The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-18
Lehighton Carbon County, Penna May 1s 1889.

that delights the eye or the heart Of
childhood"
EYES," quickly responded the oak,
"but make the vessels that bear you in
your journeys over the sea-"
'Bahr' said the pine, ''you lie hidden
away under the waters while ride high
above you in the heavens. You are a
very beast of burden and without me
there would be no mast, no spar. Fur
thermore. as l am above the waters, with
my eyes see all the gay fashions of the
worldr'
Fashions forsoothl" said the oak. 81
know the fashions, for wear them three
times a year, while you, like poor
prude, have the same unvarying dress
the whole year round-thatold fashioned
frock which you cannot changer
This remark stung the pine to the very
heart. There is no one who likes to have
his or her garments criticised-"made
fun of" so to speak. The pine flung back
this in reply:
"You are a BOBBY; you are tickle,
fadey things your colors soon change"
"Oh, yes" said the oak, ~ know
change my livery; get new garment
every year, fresh and beautiful, from the
great milliner, Nature; and even if my
old clothing does fade, the world says that
in the sober seasons of the year my garb
is lovely and becoming"
And the pine continued to grow further
and further away with its branches.
The oak stood leafess and trembling in
the winters cold, while the gay neighbor
was rejoicing in its evergreen splendor,
as it saw the many scions of its family
around the varied mansions of earth
ornaments Of fadeless type
The oak cast his eye downward and
beheld the rich wealth at his feet.
"Whom do you feedP' he cried, as he
saw the great harvest of acorns scattered
around, and upon which the beasts OF
the field and fowls of the air were feast
ing and fattening.
IL feed the sick!" replied the pine with
sigh. "Not only this. but the very
ships which you boast of making, all re-
ceive coating that comes from me-"
Then the oak said: "If you do feed
the sick, warm and comfort the poor
the peasant and the prince alike"
eyes, and / embellish the world even
with SO poor thing as the smoke that ]
send away" impatiently retorted the
pine.
And SO they continued to boast and To
quarrel as the years ran on. need moi
tell you all that the good mother re-
counted to me of the long, long troubles
between those neighbors. But the pine
grew further and further away, its
branches gathering weight with every
summer sun. Again the storms came
for have told you it was a stormy coun.
try there among the Sierras-and the
autumn's rain had pelted the earth and
the forest with long and steadfast fury
'See how 1 defy even the blasts oi
winter!" exultantly cried out the pine
| the winds that rushed through hi
branches were heard only in sighs anG
means.
| The oak, with his shorn limbs, stooc
trembling, while the fierce tempes
came; its fury passed by, and the oal
waved in obeisance. But the PROUD
| pine, with heavy mantle and crown
high in the heavens, his hold on tn,
earth weakened by the softening winte
rains, and leaning far away from th,
| line Of rectitude in his efforts to avoit
the oak. But need not tell the stor,
further-for lol the pine is fallen
And the good mother will tell you, al
the moral of her song, that the story o
the pine is also the story of pride.-M
V. Moore in Atlanta American.