The Meeker herald., 1892-10-01

no one had planted it, but it was a
pretty little thing. with green hearts
for leaves and cunnin, little palegreen
curls here and there upon its fuzzy
stem.
She wanted to get off OF the ground
she had been all her short life,
,,,, Nv alougto find some
80 ,a,, she might
thing to take hold OF ths.
climb highup into the bright suniep.;
Size put out her tender tendrils and
felt carefully along for she was blind
poor little thinr. aud could not see
where she was going.
As she reached out she felt some
thing hard. "Ah, perhaps this is
something high" thought Morning
Glory, 90 she craw ed up the side
quite to he top, but che WIS not
high ut all-not much higher than on
The ground-ior it was only n stone
shat she had found; so she quietly
crept down the other side, and lay
there quite discouraged.
There was an cid man who used to
take care OF Somebody's garden, and
he saw this plant CROWN. there and
gropin. about Tor II support, so he
fastened a string from II peg stuck
into the ground up to Somebody's
window sill, and then he quite forgot
nil 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 fastened the peg very
near to wheie she lay; so she
another stone, md took hold of the
string.
In6 poor, sis",,,ss "...e .".,.s uiu
not know that the old man had put
it there for her, but somehow she felt
that it would lend her where she wished
to 60 up toward he beautiful sky
and the great golden sun.
So she climbed along the string,
slowly at first, then faster each day
as she began to know the way, until
like Jacks beanstalk, she had
reached the window-sill.
Now, somebody, the person who
owned the garden, was i'll; so Ill 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 n ain.
He was very unhappy, and was
oiten-oh. so vcry!-cross; and the ser
wants quite fea Ell him when he spoke
to them il II harsh and authorS ative
vo &c.
He had no relatives. and he lived
quite alone in his great house. with
many people to wait upon him and
with ever 30 much money to buy
things TO 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 CROPPED his way to
the open window and put his hand
out upon the side ofthe frame. and he
felt little share nail. Now, If he had
been gentle the nail would not have
hurt him, for it was n harmless
little thing; but he made rough,
impatient movement. and 1t caught
his finger and bruised it n little.
This made Somebody very angry,
and he said some very unpleasant
things about the person who dared to
put nail outside his window. and he
felt about. very cautiously this time,
to find the nail once more, that lie
might tear it out.
L. l.. 4 eli al
upon the i'll, and the Morning Glory
was reaching her little hand about
there ut he same time, and their two
hands met.
One did not look Mt nj like n hand.
| hut it was one Just the same, md the
little green hand grasped the great
white one and they seemed to know
| and 20 understand each other at once,
for the little green hand said to the
| large white one very tenderly, ooh, so
you are blind. too! am so sorryl'
The great hand did not try to find
the nail after that; it just touched the
Morning Glory with soft crress and
two great drops fell upon her leaves.
They felt strangely and not at al like
the cool rain drops which sometimes
watered the Morning Glory, and some
thing told her that these drops were
tears.
| Now, after this, these two-Somc-
body and the Morning Glory-grew to
love each other very dearly. and each
day they would feel about for one an
other, and the dainty Morning Glory
would nestle against his bearded
cheek, and Somebody would pet her
and stroke her leaves very gently.
And the cheerful hopeiulness OF the
little green plant helped Somebody to
he little bit hopeful, too. You see
it was harder for him. for he had not
always been blind, while she had never
seen, and was so used to it that now
she hardly minded it at all.
One morning the Morning Glory
brought her friend a surprise. She
had kept it secret all the while, and
now she proudly put a great beautl
full pink blossom into his hand. III
could not see that it was pink, but ht
ielt that Il was lovely, and he kissed
the prstty flower and murmursd
"You little beauty" snd that mAd.
| the Morning 0l1yy very happy, Tor a
| p.ethsYs dearly lore 80 have tAss'
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