Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07
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'oon us sne smiled down upon then.
Three or four times u week she went t.
he store ard her supply seldom eqiale'
ne demand for it became quite til,
tshion to patronize the little il,wer gil,
# Granite Hill. Mr.. Drew laughed whel
she brought basket Of strong, hard,
omalo pl tnts; it seemed one could hard,
ook for anything bu' flowers from her
She answered Mr.. Drew gravely enough
why, didn't You know you gave me tn,
leeds with the rest? and | want YOU t,
'ake ever so many for We lots and lots o
hem"
Something, inst the best she had, alwav
came to Mr.. Drew; and he would take il
h"ugh more than its value went back il
little gifts 10 Robbie and the inval
mother. Robbie's ideas were few am
peculiar TO himself No amount of tall
would convince him that Lllly's trips t.
the village, We're not journeys to Heaven,
and that it was any one but the dear Lor
who sent him so many good things 10 eat
Lilly confided this to Mr.. Drew one dav
and he found afterwards, unconsciously
Loo king for the choicest gifts, that tn,
Master might be hopored through him
SO Robbe's faith being perfect of itself
| OlOupht uhO hCot Soou ho SteSSb
and Heaven was more of a reality to the
poor beclouded brain than it is to most o.
us.
There was no end to the brightness and
sunshine which Lilly brought into the
dingy, dusty store, and Mr.. Drew thought
no summer had been so short and pleasant
since he had taken up the cares and
anxeties of business, and nothing since his
boy hood had given him half the pleasure
he had found in watching the pot OF
pansies in his office window. He lee
Lilly in 10 see it, and in great triumph
exhibited number of blooms. She lifted
each faco carefully as if looking down
into its heat of beauty, then exclaimed
"Oh, Mr.. Drew, they are real hearts ease
arm, they? that's what we call them al
home; mother says they mean tender
and pleasant thoughts | think they've
been even more than that to me,' and
thus she went on in her pretty wav to lei,
of the lessons she had learned from hel
flowers.
Mr.. Drew forgot for the time the worry
ami hurry of life, its Worldliness and
strife, and sat at the feet of the angels
If those around him had been wise enough
they could have noted how his face shone
when he came from the room where 1.-The
Glory" had been revealed to him; as II
WAS they only felt an undetinable change
in his words and manner, and laughingly
said, 'Something had happened to Drew
he was getting reIigious!'
The words, "And a little child shall
lead them,' took from that hour new
significance to him, and SiEs Drew found
himself carrying out Llly's flower lesson,
in the various departments of business
1t was not so difficult Il matter either as
might at first bo supposed; he had alwaN s
held the theory ns beautiful, but hardly
adaptable to sublunary transactions; now
he took it into his heart and of course
the fragrance came out in his life.
Looking down INTO the face of his
iit!c friend, he said To her, on one of hel
vislls, 4 think you should have been
called Heart f ,sr. The name suits you
even better than Lilly. Your eyes il
some way remind me of my fl 'wers
She laughed; why that is just wha,
mother says
lie thought of her pre'ations, only
to himself lie rendered the words tender
and holy.'
"LuIy summer proved Il profitable
one. and in the fall Andrew came homt
for a week, and helped to enlarge the
green house, for her fame had gone forth
and she had promise OF numerous orders
for another spin
Each season brought its own work and
Lilly seem, Just ready TO take il up
"lIOw do you know what to doP" asked
some one "When did you Learn 50
mLch?" She answered. "Rnbbie says
.rhe angels live in LlIly's how' rs and
whisper to her. and | am not sure but
what they 90; anyway they speak through
them sometimes
1t was a spirii>m few were spiritual
enough to understand, and so they deemed
Lilly "qneer and visionary but she
had one friend who held unlimited FIJI h
in her, and that of itself was being rich,
as those can testify who hold such q
blessing.
Idly had been little girl. IA flower
child to Mr.. Drew of whom all things
pure and good seemed possible, because
She believed, and so he still carried her
in his thoughts. although TO others, as
time went on, size stood IA young lady who
had been remarkably successful in the
world. She had extended her grounds
and enlarged her gardens until she re-
uuired several assistants, all of whom
were ladies with hearts in sympathy with
their work.
Lily would have deemed it PROCLAMATION
to have entrustt d anything concerning her
fayoritcS to unskiled or unloving hands,
so no labor was considered menlal that
was necessary for them.
She had somehow grown up to the plan
of employing only her own sex, from her
desire 10 he helpful to those most need
inc help, lust ~ The earnest'minded are
often led into efforts, the why and where
| for e they cannot explain, "only that 1t
seemed best
Plants. bulbs and seeds from the Gran
ite Hill Place" were always in demand,
and the name of l.. Moore was known tar
and wide, always carrying with it guar
antee oflbe cuoicest articles in the m trket: !:
only some. coming to the hill for large
con,racts.wcre surprised to find instead of
the gentleman they sought fair young
Girl who looked the very queen OF flowers
The gentle mother had passed from
Robbie's sight, and he spent most OF his
time looking for her among the sweet
bright things. which to him had always
represented the angels.
Often Lilv found u rare plant uprooted,
and knew whose poor. misshapen hands
bao made the fruitless search for her
whom they both mourned and missed so
deeply. She could never chide him. and
she soon ceased all effort to explain the
mystery of death. 1t only gave him need
less pain; be would shake aahis head and
norsist. "Bobbie knows she will come up
aG,in some day. Robbie III find her first. y
Lily gathered him close and closer to
her heart and people wondered why she
cnnr TO him so, for it needed finer soul
than the common to comprehend the tie
between them. c.
Robbles intuitions were right, foolish
as ,hev deemed him. In the midst of the
flower angels, his soul went out and up,
one bright spring morning, and the lavish
ner(ume of his silent friends seemed their
graceful tribute to him who had been
denied so much on earth, and TO whom
ueaven had so much to reveal. There
was no sickness or suffering; he only
found hi, mother, and as she could not
o,,,,,n hack tn sinv with him, he went with