Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-11-16
WILD DAISIES.
Some OF the Uses TO which They Can T.,
Put IN Work and Play.
Awake.

Put In Work and Play.
The two Colt girls came to see little
Mary one afternoon.
I'VE thought maybe you would like
TO go picking daisies, they said
Mother said zee might go if we'd each
bring her home big bunch. She's go
ing to dry them for daisy tea"
What are daisies good fore" asked
neighbor, who had just dropped in to
borrow an almanac.
For night sweats, said the eldest
Colt girl, in capable manner. "Moth-
err dries them up garrett every sum
mer
Mary's mother took down her little
girls hat from the nail.
''You may bring me a bunch, too"
she said
Away they went. the Colt girls and
little Mary, beyond the wall into the
broad fields. white with daisies. They
gathered their hands fun and their
aprons full If it was play, it was
pleasant, and If it was work, it was the
prettiest work in the world.
At last they came under the shade Of
a great spreading apple tree, a-l SIT
down on a broad rock TO rest and to
arrange their daisies.
Daisies are good for fortune-telling,
said Fanny Colt. shall l tell your
fortune. Mary? See. pull off the leaves
one by one, and each leaf has word.
The last word is your fortune. First,
| viii tell you what you will ride in.
Coach, carriage. wheelbarrow, whip;
coach, carriage, and SO on and on to
the end Of the daisy. With each word
Fanny pulled out a white petal and
threw it on the grass. The last petal
was 'wheelbarrow, and then they all
laughed.
Now III tell what you will live in"
said Fanny" and she began again with
fresh daisy: white house, yellow
house, brick house. wood house" Over
and over she said it, ending with:
You'll live in wood house"
81 do now" said Mary.
Fanny took another daisy.
Now Wen see what you'll wear
she said silk, satin, muslin, delaine:
silk, satin. muslin, delaine-"
The last petal was silk"
.'Hoi'' said the eldest Colt girl. 81
wouldn't wear silk if | was going to
ride in wheelbarrowlr and then they
all laughed. They laughed at every
thing; it was so pleasant out in the
fields that bright, warm June day,
with the birds singing and the daisies
nodding all about them
Then Mary learned the words and
told Fanny's fortune. and then they
both told Testers. They didn't care
whether they got coaches or whips,
silk or delaine, it was enough to be
sitting under a shady tree, pulling
daisies.
MY aunt that lives with u.s." said
Hester, "can make little face in the
center of daisy, and trim off the
white leaves so they will look like a
ruffied cap"
Father says daisies are weeds" re-
marked Fanny. "but think they are
Q God for lots of things, even if they are
weeds"
81 love daisies" said little Mary.
Suddenly Hester started up.
Fanny" she exclaimed. don't you
mother was getting ready |
TO fry doughnuts? am going straight
home"
So she and Fanny departed, each
with an apron full of daisies.
But Mary stayed under the tree long
enough to make her daisies into great
bunch which took both hands to carry.
Then she went happily home.
Here are your daisies, mother" she
aid. Are you going to dry them up
garrett"
Not these" said her mother, smil-
ng. and she brought out two blue and
white ginger jars and little red crock,
10 that Mary could make bouquets for
he sitting-room and tea-table. Mary
ooked at the daisies with their golden
'enters and pure white encircling
,etals. Thoughts came into her heart
hat she could not put into words. but
he said softly:
Il think daisies are good for a great
leal. l dol''-Mary L. b. Branch, in
Youths Companion.