The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-04-06
Can Flowers Win a Hearth


can foxers Rin a heaft2 ] mean a
lsstipu affection. love that viii last
Throughout the storms Of life. It is easy
being happy in the sunshine It Is the
dark and shsioay places that Try our
loves. in tae midst Of such darkness
how precious these fragrant messengers
come 70 us!
It's the winning Of lovely means Of
rare exoiies that I was going 10 speak.
I saw box Of rare flowers fresh from
the greenhouse, laid upon the desk Of a
poor copyist in a dimly lighted Of
fee. carnations, lilies Of the valley, and
creamy rossbuds. all heavy with per
fume Financially. they signifed sever
al dollars.
Size vas Young girl in the humble
walks Of life, earning her daily bread.
Tier face wzs fail or innocent pleasure as
the exclaimed:
asse ny treasures"
con ] said, some one Is winning
their way to your heart, I guess.
a deep blush was the only answer,
hut it spoke palmer shan words She
bent over her desk and resumed her
vak. but l could not take ny eyes from
her
Ifthere had been one OF two roses OF
a pansy or forget-me-not to brighten her
daily task and life Il would have proved
the airer slove better thar this exPen-
sige Offering and been in better keeping
wilh her walk in life.
Was he wealthy that he lavished this
upou her. orwas he spending the mon
ey he had better be saving to by -four,
wood and coal. when the drst home fires
were bsIt2
Ny Thoughts wandered away 10 sever
Al homes where wives were won through
tie medium ofhot-house flowers, and a
prayer went up from nay heart that this
sweet, trusting girl might be spared the
lot ofthose NY memory showed me. In
every case the husband failed 10 remem-
Der the wedding anniversaries with even
one single flower. They bad simply pur-
chased tie flowers to buy themselves
wives. and OH what . shame that these
sweet emblems can mean 50 little, when
they ought % mean so much.
Immember a case where Jack roses
came IN huge bunch es, by the b1sketful
sometimes. They awakeneda sentiment
TIA. the girl mistook for love. She
pledged herself 10 be his wife and car
ned to the altar at least ten dollars worth
Of dowers, bat her cheek burnt with
shame and modification TO ind that heT
husband had provided no suitable home
forher and had not sufficient lucrative
business 20 give them decent living
The silk lat and cane were decisions and
the laundry bundle was retained to GOV
era debt Of long standing.
How different her daily life becom'
COMPARED 10 their couuship! She nigh
not have mourned for tBc flowers ha,
she been given the love and home com
forts she craved.
On her we'd ling anniversary she gath
cred her fragile baby close TO her heart
For weeks she lay very near death1
door-a long, lingering illness-WheI
one violet even wouid have cheered her
but no E0WeH came from him who la,
onoe given such an abundance.
Months later, when this tiny baby
this sweet flower, too delicate to bea
the rough winds Of this world, lay cold
and white in its casket, this same fathe
anj husband had no money for even
single rosebud Tor its Tiny hand, but sal
scoTnfllly, "Oh, pooh it is al foolish
noss
Better an honest love with only
spray Of eoldenrod to tuck in the brow
treaes: better an old d-fashioned wooin
with heart true and tender enough q
continue faithful unto the end.-Suoos
WH FI5urs.