New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-05


T.o,, ,voro trembling fingers that broke the
s,urcs and took off the wrappings from th'
dor,n cool box and when the last waxed papers
,ora folded back and Anne saw the fresh aho
e,rrort Oowers she gathered them UP aho
buried her face in them with tears that feii aiio
srarsIed dewIike on their COOL sweet petals
rbere was q sort Of choking rapture IN mel
hoart when she read on the reverse OF Mr
scbwartze's card in fine German hand:
The limit OF life Is brief.
'Tls the red in the red rose leal
,1Ys the gold in the sunset sky.
.Tjs the flight Of bird on high
Yet may MI the space
With such infinite grace
That the red will vein all time.
The gold through the ages shine.
And the bird fly swift and straight
To the lilies Of Gods own gate.
Che read II over and over. impressed at first
only with a sort OF reverence for the man who
had learned OFF, and written verse like that
Then through her mind which unkindness hac
made dull and unmagnatlva by long process
of hardening, there began to creep sense OF the
beauty and comfort Of the lines.
with such an infinite grace" she repeated t.
herself as she stood. rose on her breast ina
night. ready to wait on the ungracious circle
wrathfully ordered his plate back to the kitchen
she took it with almost a smile. feeling. some
how. that however ugly life might be on the
outside. there still lived within. If she were pa
tient and good, n something sweet and fair thai
would take her, like the bird in the poem, swift
and straight to the lilies Of Gods own gate
Even Mr. Schwar.Ze noticed a sort Of trans
figuratlon OF her sad. tired face, though to hin
ri ~ opk
thanks.
Because Of her Ignorance and a certain sense
of awe toward him, she felt she could only thanh
him for gift 50 royal by written words. SLOWLY
ana carefully wrought.
Night after night, when the lights were dim In
the boarding house. Anne toiled over her paper
and the grammar and spelling DOCK she mad Dor
rowed from Willie Brown.
At last the note, written and fastened to Mr.
schwartze's pin cushion. lay waiting his aston
ished perusal.
He read in careful, uneven letters.
respected Friend These lines TO tell you how
thankful am to you for the beautiful roses and violet
AMI yors. You could Know how It fe.t TO n" to 20
them for couldn't help crying. FOR it vas the frat beau
rI thing that happened me in he that cat
remember. Your respected friend. ~ MlNIoN.
II was a week after that time that Willie
Brown stood on dark landing Of the stair!
waiting 10 make Miss Anne Jump like 4 scared
cat ~ she came t0lling up the stairs with ar
armful Of wood for Miss Simpkinss open fire
And jump she did. in a way that sent Master
Willie off in a roar Of laughter, as suddenly
checked when he realized that Miss Anne. hav
ing missed her footing and fallen. was lyinl
quite motionlcss and very blue about the lips
with the heavy chunks Of wood upon her
one great stick. humping and humping dowr
the stairs had brought impatient inquirers t
their various doors, but it was Mr.. Schwartz,
who first reached the PROSTATE woman lying OF
the landing below.
She tried to rise with his help. but could not
And then Miss Anne dared usurp a privilege be
longing solely TO Aunt Holmes. the pronounced
invalid. She tainted dead away.
IT'S n sprain or 4 break" said Mr.. Schwartz
briefly. Lead the way to her room mces." ans
he turned authoritatiycly to Gladys. who meekl.
sped upstairs and along the hall to the marrow
room.
Il so FOR the doctor while You stay with he
here" said the big German; but in his brie
glance at the clean. bare room he had seen hi
dropping roses and vlolets still tcnderiy care,
for though wthered and brown.
There was something very like mist in tn
honest eyes OF Herr Schwartze as he ran with al
speed for the doctor few doors away.
Aunt Holmes irately jcrked her imposing per
son from the Injuries OF the sickroom. and triec
In u measure to do Anne's work In the week
that followed. Unable to accomplish this, evel
with Gladys's protesting aid. she advertised a
last for a servant and then for two, both O