest mignonette, the spicy carnation,
fragrant geranium leaves, and delicate
"Every bouquet should have a little bit
of yellow" said the gardener, az he added
the dandelion. "'There, that finishes 1t,
and it is fit for a queen" and he carried it
away. FTk .~Vz - !
'Just to Think he took that saucy
and left me,p said the lady's
slipper.
"What is q bouquet without me?'' said
the tulip, tossing her head, No matter,
1 shall live the longer"
so shall l." said the ragged robin, but
no one took any notice of him, because he
was a ragged robin. u