The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-01-09
WHITE ROSES.
Their Agency in Making Two Low
ing Hearts Happy.


who was a stranger to me, came into
my store and asked for a single white
rose. He wanted, he said, the finest
one l had in the store. He was very
careful in selecting it, but finally found
one with n long stem and a few green
leaves that seemed to suit. He wanted
it sent to a young lady on Murray Hill.
whose address he gave me. Well,
when he mentioned the name I could
have given him the address, for her
folks were good customers of mine.
lie told me that he wanted me to save
him a white rose, the finest | could get,
every day until further orders. Well,
he used to come in every afternoon at
about five o'clock, rain or shine, call
for his rose, and see that it was prop
er)y directed aud sent off to the young
lady on Murray Hill. After awhile l
began to take an interest in the young
man, although for a long time l { didn't
even know his name, for he never men,
toned it, nor did he ever send his card
with the rose. The young lady used
to come into the store quite often with
her mother and sister, and l was at her
house frequently, for they entertained,
and 1 always did the decorating, but
I never saw the young man there.
Zone thing I began to notice after
awhile, and that was that the young
lady, whenever she went out of an
evening, whether to a party or to a
place of amusement, always wore a
white rose, and it didn't take me very
long to make up my mind, whenever I
happened to see her, that the roso she
was wearing at that identical moment
had left my store at about five o'clock
that very afternoon. The first time I
noticed this was at the opera, where l
60 whenever l can. She was in a box
with her family, in full dress, but the
only flower she o was a large white
rose. After awhile who should l dis
cover, sitting n little distance in ad-
vance of me, but the self-same young
man whose face had become so familiar
10 me as my daily customer, who al
ways bought a single white rose. Was
he listening to the music! Was he
paying any attention to what was
transpiring Oh the stage? Not a bit Of
it. He evidently didn't come there for
that purpose. He was looking all the
time at that white rose or the wearer,
probably the latter. I don't believe he
knew there was another person in the
house. And l didn't blame him very
much, for she was a picture. To my
eyes, and no doubt to his, she was the
handsomest girl in Che house that night; |
and that was saying a good deal, for
there were some of the best people in
New York present. The next day he
came into the store as usual, and as I
was waiting on him I ventured to say
that | saw his rose the evening before
Ut the opera.
"'Did youp' was all he said. He
never appeared stuck up, but still there
something In his manner of saying
Did youp' that gave me to understand
hat he did not care to converse fur
her upon the subject. l used to be at
he young lady's house, as l have said,
n a business way, but l never saw him
here, nor up to that time had | cver
'een them together. One day who
come in here at about five
''clock but the young lady and her
mother, and they hadn't been in here
minutes before the young mar en-
cred. He walked past them and came
Up here by the desk. They both saw
lin, but not a word nor u bow passed
'etwecn either of the three. l noticed
his, and was puzzled by it, for, thinks
, OF course the young lady must know
Vho sends her the roses, or she
wouldn't YEA them. But l saw some
hing very loon which set my mind at
est on that point. The mother and
augliter were buying white v~iolets,
nd the young lady picked one out of
bunch and held it in her hand.
'fter completing their purchase. and
s she turned to follow her mother out.
,e girl gave a hasty glance in the d.
oction of the young man and dropped
lie violet on the floor. Then she went
ut. 1t wasn't many seconds before
lie young man had that violet care
tucked away in his pocket, and ,
OH would have thought he had found
gold mine from the change which it
'ade in him. Why, you could see the 5
nppiness stick right out of his eyes.
ell, the next afternoon the young
dy came in alone at a few minutes
fore five o'clock, and the young man
Flowed directly after. II
..There was no doubt about their be-
g acquainted this time, forthey at once h
,gan to talk In the most earnest man n
r. | couldn't help looking at them 9
.c~asionally, for, to tell the truth, ] q
rs beginning to take quite a lively in n
rest in the young persons and their Is
W affair. The young man did most q