Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-11-07

Afstsiateo from the Gerflan Tor the Avsnt Courier
4 BIT MARY G. cRITTESDEH.
| "A very charming maiden was Minna B
Beautiful in person. gentle and winning il
manner, affectionate and generous in diapo
sition, s'none knew her but to love- Blu
Minna,s character WAS marred by one sas
fault. Her forgetfu was source of fre
/ quent lnconVeniencetol to her friends and causee
poor Minnie to shed many bitter tears 0
vain regret, Her friend Sophie w. wscd to
haps more often than any othes forgotten
ap1oyance. throuelhinna called upon So
promises. .s.alI P,ssuy PI,suy with two Of her young
friends. Sophie, who was skilled worker
in MANY little fancy arts. entertained the
voune ladies for sometime with specimens OF
her deft handiwork, and then conducted
them to her neatly kept garden, where she
gathered for each some fresh, sweet flowers.
To Minpa's cluster alone she dded, when
presenting it, a delicate spray of . For get
me-not."
..r upeserstand you. Sophie" whispered
Mip-a; :. my fault is worthy more severe
t.ebuke, but will try to profit by your kind
" offered hint"
Upon the return of the girls to Minna's
home their flowers were placed in vase IN
the room occupied by Minnas friends. A
few days later, when her friends had gone,
Mnna went to their room on some little er-
rand, when the first object which caught her
eye was the vase of withered flowers. What
was her surprise to see that, though all the
others had faded and dried, for want OF. care
and water, the spray of Forget-me-not was
blooming as. brightly as on the day of its ga
thering. See was yet more astonished when
on examination she discovered tf cause of
this difference. The Forget-me-not was an
artificial of Sophie'E own manufacture, so skill
fully wrought that the deception had not
been noticed until the other flowers had
wthered and left it alone. Minna had 80 Of
ten resolved and promised to overcome her
one great fault that she felt ashamed to re-
peat her promises, and now determined to
improve this lesson without speaking of her
discovery in regard to the flower to any one.
She placed it on her dressing table where it
should be constantly in view, and resolved
that she would daily listen to and heed its 81
ent teachings. IL was not long till Mlnna's
friends began to notice an improvement, and
how punctually her engagements; how rare
ly her promises were forgotten. When long
enough tine had elapsed to allow of a pretty
sure hope that her good habits were becom-
ing thoroughly confirmed, her mother ques-
toned her in regard to har new springs Of
action. Then Minna brought her Sophie's
flower and told her its history. Mrs. 3. was
SO much pleased with her daughters persist
ent effort IN overcoming her fault, and also
with the delicate way which Sophie had ta-
ken to win her friend to this effort, that she
rewarded them both, giving to each beauh-
full ring. designed by herself, IN which was
wrought OF precious stones spray OF For
get-me-not. But Sophie's flower had not yet
its mission. Minna's family belong
ed to the Court Circle, and Minna's ring at
tracted much attention among the ladies, at
Conrt, on account of its novel design. For
get-me-not rings we're worn by many, and
became the silent prompters to many good
deeds which would otherwise have been de- |
ayed until forgotten to be done at all. So
phie, too. received further reward for her
lender faithflllness to her friend. Sophie's
ancle, with whom she lived was retired |
army officer. For some years the govern
ment officials had been careless in the pay
mont Of his small pensiors often causing
MIN much distress. The story of the For
get-me-not 1t length reached the Kings ear,
snd, with ii, the story Of the old officers