Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-17

OF me choicest pants that nai ever
been grown in the city, and re was
very fond OF acquiring possession OF
new and rare plants and exhibiting
them IN triumph TO his friends.
Perhaps this strange child-waif OF
the streets though he Appeared TO lie
might nevertheless krOw the sec
ret OF some new and unique bloom.
Many sailors dy--it in the poorer
leuarters OF town, who sailed 10
strange and distant ports. No
doubt the child was the progeny oi
some such people, and this would
account for his rowing habits
"Dij You ever see the flower, and
do you know who brought it here,
or from what country IL came?"
sit is In q garden Of = rich man, y
answered the child, who seemed 10
have only partly h-ari the ques ion;
and Gresham bit his lip in vexs.
top; tut he stiil listened attentive.
IL, for II any OF his friends pos.
-esssd plant or flower that was
strange to him, he was eager q
aoqJire seed OF bulb. So he leaned
ba.;k in his chair and listened, with
an esgerness of which he felt hall
ashamed.
s.It vas a rare and fragile blossom,
and it grew in n garden far away
repeated the child. $50 rich in
color, so sweet in perfume was il,
that il was the pride and joy Of al
the country ar0und. and many were
drawn thiiher 10 look upon It's
beauty and draw but one breath OF
its sweetness, while the people ia
whose garden it grew tended
il with loving care, and would
have gladly laid down tbeii
lives TO save it from the slight.
eft harm. There were many who
saw it and yearned TO transplant il
TO their own gar,.ens. but those 70
whom il had been given chung 50
fondly to it and the flower itssl.
always seemed TO shrink back 81
timiJIy n: the approach OF strangers
and % turn 50 plea ingly to them,
that they rtjoiced all the more in
their possession, and ioyously told
each other that they would never
he parted from the frail treasure
they so faithfully guarded.
aOne day 4 stranger stronger OF
will and more jealous than any Of
these who had been before him,
came to the garden to behold the
beauty of the flower whose fame
had reached him thousands OF
miles away"
David Gresham,s thoughts were
Wandering. He had almOs; forget
ten the presence Of his little visitor.
He was thinking, iueonsequeBtly
enoughof a trip be had made into
the heart Of the White Mountain
district, many years before, for the
avowed purpose Of seeing a young
girl whose beauty and accomplish.
ments he had heard praised.
"He had only half believed the
stories he ha'i ieard Of the flower. y
CONTINUED the child, .'but when he
saw the fair and stately blossom his
hear; swelied with joy at its won
drous loveliness, anu he longcd, like
ali the re-t 20 pOssess IL for himself.
But the flower turned its delicate
head away and folded its petals
closely around its perfumed heart,
and those who had always tended
and nouTished il said 10 him in
gentle triumph, See, the plant itself
chooses to remain with us' And
when ne held out promise Of richer
soil than the little flower hsd ever
known and splendid surroundings
g, of kind IL had never 50 much rs
seen in its dreams, tine flower still
turned away its beautiful head and
seemed to reach out caTessingiy
towards the hands that had always
! sheltered and sustained Ii. Then
the man pleaded that all his life
would be ruined and his own garden
would be Ges0late If he were denied
the flower, and be promised to
shelter il like some priceless Jewel il
1t might he given him TO giad3en
land enrich his lonely life-"
Again the child paused, but Dl-
yid Gresham had neither question
nor comment to make. Instead, he
Twas thinking Of his own stormy
courtsbip, Of the shy girls reluc-
lance. Of the desl'sir with which he
|. llln nrer--l u LIS suit =
"a I'd when the flower hal heard
this" the child went on in n
voice that was like the whisper oi
memory. s.it slowly bent it, slender
stem and the close-folded petals
parted. and he saw what Lo other,
h,a seeu-tbe radjeut huss thas W..
!, is hidden heart; aud he was
hI;,d,-a by the sight anrl almost be
.;de himself win his pew-fount
, hanpin,Ss Perhaus he cid not heal
~. To,.-strict.n cries Of those WIN
h.d AZ Joye,I sni tended II. The,
ao,;ij mi deny ANYTHING TO TN,
, saTsr bnt ,hev sought TO teach IL
~ gunner Row 10 value ami pro
~ II.
crate heed that no harm come,
IN ;,,,, they cried. aIt is such /.
: senior and sensible pIant. Shiel,
!, tn, fine sun. nr,,tect IL from tn,
/ rain. tale care that II is not to-
; n,uch exnos.-d TO the SUMS 6erc,
; rars hest h witber and fade. Cher
. ;sh !, faitif,,lly. or YOU will lose it,
land he d,o.,, cried Gresham
.,geriv. 1He lid everything tina
1,.n couId for it.v But again tn,
lchiIi aid mot seea, 20 he'd ais inter