Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-24
MORNING GLORY.

Once upon time. somewhere, In Some.
tody's garden. there grew Morning
GLORY vine. Nobody knew how II came
there, for no one had planted Il. but II
was n pretty liitlo thing. with green
hearts for leaves and cunning little pale
green curls here and there upon iil fuzzy
stem.
She wanted 10 get up off the ground
where abe had been all Of her short
life, 20 sho cTept slowly along TO find
something 10 take hold Of that she
might climb high up into tho bright
sunlight. She pni out her tender ton
drills and felt carefully along, Tor she
was blind, poor little thing. and could
not see where she was going.
As she reached out she felt something
hard. "Ah, perhaps this Is something
high" thought the Morning Glory, no
fhc crawled up tho side quite 10 the top,
but she was not high NJ nll-not much
higher thnn tho ground-for II was only
small stone that he had found; 10 sho
sadly crcpt back down tho other side,
and slc lay there quite discouraged.
There was IN old man who used 20
take carc,of Somebody's garden. and he
saw this plant growing there and crop.
ina about for support, 20 no fastened -
string from peg stuck into the ground
up 10 Somebody's window sil, and then
he quite forgot all about IT,
The ucxt morning the Morning Glory
felt more cheerful, aud she started upon
her search again. She had not far TO 20
this timo, because tho kind old man had
fastened tho peg very near 10 whore she
lay; 10 shc reached about with canton
10 avoid another stone, and took hold OF
the string.
The poor, ightlcsi little thing did not
know that tia old man had put Il thorc
for her, but somehow sho felt that u
would lead her TO whore she wiehod TO
COUP toward the beautiful blue fky
md the great golden sun.
SO she climbed along tho string, slowly
at iirst, then fastcr each day rs she DO.
gan 10 know tho way. until. like Jacks
lean stalk, she hed reached the window
oil.
Now Somebody, the person who owned
the garden, was III; 20 IN TINT he had to
stay always in his room with an ugly
black baniagc over his eyes, and tho
doctors feared that hc might never sec
again.
Ho was very unhappy. and was often
oh. 40 veryl-cross, and the servants
quito feared him when he poke 10 them
In harsh and authoritative voice.
lie had no relatives, and he lived quito
stafta 10. HE
pie TO walt upon him, aud with ever ~
much money to buy things TO make him
happy, but the things that one buys do
not always mako one happy, and ha was
iernbly wreiched In his big, fine house.
One morning he groped his way 10 tho
open window and put his hand ont
ipon the side OF the frame. and he felt q
htile sharp nail. Now II he had been
gentle the nail would not have hurt him,
for II was harmless little thing. Int hs
made rough. impatient movement
and it caught his finger and bruised IL "a
little.
This made Somebody very angry. and
he haid aomo very unpleasant things
about the person who dared 10 put .
nail outside his window, and he felt
about, very cautiously this time, to find
the nail once more. that ho might tear it
out.
So he moved his hand slowly along
upon tho sill, aud the Morning Glory
was reaching her little hand about there
at the Same time, and their two hands
met.
One did not look at all like n hand,
but II was ono Just tho same, and the
little green hand grssped the great white
one and they seemed 10 know and under.
stand each other nc once. for the little
grocn hnnd said TO the large white ono
very tendogly' "ohl 30 You arc blind,
tool am ~ sorryr'
The great hand did not try 10 1nd the
nail after that, II just touched tho Morn.
Ing Glory with soft caress and two
great drops fell upon tho leaves. They
felt strangely and not At all like tho cool
rain drops which sometimes watcrcd the
Morning Glory, and something told her
that these drops were tears.
Now, after this these two--Somebo1y
and tho Morning Glory--gew To love
each other very dearly. and each day
they would feel about for ono another,
and tho dainty Morning Glory would
nestle against his bearded cheek aud
Somebody would pet hor and atroko her
leaves very gently,
And the cheerful hopeiuln0ss Of tho
little green plant helped Somebody toho
u little hi, hopeful, too. You 500 IL was
harder for him, for he had not always
been blind, while she had never eoen,
and was NO used TO Il that iiow she hard.
iy minded 1t at all,
One rnornlng the Morning GLORY
brought her friend q surprise. She had
kept II a secret all the while, and now
abe proudly pat great. beautiful pink
blossom into his hand, He could not 200
thai II was pink, hut he felt that lt was
lovely, and no kissed tho pretty flower
and murmurei, "You little beauiy,"
and that mado tho Morning Glory very
happy, for all mothers dearly love 10
have their babies admired. you know.
ANA The next morning Somebody had
hsurnrihc Tor the Morning Glory. Tint
was secret, too No ono Knew Il vet
but tho doctor, and Somebody drew Tho
nt'le Morning Glory close tohis Inns and
whispered Il into hoyear. Then the littlo
Sreen hand twined about the great white
one, and tbA ia what II said, ~ am 40
Biad that You are not going 90 bo blind
any inore.' Aud Somebody uuderstool
~ and the Morning Glory agaiu fslt two
great warm drops which sho knew 10 be-
tears; but they warn mot I,itta. III. ,t