Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-29
APPLE BLOSSOMS
BY E. L. OGDEN.
From the Christian Union.

One Monday morning in May wheI
Mr.. Castor, OF the law firm of Castor q
Brush, entered his Office he found on his
table bunch of fragrant white flowers
with that delicate flush at the heart thai
makes apple blossoms so irresistible.
apple blossoms, SIR" his clerk ex-
planned. Il spent Sunday in the cOun-
try, and brought them down thinking
you would like to see some"
Mr.. Casters preOccupied face lighted
up with pleasure. THANK you, MI.
Clark" he said. sect more water, will
you, John? We must keep them as fresh
as we can. / shall want to take some
home to my wife tonight. There; that
looks quite Countrywide, doesn't it,
Clark" arranging the blossoms to advan-
tage against the law books and falling
back little to look at the effect.
Clark smiled, and Mr.. Castor went to
work at his law cases. But something
was the matter with him. His thoughts
would go wandering off to the green
meadow by the side of the river where
Clark told him he had broken off the
fragrant branch.
Il wonder" he sOlilOquiZed, whether
it is anything like that meadow where
pshawl what am / thinking of? In a
case of ejectment-I wonder if could
sing annie Laurie; used to know that
tune" And he hummed softly to him
self:
"'Gave me her promise true,'"
Just as the door was thrown violently
open and John Edison, the most quarrel
some man in New York, as his friends
and enemies both agreed, burst in.
whats the matter now, Mr.. EdsOn?''
asked Mr.. Castor, rising to offer his eli
ent seat.
Matter? Matter enough, sirI But if
he thinks I'm going to submit to be
robbed by his knavery he'll find himself
very much mistaken! My brother, sir,
my own brOther-think of that, sirLis
trying to cheat me out of my share of
the paternal property. l want you to
take steps Immediately to stop his pro-
eeedings. He threatens to bring in a
bill against the estate that will swallow
up every cent-but what's that? Apple
blOssomsl Where did you get thOse?"
MT. Clark brought them down this
morning. Sweet, though rather out of
place in a lawyers office, don't you
think?"
1dOn'tknow," said MI. Edison. thought
fully, taking up the tumbler and smell
ing the fragrant things. where did
these grown"
"Up in a little country village in Con-
neetlcut. Clark is from the country,
you know, and l should think from his
descriptions it's quite pretty place.
Green meadows and river, You know. ali
that sort OF thing. But what do YOU
want me to dO?" o.
"Wait a minute, can't your" said
Mr.. Edison, impatiently. "You lawyers
are always in such a tearing hurry"
Mr.. Castor raised his eyebrows but
made no verbal answer to this rather
inconsistent remark, while Mr.. Edison
leaned back in his chair and looked al
the apple blossoms. In a minute he
started up and brushed his hand acros:
his eyes. ~
1T makes me think of old times, he
said. II nearly broke my neck once
climbing an old apple-tree for blossoms
like that to give to Lucy Baird, the pref
test girl in school. fell from the tor
branch and my brother, never had but
one, sir, picked me up and CARRIED me
home. He was real good to me all the
long time way sick, too. think he'd
have died for me then, and just to think
that now we should be quarreling over a
few hundred d0llarsI Castor, you needn't
do ANYTHING about this matter-just vet
at least. II guess I'll go and see him
And say''-rather shylyl"y0u- couldn't
spare me a little twig with few Of
those blossoms on it could your"
Mr.. Castor willingly broke off branch
and handed it to him, but he watched
Mr.. Eds0n's departure with cOmica
smile on his cOuntenance. rfc g
Those apple blossoms are doing sad
work in this Office" he said laughingly
I've lost one promising case through
them already, and as for keeping my
own mind on anything legal, it's an
utter impOssibility. It's quite evident
to my mind that law and flowers were
never meant to 60 together. think I'll
take them home to my wife before they
do any more mischief" roa
But as he turned to go out Of his office
door he saw the Office boy cycling the
bunch wistfully. ~
Here, John, would you like spray?'
he asked kindly, and without waiting
for the eager answer he saw on the boys
lips, he tossed him one. Then he ran
down the Office steps humming again
the tune that had haunted him that
morning. He looked so pleasant as ne
$1,000 at the street corner waiting fol
MS car that ragged little girl who saw
him yentured to ask: ~
Please mister. what ia them DOSieS %