St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-01
ROMANCE OF A RosEBUsH.

'It Is all fOl-de-rol," said Miss Henri
eta HenshaW, sitting bolt upright in
her bamboo rocker. "It'is all fOl-de-rOl,
l say, for people to think they must
make up jimcracks that nobody wants
and scatter them about among their
friends"
"But it is for birthday present,
aunt"
"Well, what of that? Do you suppose
because my birthday happens to be COM
ing that L want any one to give me an
ungalnly pincushiOn with two HIS
worked in the center?'
What if there should be three H's?"
said LOttie slyly, remembering of old
Peter HammOnd's clumsy attentions,
with, as he admitted, 'an eye to a snug
hOme."
whats that you say" snapped Miss
Hettie.
Lottie did not venture repetition, but
sat demurely, considering what, under
the stress of circumstances, she should
do. LOttie was Miss Henrietta's orphan
niece, and had been member Of her
household for nearly year. She had
learned dearly to love the prim old lady,
though that love was not unmiXed with
fear. Her wants had all been kindly
anticipated and generously supplied;
but now she had come to her aunt with
request for few shillings to spend on
| triheS, of which Miss Hetta did not ap-
prove, and had been fatty denied.
Oh, dear. what should she do? Harry
| had always brought her some tasteful
| gift and she did so want to make him a
hat band for his new Derby. She had
| dreaded that she could not, and had put
| 1T off till the last moment.
The great drops welled up suddenly to
her eyes. If Miss Hettie saw any symp-
toms of heartache, she had had heart
ache herself, and they had never killed
| her yet. But LOttie did not mean to
| drOOp. Auntie was usually kind, and
except Harry. Well, Harry was not a
| relative eXactly-and oh, dear, if she
| could only have hat band!
She forced back the rebelliOuS tears,
and went singing about the house like
the blithe girl she was.
The birthday morning arrived and the
| problem of Harry's present was still UNI
| solved. eff L could just give him some
thing she sighed, looking. wistfully
down the long street. Oh" she said,
suddenly clasping her hands, II will. l
| fairly jumped into her cloak and hat
and went skipping down the street.
DIR. Beach, an eccentric bachelor,
| lived in the rather lonely house at the
extreme end of the street. Lottie was
never sick herself, and Aunt Hetta
never employed DR.. Beach for her &C.
casional ailments; yet the bright
hearted girl had cOntrived to make the
acquaintance of the uncOuth doctor, who
| liked to call her Little Miss
| "What if the old man was little gruff?
He was good" And into his Office Lot
tie now went, assured of warm well
come. Absorbed in her own interest,
and intent OH her GRAND, she ap-
| preached the bay-windOw where stood
the great monthly rose bush which had
been the envy Of the admiring public
since almost before Lottie was born.
ooh, DOCTOR" she said, 81 came to
ask if you would be SO kind as to give
me three OF four of those lovely buds?"
what fOr?'' groWled the doctor,
| savagely.
you see,' she began, II wanted to
make something pretty fol birthday
! gift fOr-fOr friend, but could not, -
choking a little, land l had almost
given up hope of anything, when this
morning as ] glanced down the road,
your beautiful roses seemed to say,
Come after u.s. so ilereI am. Flowers
are always nice to give, you know and
| l had nOne."
"Humph! Why couldn't you make
| what you wanted tO?''
| "Aunt Hetta would not let me-"
| "Humphl Is not Henrietta Henshaw
good to yOu?" he demanded, bristling up.
''Oh, yes. as kind as can be. But
she does not believe in birthday gifts,
| she says" .-.---r
| Hadn't you any money yourself?"
| "No."
'sShe might give you cent or two
| from time to time; then you would have
| fund to draw FROM y
'Oh, she does; | had S. Monday that
l had not needed to use. But saw yen-
| ME and Tommy Elroy, with their little
bare toes peeping out of their old
shoes and so @Ef414 /
q SO you ksquandered your money to
clothe the feet of those: little vaga-
| bonds?' grOwled the doctor, wondering
| why he hadn't seen the bare toes.
I eyes, l got shoes and the incest red
| stockings. Jennie cried and cried
when she Rugged me because she was
so glad" related Lottie, her quick tears
| starting. ss,t@ t IN; g.
The doctor rubbed his knuckles vim
| dictively in his own eyes.
"WeQ little miss, if you had known
| you could not get any more money for
your flummery, would you have spent
all you had on the little DeggarS?''
81 don't know; | hope so; Pm sorry
you asked me. really think should.
| But did want the other so dreadfully /
might have saved out a little.''
You might have got brown stock
ings." rla
$50 / could. But I.guess Pm cad /
did not: the red ones are SO much pref
| tier, and the poor like pretty things as
we'll as the rich.'' t},..,1...
The doctor looked wonderingly on the
| little miss. She was pretty creature,
| and as innocent as she was pretty.
| Though she was seventeen, her looks
| and appearance would hardly have
| claimed for her fifteen well-rounded
| years. .s---, .>-s:.>r--,
cit is bridal rose" said Lottie, keep
| ing her errand in mind, as she looked
admiringly into the great bush, whose
beautiful blossoms rivaled the whitenesS
| of the snow. a'' 'r":s. IN. ,r.f1.
"Humph! / suppose so. You would
not think now that it had spoiled
| wedding. But it did; just fifteen years
ago this day." 0''-9~- VI +.
Lottie looked in alarm at the white,
treacherouS thing. -"
You would not think, either, that a
gruff old fellow like me could ever have
got a woman to say she would have
him!'' .--.-s.
''Oh, yes would" said Lottie: 81
think you are the incest man in the
wOrld-except-"
Except whom?". .<31 ,..-s,y--...
81 was going to say Harry" .....
Exceedingly fine compliment you are
paying me. You expect come of my
choicest flowers for that tid-bit- of fiat
terry"
Lottie did not reply but looked in
such CONSERVATION from the rosebush
to himself that the doctor could not but
SMILE" s,5a .-,.s s.,..
''You would like to hear the story?
Well, it never came from my lips be-
fore, little miss, but / will give it to
you. You see had been medical stu