Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-18

The ANGEL AND W

Inc experience OF One OF Heavens Favor
ties Among the Beauties of the Earth.
An angel once asked the Father il he
might leave heaven for q day and 90 down
to earth to visit the flowers and birds and
little children, for you must know that no
other earthly things so much please the
angels of heaven as do the flowers, the birds
and the little children.
Yes" said the Father, "you may go
down to earth, but be sure to stay no longer
than a day, and when you come back to
heaven bring me the l~oveliest flower you
can find that / may transplant it to nv
garden and love it toI its beauty and its
fragrance. Cherish it tenderly that no
harm may befsll it."
8Then the angel went down to the earth,
and he came to a beautiful rosebush, upon
which bloomed q rose loyeier and more
fragrant than any of her kind.
"Heyday, sweet rose!' said the angel.
How proudly you hold up your fair head
for the winds to kiss"
"Ay, that l do" replied the rose, blushing
albeit she enjoyed the hattery. But | do
not care for these idle zephyrs, nor for the
wanton sunbeams that dance among my
leaves all the day long. Tonight q
cavalier will come hither and tear me from
his awkward bush with all It's thorns, and
kiss me with impassioned lips and bear me
10 his lady, who, too, will kiss me and wear
me ON her bosom, next her heart. That,
D, angel, is the Glory Of the rose-:o the
a bearer of kisses from lover to lover, and
to hear the whispered VOWS Of the cavalier
and his lady, to feel the beating Of an in
FASHIONED heart, and to wither on the white
bosom Of q wooed maiden
Then the angel came to a lily that arose
fair aud majestic from its waxen leaves and
bowed gracefully to each passing breeze.
Why are you 80 pale and sad, dear lilly?
asked the angel.
MY love is the north wind" said the
lily and | look for him and mourn because
he does not come. And when he comes
and | would smile under his caresses he is
cold and harsh and cruel to me, and | wither
and die for q season, and when | am wooed
back to life again By the smiles and tears OF
heaven which are the sunlight and the dew
10! he is gone
The angel smiled sadly to hear of the
trusting virgin fidelity OF the lily.
Tell me, asked the lily, will the north
wind come today
NO" said the angel, "nor for many
months yet, since it is early summer now.
But the lonely lily did not believe the
angels words. Still looking for her cruel
lover she he'd her pale face alott and ques,
toned each zephyr that hurried by. And
the angel vent his way.
And the angel came next to q daisy that
khriyed in a meadow where the cattle were
grazing and the lambs were friskiug.
y Nav. do not pluck me, sir" cried the
dsisy merrily; Il would not exchange my
home in this smiling pasture tor q place
upon the princess bosom"
i"You seem very blitbesome, little daisy?
uuoth the angel.
l so / am, and why should | not beY re-
Joined the daisy. The dews battle me with
their kisses, and the stars wink merrlly at
me all the night long, and during the day
the bees come and sing their songs to me,
and the little lambs trisk about me, and the
bio cattle caress me gently with their rough
tongues, and all seem to say Bloom on. mt
lie daisy. for we love you So we trohc
here on the meadow all the time-the lambs,
the bees, the cattle, the stars and l-and we
are very, very happy. :. -,
Next the angel came to q camehs whlcn
was most beautiful to look upon. But the
cau-elia made no reply to the angels salu-
tstion, for the cameha, having no fragrance
"a dpmb-for flowers, you must know,
sreak by means of their perfumes. Inc ca
msIis therefore, could say no word to the
angel so the angel walked on IN silent sad
ness. ~ IL Tho
.aNsnckIe. see how venturesome l am.
A. ne tor of this trellis dwells q LADY, BIRD
and in her cosy nest are three daughters,
r. youngest of which ] go to WOO. l carry
srsstmpsts with me TO tempt the pretty
go 40 Won think she will love meT
Tbs sng.l laughed at the honeysuekles
Int co9ceit but made no reply, tor yonder
he saw a purple sster he fam would que'
ton. .Lod tho angel
that YOU turn your head away Hom 80
other thing and look always into the SAY
"Do not interrupt me, murmureH sno
,r-nle aster. Il love he great luminous
tUn and whittier he rolls IN the olszlns
Ssa2sns I turn my face in awe and SenSls
.;on / would be the bride OF the sun, o%S
10 J,ss not need my devotion and oeaSty.
c. The apcel wandered among the now
srs and the day long ana eOa'
g. And toward evening ne GSme'0H
E..is crave which was freshly MADE.
= an No. tread upon Us, ssid the Vlo'et
at d, IA cluster here over the sacred mounu
and sing our lullaoies' r,,la aovsrs?
saTo whom do you sing, little ho"e'S
asS S%s .s sing 10 the child that lies sleeping
naatb ms" replied the yiSlets. An
.S-onSb the seasons, even unaef tne sao IVA
terO outer we nestle close to this mound ana
Of wlp ~ the sleeping child; None but he
sing rs and his soul is lulled BY our gen
tie music. aan LONG for other oe-
nSGo for Ioftisr ssrviceT' inquired the
angel v~;olsts I'VE are content,
Say love to sing to the little sleeping
chlTe. .,ssl was touched by the sweet ns-
Ihs - 1bese modest flowers. ne wePa,
n mil Z. q tears ans fell upon the grave, az. and .. tns
n MS LINK up the angels tears ana sang sSs
nowe ~as,Iv than before. but so soiay enA'
more NOR he sleeping child heard s them r. heaven
And whe1 ~ IN his bosom.