The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-19
CHRYSANTHEA.
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4 IA had come so life just AZ the chFys.
&.en.utas do. with the falling leaves. and
s. shsn. too. she had bioonsed as best
IL night without the glow, the summer
|sssdor or The summer showers that
Isssf lives and other fiowers share.
4 sht lised Ia 4 brown farmhouse among
Massachusetts hills with her old
zasf. Had she bloomed 20 late In his
+ Is gise some color and poetry to the
<.,,mn Of his days.as the chfysanthemuln
~ only 10 light the fall OF the dying
assg II must have been 50. for he WAS
n INTO the sixties, while she was barely
iesn.
/ f,ass $50 her mother bad died. a fraii.
zeg creature, who would have given that
<En young life the JOY and love il needed
BAT The child grew without il. i hardy.
&uias gisila thing. though not without a
Nls!n wistfulness Ia her great deep blue
H. 10 HE purple flower. Old Rachel,
f.e Inthers honsekeeper and her own
<Aahlsl nurse. used 10 look ~ her with wet
sre ana shake her head.
Ilan'tnatnral she goes on singing
III l4nghing as happy as q lark all day
y sksi's 10 make her happy. say IL IL
@fea her father. nor yet ME. tho | do love
If. she dear, and ahe amt got no mother,
&ssfsspf. no brother. nor yet no lover. so
sall's 70 make her happy II sin't nai~
3sia. she insisted. rs blitha voice rose
1i1Ft she elatter Of the diehpans a. Rachel
ieallsd around the Kitchen.
Whsf makes you 50 happy, sambf''
10 he cid woman out through the open
<shsanx.
aoh, Rachel. I've got such q lovely lot Of
tlvsaaihemums; come Out and see; oh,
~, lookp
~ them covers that make her happy. :"
kulstfsd the old servant, as she made her
IA through the kitchen garden.
Vel. 10 be sure. ChSiss. dear. them do
hal ell Gh, them il handsomei"
/ Afenl they just lovely9 See the great
5faasa ones and the purple; those are my
zaosiIes and this cherry and white. and
Asss pure white. 100. those are for
1nnshef. she said, lowering her voice a
~, they are the only ones i shall pick.
kashsl aren't they lovely ,"
But Rachel only shook Der head and
sshlinto the house.
1 To think she loves them flowers 90, ID
Esnt natural. IL amt: IL Il was kitten now
4sadog wouldn's wonder 80, but lot Of
Hkag asters, il amt natural.
Natural or not. Chriss was very happy.
s hung over her newly blooming pets
ssaliy 81 the morning. then n sudden cloud
sns 6veT her face. She looked up with a
80 SIGH and turned 10 the back of the
ssne. where two deep windows marked
a la,hefs study.
/ ] vonder now Il dara tell him about
zm. be does 50 hate 10 be disturbed: but
IL want him 10 see those purple ones so
{fukk =
viii one fond look az her glowing bed
- vent In al the door. With hosiiasing
- abe passed along the broad, oldfash-
nsd ball and raped timidiy al tho oaken
~ NOT expecting sny response she weat
Asaa slghed IS sac saw the gray. bent
vi porting over an old book. A wood FIRE
sssaisred on the hearth. she knelt down
g Blew the emhers. looking mp now and
~ with smile.
there. there. les il alone, child il is
Naaing very weli
1 %, father, father"
4 Vel, what now 2"
Father. il s just lovely out today 50
IN and 50 sunny and. father. mY flow.
ksAfe m bloom.
fear flowers oh, the ohrysanthsmum
=. aeye Well. that's good.
Father, Won't you eome and look st
sal non very wistfully.
TOME oass Not /. I've get something
.''sf q do than 10 look az ios ei posies.
assis, fnn along, child; now do.
~ xrat very slowly Aad softly out ot
= ;eona. closing the door gently behind
=, aa; Der heart was full. Her ssng was
ssai row s'.d as she passed sAe Kitchen
sMaow she did not look ap and nod a.
- sent quietly oct 10 the hes-hon1e
q aeases.ng small trowsl. knelt Aosa
sNst sAe white ehrysanthemaus ana lie.
q Aoseaing the roots wlih tender. pa
sess hands.
sae would have come 20 lock" she
sssnaEsd, as she glanced OF 10 where the
sAss shalt It her mothers saiah arose.
eas Soaid have understood. perhaps
Fasss."
sss Aat tears fell On the PURE blossoms
aes gathered them up ia her apron. but
- we've NOT hitter tears, she Vas loo
49, los hat S6e walked quickly aegass
hesas that separated the hnfysnK
..s@aa from The house; aud soon was Is
aeshsg's grave. The neld lark wAs
: fSsss. TIE Eeiaen-yei had brushed her
i. 49, . she passed. her heart was tighter,
=. - - satag under her breath a sweNt,
ssiAsAieasa hynn.
A.ssss TIE bowers weFv planted and sac
'ssass 10 go
501ag nan with s sketehhaok unsieg
~ turned aside So les her pass. she
AsA % N tine II see alns remove his
- - 81 encountered 5 pair az dark brown
- saa eolprea. and wsnt On wstA
stfa steps. conscious az her saslei
- aasss eaESss- kseglnsed fingers.
sassed lsaSaas after her. sssII win Ms
eAsed' lie vas IA artist. the sirht
soang Etti kncellas BY she erare
ess<slsa h bis senses
q hssl seen The monument From, = ais
s - 40 hasi enne ~ Gnspecs il. wtsAeg.
sA g siisFiadlag; there be had seen