The daily gazette., 1883-09-20
The RayeI /, Green House.

bIocks. and II is straight All the way. Then
II begins to turn and curve, going round the
NM, and still YOU follow Il almost till II gets
.raiph again, almost TO the end OIL the
,nrye You will see a church on the corner
and the green house Is close by, on the hill
Ode. You can't miss It, Mr., Ravel and
Me- brother keep 1t together, and they live
W I1 Two houses Just alike, right at Il. Now,
Son't YOU think you can flnd II %
"Yes, indeed, said Cecy, 81 always can
Ind my way any where. What Ia 1t you
want besides smilax, Bell r.
"a halfgrt wn tea-rose, and some hello
trope And, oh Cecy,a few rose geranl lum
leaves. You are such good girl TO go for
me, dear. II there was any one else to
.epd, wouldn't ask you"
ooh like 1t !" said Cecy, fastening the
Icons Of her gray waterproof t'You know
always do like to go off on exploring expe-
dtous alone. / should like to be a pilgrim
going all over the world and having adVen-
lures"
upon my word she looks like it-dbn't
she, mother!" exclaimed Bell, laughing,
with her gray dress and mantle, and reso-
lute eyes It's pity the pilgrimage hadn't
some loftier aim than merely to get me q
few flowers to wear to Kate Groves recep-
ton"
"Well, run along, child |" said her auut
Maria. 'How like school girl you do look
with that short hair |"
Soaway went Cecy in the chilly gray Of
the November morning, walking rapidly
along the frosted pavement, her eyes grow
n IHg bright and her cheeks rosy with the ex.
ercise, while the wind blowing fresh in her
face kept the wavy brown lair back and out
Of the way.
# was a picturesque city-it could not
hep being Cecy thought, with such hill
iBl as she should presently find the stteet
Curirg around. here were houses on the
heights above her high enough for eagles
grjes and then on the left, as she looked
down the descending ground, there were
houses below. Down there the factory peo-
pie lived, and the smoke hovered.
lam going to explore every one Of those
streets by the time | have been here a week
Ougtr," thought Cecy 10 was only two
day. before that she had come to stay at her
Aunts partly to visit and partly to help Bell,
ghOwas getting eady to be married. For
Cry WAS an orphan, and went from oneIre-
latSes house to another, always bright,
hopeful and welcome.
"But it's getting TO be lonesome,o said
Cey to herself, as she walked, ''this not
having home of ones own to go to- Now
h1Fes this place; just as soon as get use to
gosway to some other place and begin over
Rin. But-Pm pilgrim / don't care
III have TO 90 over all the world. Thbrel
la getting away round the hill, and here's
Arehurch, and there, yes, there's the green
house"
There 1t was, sure enough-impossible to
ni ii, as Aunt Maria said. It was a fine
large green house, on the side-hill, with
smooth lawn In front; and there, on either
baud, were the houses of the two Ravels-
handsome brown houses, built almost pre-
dsey alike Mr. Ravel and his brother must
tud their greenhouse and nursery gar
den very profitable, thought Cecy, and
through a little side gate she entered, and
took direct path over the lawn TO the glass
door, which was open. ""''
"Oh, how lovelyl how lovelyp exclaimed
Cecy, in an uBder-tone, after she bad de-
Eehded the three or four steps which took.
hef fairly down into the green -houRe. She
scod there in the warm, fragrant at
nophere, and looked about her. Shelvee
above shelves, ranks upon ranks of the mo t
lXuriant plants, more thar half Of them In
bloom. Great double carnations of every
'lade-purest white ,intensest crimson, deli
ialely veined and gorgeOusly tipped, fra
giant as the spice gardens of Stamboul I;
alellias sOlidly white, lifelessly beauti-
lul,as If their whole soul had spent itself
upon their marvellous petals; purple
gorniss, and exquisite pale daphnes;
eFns cool and dewy in their low bed of
moist sand, their foliage of inimitable trac-
cry and Veining, finer than lace-wpFk;
Monthly roses, tea-roses, the "sofrano," the
Cloth of gold," their slender stems bend.
Gg beneath the rarest loveliness; creamy
nIles, golden down in the heart; heliotropes,
United grayish-purple, with their subtle
Perfumes that intoxicates; and on their tall
marvel
Vecy loved flowers almost with q passion ;
ae walked softly along the boarded path,
salled ln as it were by beauty and perfume
VI either side. Now and then she timidly
"ucaed ONE radiant petal for q greeting
aul bending, she laid her cheek against the
@ol green ferns, fancying herselffOr mo-
1o,l. Iyu' back again uuder the gray ledge In a
SD Sooe forest where she had once rested and
Sealed s an hour amoug the Wild ferns
growing there.
WY AZ last, suddenly realizing that she
vas all alone in the green-honse. 81 shall
aa'g 70 hnd him soon, or / shall be late tor
uleaAiast, and Bell must be ready for the
mepl'oh by halfpast ten. Oh, there's
IIuuIner door, suppose 1t leads where thOy
%HseP'he sand and hower-pots and tools.
anyway"
uI Inc door was ajar, and she pushed It open,
a. mus nading thatSit was another part Of the
se.nhouse sse itself, a small room with few
,oO'S O'us plants In pots on Its shelves, and
Gs%u ,%e rough, bristly stems climbing up the
an ,aeMofk. ,usfk. In the centre of the room was
T,nt Immense tub containing a tropical tree
smir srr%, ana standing on bench carefully ex.
M N'Ip,ug buy the topmost was the gardener. Not
Cd navel, MsSel, Gecy thought at once, he was moi
asSetuough for that, but probably one OF his
low 9sans, "a tie was q handsome young fel
Vest III a rough gray working suit and knit
with nearing Cecy's step he turned, and
hone, au lhqniring- glance regarded thu
NrI NI1s a.. gray eyes and glowing face Of th'
gmv O'lore him, dressed In her pilgrim
lDs at came for flowers" said Cecy, proceed
b1a ~ "ns once to business. III want a tea ros'
0Ca.,.ssom anu some smilax, If you please"
renlaa AMY, with the greatest pleasurep
me Su Soaaie sne young man, spTtngiHg down iroI
eLer~lIes and thinking to himself, sswhRt
reiefSyS ifyS lace it iS-like morning ID the bas
with hSet went back to the rose shelf, and
her lar,la a nan dismay, Cecy beheld him cut 70
nrest st'ashly .y at least half d dozen of tn
uses, besides buds. ttt'i"
w l Cont want but one" she said, 4
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