The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-29

May Rose sat by the window, watching
her moss-rose-b bush. The buds were SWELL
ing and one was almost ready to burst into
hower.-May was quite sure it would be
open by Decoration Day. She had been
hoping for this, because out in the quiet
cemetery slept brave soldier boy, who
was her dear and only brother, and Mays
Sabbath school teacher had given her the
rosebush, saying, Il think you will have
blossoms on it by Decoration Day, and
then you shall ride out to the cemetery in
my carriage to put them on Willie's grave
A greater pleasure than this May could
scarcely imagine. 1t was a long distance
out to the cemetery, and she had never
been there since the funeral, for her grand
mother was old and could not walk so far,
and was too poor now to pay for ride, and
May could not go alone. 1t seemed very
pleasant to sit by the open window, that
lovely day, and May thought the rosebush
enjoyed it as much as she did. 1t is true
the window looked into a back yard, and
she could see little that was pleasant except
the bit of blue sky overhead
ragged boy stood Mt window opposite.
1t was Nat Becker. May did not like Nat
Becker. He was neither good nor hand
some. a pair of sharp blue eyes, looking
out from a wilderness of frcckes, n bullet
shaped head, crowned with II mop of car
rot colored hair, rude, dirty, disagreeable-
that was Nat. May turned her head away.
She would not look at him.
'Oh. no /. Big feelin' thing, you! Won't
look at Teller. hey? See here now Aim
-fre-bang and an ugly, black ragdoll
whzzcd through the AIR, and crash went
the fower-pot off the wiEdow-sill on the
floor, and was broken into dozen pieces.
IN, 1.,,,1 aud ha. In
beside it in n moment, carefully drawing
the roscbush ont from the earth that COW
cred it. She examined it carefully. One
bud was broken off. Otherwise it appeared
uninjurcd. She fastened to find box in
| which to set it out again. Till this was
done, she had no time to indulge the anger
which was swellng in her heart.
When she had done the best she could
| for the rosebush and set it away in the
shade to rccoverfrom its rude uprooting, she
| looked out of the window for Nat. She did
not know at all what she should say or do
to him in her anger, but she longed to pun
| ish him in some way. But he was not in
sight. He had disappeared.
AT least, this ugly, dirty thing shall 60
into the fire. | suppose it is little Bessie's
but don't care? and May opened the stove
door and tucked tbs doll in upon the Goals.
1t wasn't half revenge. but such as il
was May had it, lut it didn't make hel
feel any less angry with Nat
The next morning the rose looked a lit
tie dropping 1T will not die said Mays
| grandmother, but you will lose all your
blossoms. The buds will not grow any
more.
Mays tears fell fast, and she was in ne
forgiving mood when she was called to tho
1 door, that afternoon, to see Nat Becker.
Mother sent me to say that I'm sorry
broke your ilower-pot, and ask your par
don, and I've got to save all my pennies til
| get enough to buy you another; and will
you please let Bessie have her doll She
cries for it all the time Nat said this Il,
if it were lesson he had by heart, and NJ
doubt it was. Mays checks grew crimson
with fresh anger.
I'll never forgive you. Nat Becker. III
killed all the buds. and | don't want you
old flower-pot. It's likely ! shall let m,
rosebush wait, out of the ground, till yol
can earn enough to get another. | burn
up the nasty, black rag-baby, and I'm glat
of it so, there and Nat found the doc
slammed in his face.
May was almost sorry for her last words
even while she spoke them, for Mrs. Beck
er was a kind-heartcd, neighborly woman
who had done May many kind turn, an,
Bessie was Il gentle, fragile little girl, VIII,
had few pleasures, and May knew her dol
was very precious to her.
IN he confronted tIerc NV Nat who had beel
WAITING his chance IN .sov lis saw,
II wos really sorry about the rosebusl
when / said if. but ain't now II was ius
GOOD onough fnr such n big-feeling snit.
as Won are. | only hone vour teacher won
let YOU 90 with her Mt all!'
NAV BANGED down tbe window so bar
that the glass ratified. MAI made n face a
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