The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-13
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THE Pansy.I


O. all the teachers in the great school. I
think the children thought the most of Miss
Galley. She was $50 sweet" they said, and
$50 nieeP and $50 goodi' and all the other
words that young people like to use, with "so''
before them.
It was when the flowers were getting
scarce, that some wise brain whose father
kept 3 conservatory proposed that they make
Miss Carley floral offering on the very next
morning.
/ "Let's every single one of US bring
bouquet in vase said the eager little plan
ner, 'ssnd set them on her table, aud in the
windows, and sll around the platform. II is
her birthday, you know, and she loves flowers
60 muchi Won't the room look too lovely for
anything"
Every child Of the seventy-f7e wss de-
lighted, except Trudie Briggs. She went
home sober, no. 10 say cross.
won't il be pretty?' said little Kate, hop
ping along by her side. "What flowers are
you going TO take Trudief'
tCabbsges," said Trudie, Grossly; and her
mouth being thus sRsppishly opened. she
talked en-. 1T is just 3 plan of Susie Mar
tins 80 that she cGn show off her fathers
greenhouse flowers, and her mothers beauti-
ful vssesl / shAn't take a single thing.
What have we got to take? Not even
sweet pea, nor nothing; nothing but weeds
ard an old cracked lumber TO put them in
They may just bgilg their grand flowers.
won't have nothing to do with it." T,ude
studied grammar, but when very much ez-
cited she forgot 70 use it.
Poor little Kate looked sorroWful; she
loved Miss Cssley, and wanted TO take her
some flowers. The next morning, when she
went 10 cali her father 70 breakfast, she saw
the south field al a-bloom with red clover
She thought it looked lovely; and then ana
there her resolve was taken. Not word
said she TO Trudie, feeling sure that nine
year sister would call the red blossoms
"notLing but weeds"
She slipped out Just st school time, and
gathered bunch OF the freshest and sweet
est, and using Ter chubby brown hand for
vase, started in breathless haste FOR scnool.
Trudie. being still cross, had waited for her
about two minutes, then gone on aaead.
It was just trihs late when little Kate
reached the door, tho children were ell
seated, and Miss Carley's hard was on the
bell. How lovely the school-room lookedi
Everywhere thst vass could be made to
stand there was one, holding the brightest
Of fall flowers. In the centre of the table
waa a wonderful wreath of fine, sweet bios
SONS, which Miss CGrley bad promised 70
wear at recess. She looked very happy;
every child in the room except Tru3is hsd
remembered her with flowers, and it pleased
her. She turned a smiling face on little
kste, IS she came down the aisle, and wait
ed for her, and bent down TO received the
red clovers from the chubby brown hsnd,
while Trudie's face was redder than the
cl0veTs. She wss actually ashamed Of her
little sistsrl Whist would Miss Csrley SAYS
20 bunch Of weeds from tSet hot brown
hhndi What she sad. was, "You dear
child How sweet they are" Then she
stepped down, and kissed the swee face sf
the little giver, and placed every clover
csrefUliy IN her belt, where she could smell
them sll the sirle," she said brightly. And
there did little Hates gift stay 81 day.
'sTbey we-e the only flowers she wore y
said Susie Martin. "The little darlingl
Wss1't il sweet Of herr" And Susie meant
the middle of the sentence for little Kate,
and the Last part for Miss Carley.