The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-10-07
THE LILY or THE VALLEYS BALL.
A riOry for the children.

io-lIorrow VIII De the first Of May
np" : AN H1'"R 10 " Dali; N'ld n bcautl
,ui NY o. 'nc VhlIcy 10 hcr nrlgIlbor, Z
"''c primrose lhaI was HtllI closely
N'npPr" up ~ us green coverings, "Io
n'Rht ! sh"lI IRON ana plat my white
"'ch' WIZ SIX houllccSi ana then You rni
~" no" me snail be- Ol5 how | love
10 uahcc' -,
~ "3uih IN 700 coId Tor me to dance, y
~"uSNcr' inc primrose, drawing her coy
'T'hR sun moro tightly about her 80 that
only niue Dlt o' hcr r"I dress could be
Errn' ANA there Will be- no good
dancers there; II ! cannot have distiu-
gnlslicd partners, ! would rather not
dance at all. But You, in your passion
for dancing, are rcady to skin about with
every one that runs in your way. Yes
icrday | saw the first butterfly Of the
acnson, II very ordinary fellow, in a little
yellow coat. 1t would be- fine to dance
with him; for he stumbled against all
the trees in his lligilt and felt A dozen
times in the grasp
"Do not get into II passion, and do NOT
trouble yourself about me. As if
should not have partners enough when
ring MY little bells! Did ever n lily-nII
thc-vallcy, with six nounccs ON her dress.
luck partners? But YOU need not think
that any one is good enough for mel
will show you, to-day, that the best IL
too bad!'
Naughty thingl' murmurcd the
primrose, and said not another word
but hoped, in her heart, that no one
would trouble himself to a.k tine Iily.nr
thc-yallcy to dance. and that she wnuld
not be able to leave her seat
The next morning the sun ro4c IN
all its splcudor. the ,kv AZ LI,,, ,Ln
air sweet and pure, Suddenly nil ,Ln
flowers, all the brclIcs and hntinrniny
far and wide. heard q rIrrr .;Iyrr, rir,,
ing, aud knew at once what il Mount,
that the liIy- of the valley wished IN
dance. II was nnt long LcG,ro 'or;,L.|t
came hopujnp oInu, I,,Ln oun,r,naL |
himself ns a musician 3,uJ ,,oL' yoa, ,' a
the prass. to ulov far Tho Lan,,inn TL" =
crirkrls do nix nII Summer G,r ,L.,o O
flower. that Ikc f. ,L,'',' ~ ,"n'r !,
in return mony , sy"n, ,Ir," ",,,,r
dclicious mnr.rL n m'"y a,
came in swarms, and There w,s .mrL . h,
whirring, nuttcrinp and bumminy i" So
the air that tho nriuirnun ia L,,, ,,,... mn
knew not which ,w,v tn LaL Ill.,, f.,
payed nj tbo .IonLor IN 'nrI ~ 81" IN,
and prcuor,d tn ;nyitn , " ,","'' uaI
Oh. we'll might .hn s,G,. u, "'"'' Ir,
npon hort Wnnlro,yi" G,;r Iva ~ E"M on en-
her white dres. and -, " IT,, - '"IN'''' W III,
ontlv nm ,ynry .;I. ali ,h """,' I't"S ~,
more cL,r,,ir ,a,, 49, Ip"N' 'r"t r.,
nm c,r,L ni"II vo"nn.o' W. 'o"l,d w., "'
atclv hca,r 10 oon'ua mI1u'tuLL"'cS 'n''nrd'- w.,
for Inc bnnor or ;nv;,;, wv" 'r another '
in ,hn ,,onnv,h;io ",,,'S mr "rSt out u,
pronchnI "nd n,,I,an".y Lo,hcn"lern p ~
!, permit mn Era,I;o Nv, NV hoM't ,S,'a;
slightly related mv "u u" ,nu,rn or
fer NAV chncorr" .y,I "" "u'hS mHlNa- W.,
(May bloomI' ''"" '"'''''''c f.,
But the vol,cv ,o,,l.aa MI
him scornfully. 81 dcc,;nc mi" rn' RI
tionship and sucb , nartno vnt nh
Dame pconv sbc IL Ghc,,"r ., n'',' RI
you,n MT n whit Let,or c,roJ ''I" h
blcbcc. who hnJ hrushc,I Li' ,, q """, m
and with hi. nIc,s,n,n., ~ ,s,'r, c"n' If
permission To- dpmcs WITH ,h "" GI nyEg"" NJ,
valley. you might burst yoI,r littlc M.