Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-06-04
MORNING GLORY.

Once upon time, somewhere, In Some
body's garden, there grew a Moruina
Glory vine. Nobody knew how IL came
there, for no one had planted it, bot il
was q pretty little thing, with green
hearts for leaves and cunning little pale
green cufls here and there upon it's fnzxv
stem.
She wanted to get mp of the ground
where she had been all of her short
life, so she crept slowly along to find
something TO take hold of that she
might climb high up into the bright
sunlight. She put out her tender ten
drills and felt carefully along, for she
was blind, poor little thing, and could
not see where she was going.
As she reached out she felt somethins
hard. "Ah, perhaps this is somethine
higa," thought the Morning Glory, 90
she crawled mp tho side quite to the ton.
but she was not high ut all-not much
= higher than the ground-for il was only
. small stone that he had found: no abe
sadly crept back down the other gida.
and she lay there quite discouraged.
There was an old man who used IN
take care Of Somebody's garden. and he
saw this plant growing there and grop-
ing about for support, 30 be fastened a
string from peg stuck into the ground
up to Somebody's window sill, and then
he quite forgot all about it.
The next morning the Morning GLORY
= felt more cheerful, and she started upon
her search again. She had not far to 90
this time, because the kind old man had
Lay; 50 She reached about with caution
to avoid another stone, and took hold Of
the string.
The poor, sightless little thing did not
know that the old man had put it there
for her, but somehow she felt that it
would lead her to where she wished to
go-up toward the beautiful blue sky
and the great golden sun.
So she climbed along the string, slowly
at first, then faster each day as she be-
gan to know the way, until, like Jacks
bean stalk, she had reached the window
sill.
Now Somebody, the persou who owned
the garden, was i'll; 30 iii that he had to
stay always in his room with an ugly
black bandage over his eyes, and the
doctors feared that he might never see
again.
He was very unhappy, and was often
oh, so veryi-cross, and the servants
quite feared him when he spoke to them
In harsh and authoritative voice.
He had no relatives, and he lived quite
alone in-his great house, with many peo.
pie to wait upon him, and with ever %
much money to buy things 10 make him
happy. but the things that one buys do
not always make one happy, and he was
terribly wretched in his big, fine house.
One morning he groped his way to the
open window and put his hand ont
upon the side Of the frame, and he felt q
little, sharp nail. Now IL he had been
gentle the nail would not have hurt him
for it was q harmless little thing, but he
made q rough, impatient movement
and it caught his finger and bruised il Q
little.
This made Somebody very angry, and
he said some very unpleasant thing
about the person who dared to put q
nail outside his window, and he fell
about, very cautiously this time, 10 find
the nail once more, that he might tear il
ont.
So he moved his hand slowly along
upon the sill, and the Morning Glory
was reaching her little hand about there
at the same time, and their two hands
met.
One did not look mt all like n hand
but it was .one just the same, and the
little green hand grasped the great white
one and they seemed to know and under
stand each other at once, for the little
green hand said to the large white ons
very tenderly: "Oh! so you are blind
too! ] ann 80 soryr
The great hand did not Try TO find th,
nail after that; it just touched the Morn
ing Glory with n soft caress and TIVE
great drops fell upon the leaves. They
felt strangely and not at al like the COO
rain drops which sometimes watered tn
Morning Glory, and something told hel
that these drops were tears.
Now, after this these two-Somebody
and the Morning Glory to lov'
each other very dearly, and each day
they would feel about for one another
and the dainty Morning Glory woult
nestle against his bearded cheek and
Somebody would pet her and stroke hel
leaves very gently.
And the cheerful hopefulness Of tn
little green plant helped Somebody TO b
o little bit hopeful, too. You zee IL wa
harder for him. for he had not Away