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


that Il was pink, but he felt that it wa
lovely, and he kisscd tho pretty howe,
and murmuned, sYou little bsauty;'
and that made the Morning Glory very
happy, for all mothers dearly love &
have their babies admired, yen know.
And tia next morning Soraebody had
. surprise for the Moaning Cory. THAI
was . secret. too. No one knew it We,
but the doctor. and Somebody drew the
little Morning Glory close to his lips and
whispered il into her ear. Then the litsle
green hand twined about the great white
one, and this is what it said, 81 am q
glad that you are not going to be blind
any more And Somebody understood
Il, and the Morning Glory again felt two
great warm drops which she knew 10 b
tenxs; but they were not bitter like the
frst onn; they were very sweet, bscsuss
they weEe tsan q JOY.
Akeez HIS Somebody went away and
was gone = Ing time. The wee1u panB-
ed and he did not return, and the little
Morning Glory was very sad; she felt
hurt that he had left her 50 suddenly
and with no word Of adieu.
Everything was in q state Of great
hustle and preparation all over the place.
Lttle Morning Glory could hear them
hammering and running about, and she
felt that something was going to happen.
Once she caught the word bride" and
something told her what it all meant,
and little jealous pain went through
her heart, for she had once overheard
the housemaid telling the cook that all
men were tickle, and that when they
were away from one they never thought
OF one ut all, and were taken up with
whoever was nearest them, and the
cook had agreed fully with all that the
housemaid had said, and the cook knew
men IL any one did, she said.
So little Morning Glory hung her
leaves In sadness and quite forgot to feel
proud Of her pretty pink habies-for there
were q great many Of them now.
Once she felt something tug at her
roots and a rough hand grasped her;
then kind voice said. Don't touch that;
master loved the little vine, and it must
be left rs it is" Oh, how relieved little
Morning Glory felt at these words! She
reached out and tried to touch the
speaker. but the maid hurried away and
never saw the little green hands ut all.
Soon the nights began to be chilly, and
one by one her babies left her and fiut-
tered to the ground, and she herself
grew pale and felt very weak and i'll,
and she feared that she was going to die.
How she wished that Somebody would
come back; she was afraid that he would
be too late.
One morning she heard the window
open. and Somebody again stood there;
there was some one with him now-a
beautiful lady-and he held her In his
arms and called her Sweetheart" In
his new happiness he had quite forgotten
heart a1ned as she reihefhDerea wfiAs gzfe
maid had told the cook.
Just then Somebody looked out and
saw poor little Morning Glory with her
leaves all faded and brown, and he re-
preached himself because he had not
thought Of her before
Here, dearest" he said to the lady.
''this is the little friend told you Of,
and be laid the withered little stem in
the lady's delicate hand.
"A 6A8sA t&A4 AkA Ao1 SkAAo4Sh b&kC MAoA AkAA6
Glory, and she dropped sixty tiny seeds
into the soft open palm; then as the wind
swept around the corner sudden shud-
der seized her, and little Morning Glory
was dead.
'Seelmypet~ said Somebody, pointing
to the little black seeds, ''that means
good luck; it Is her gift to the bride"
And the beautiful lady smiled and she
put the seeds in a little box. saying,
Next year we win have another Morn
ing Glory vine there just like the old one. I"
mo" said Somebody, never onequite
like that, for that one was like q little
friend; it really seemed to understand
me. But then / don't need any one TO
understand me now, for have You,
and again the lady was folded in . loving
embrace and Somebody kissed her softly.
Marie Moore Morse in Chicago Times.