Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-08-04


4 primrose b. tn" river brfr
A yellow prmros" VA q him.
And = wa ao'tnn- uo~t
But there was { larchcn he had told
me her name with her soul ii ter light
blue eye. gazing hIngfiiy n tho flowers
Her questions were 50 intelligent. 80
discriminating that it pleased M 10
answer them She single. out the rare,t
Of my roses. and rea " seemed 10 know
= good a about them IT the Will
lam .lleu EiCharl>en. whiah she Saw
for the first time, evoked the widest en-
thusasm
Il here isn't another in the State" |
said Ion see ! was inclincd 70 be
rather boa,ttul about ms rare rose.
Why, if | chose to sell those flowers, |
could get a dollar apiece for them, they re
such peculiar color
Iicr ctcs opened wide and -he re-
pcatcd a h, one whole toll4r.' in
every variety Of infection.
When you 90 to Mrs. Elliot" |
said, s.telI her | think >hF'I better try
vou
Her sympathy IN my favorite pursuit
had 4ihtc Won me. If my wife ard
dauaaLef had only such intense apprecia
'lon~Wthe beautiful
I've taken that German girl, John, >
Made inc sad, that night
- ute right, my dear She seems
quite superior Kind of servant
Don't know about that. Madeline
answered, dOubtfuIly she can't cook
evidently, and her English is ust awful.
J went out Of the kitchen a minute, and
when, came back | found her rum
magin9 in the drawers of the dresser,
and pulling thing5 about as if sho was
taking an inventory of them I'll try
her for month, but don't think she'll
suit
50 Clarchen was fairly established, and
Madeline complaints of her stupidity
and wastciulness were long and deep
'I'll ship her before the MONTH IS
ont. she urumblcd "Df dN idle,
good for nothn. Creatur 5, Clarchen IS
the worst. She rretcu,5 lot to under
stand M, bur she does every word, and
she snls over her work 10 ret out III
! the garden and potter about amou.
! your rrccionS flowers
~ ce that was true. Every Iav She
would slip in the garden ami ass be
tween The rows of flowers, caretnliy
| holding back her ,itc,> 50 Us not 10
/ brush against them.
once or twice had a mind to cut
some Of my common roses and give them
! to her TO take home at night, IaIt re-
mainod from principle. | cannot b, ar
] to cut my flowers, it almost seems to me
! there Is a living soul in them. and then
] If YOU begin to give away flowers, vour
llf ip,j &C 4,
ncighbors who won't trouble themselves
t. cultivate roses, and seem to think
You ought TO be glad to provide them
! with the ra'cst blossoms
+ Am very CAREFUL to keep my premise +,
locked, lut a. we are late rl~erS and as
Clarchon came very carly, was obliged
to give her KEY to the gate, that She
might let herself in without waking us
I For II week aIl went on smoothly =
Clarcnen. If not a eapablc servant, was a
good naturcd one, and my wife thought
.hc was1mproving.
one morning. going into my garden. |
found my Mare hale Mel dc>poilcd Of
some of its choicest b o,somS. one
magnificent cluster Of eight enormous
-o,es had been watching for several
lays was gone.
Jeanne, cried ont cNctrdly to my
laughter, who WAS at her window, d ld
YOU cut my Marcchale Niels >
I'm astoni>hcd At YOU, papa, She
answered tossing her mead DO YOU
hink | would ~. Y your old flowers.
when YOU refused IN single rose the
other day I've too much rr!lc for
.hat
'''4r, and dcy vas so heavenly lolcly -
,larchon exclaimed She had lun INTO
he garden when she heard my voice
aud stood there. hcr han + raised in con
,tctnation
I coud. dem yesterday. one two,
rec YES .qG hly loSen. led HIM "a
who took den ro>en1" :"
's~ompboivs climbed over the fencc
lohn. ana helped themselves my wife
ny trouble IS, aud It Won't b. SOAR
a., loss, and, perhaps, You'll Iealn att.r
while tha you'd b.tter give your
lowers to he used ly vour family, than
o leave them for thieves
didn't dare tel nv wife how many
i my fine roses M sod that morning,
for | knew th1t precious little sympathy
would oct from her Eut II wa~ heart
ending To 20 from one bush t. another
to ind mv finest blooms = ne h" thl, t
,vidently had picked aud cho-eH with 4
fnll knowledge. of IN rare.t varieties.
clarohe groanei aud nearly Nert
over nv losses and suggested that
should put broken bottles on h" top 4
nv wall But had one comfor. VI.
William Allen richardson wAS -or-" ~
.hat morning. anil actually . the