Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-12-02
A CRUSHED VIOLET.

I In her loneliness young girl wandered
out into 5hc~trv,;s The way OF tho e ldcn
| day seemed never ~ Tar away Ne lricad
was near, and strangers >'<mod stranger
| than c,ct bciurc a> thty came in the
/ gIooniy way and pas>,d Ia the shadows
I h,hin, hcr ON and on 10 the busy ~lr,Vts
/ she passed The snop lights cast a daz-
/ xliu.s zl;,r. aS the buyers and s.'llrr~ ts.r
/ tered with tn,, real oi gain In the tatjlc
| NJ tbs, world she had borne with hunger
/ and NH want till shr Tell beneath the
crushing wheels giving mors than x Id
! could l,uy or love p-stuna The horror of
! n happ. day rclncmbcr,d was In her heart,
/ the horror 81 the days OF deepening eloom
more horrid gnw
/ ics has no friends, only companions
| Nirtur turns Ia virtue; it bs'ars no love
nor thought OF pardon or forgiSing.
She WANDERED on A dog came running
To- her >id,, and licked her hand It, warin
touch was the first token that anything
| in all he world could turn In Kindness
/ unto Der again The rumble OF the >tss,ple
/ chimes was dying away she crypt into
The shadow OF ~acrd pile. Gay lights
Shaae through the pious pune, n pIctur' Of
the en- wa> painted in the varied AEat.
su'la rey WAS bending low beneath is
weight Tho organ Isalei iurh glorious
>aHs glad Voices t-sr the hymns u praie.'
Th, fashion al IN. ,sarld wa- Their. and
+ erits-- ri the holy world. il ,,a- carnival
oi ~.u>u"as JOY Against tn, cold gray
stst.,> -he pr,.s>.-d her arhjug heart No
r.st ra lizbr and hunard and alone
% ttalt ae eri.tl. ~ she sank aiun tire
ground ara. 49, I'D through w,sr.u,.s to
D>t am - p1or thcr is NJ place Tor
me She wa> like biui With hrskcn
wing Neicjne sarraw in u >tarl,~s night.
till sleep fell lsntiy on her tear staiis,zl
eyes
ono.s a-a5n She was in the tiowcNSi
home by the riverside The valley
strcirhts, bark To the larch crowned hills
Biri Voice, came and twitternd b the vine
that trsliled beneath her window The
dcwdrops glistenCd on the glowing bells
a. the sun first Kissed the summer morn
The simple ways OF the country glen be
came the innocence of naturc day. Her
mother spoke soft words Of love and drew
her gently Ia Unfolding arms She was
home again and singing with the joyous
ness Of the beautiful But the day ended;
her Journey was hssgun.
Al first IT SEEMED unending spring, and
all WAS iiowcrland but roughencd reads
/ confronted her and night hung low. She
braveI jhc storm that wore upon her way
The clouds could not aarighten. for her
hear was brave. hat the lghtnipgS flashed
around her and the rain fell in farnsn5s
She must >,ck for shelter and gain the
food r,.iuirzi \ voice spoke unto her.
"Hpr,. j., Joy thu. blind can never 49,. aud
Tcae, aad plenty larry In this promise
land uknassiug wr1ag. uuthtukIuC
harm "a pichod the red buds from the
th1rfIs, the poison noSy to her startled
hr,ri. her BRAN was ali ON fin. She
dii>h bed out in the storm again and tht.
VoirC that had charmed her laughed her
tears to ~rurn on ,vhcr,. the torg,,tii r..s,,,d
shr risac,l hat TIM hollow laugh >au
whi<flt4l ON TIM, wind DD,Deb,xi and
bruised and torn she h,at against ih,.
r., = il. a t!4tt.l,.ti bird in IFS prison axe,
but al was cold and dark and tir,tr :,is,,
Vs., in sa,.=lane ot death. still m4uds4i OF
thu H58yyz#rlIud " !lt.f,s ~33Il!s=stin- t,.H
Alone. forgotten. d,->,3latt.. nIinu., blind
alinaSi untlans a voIsr. said -tGat5.. =
She looked \ hand far up TIN. way
seemed Reckoning her. and tender Ewes
they were once beneath the crr,,s-shunc
down into her soul Her answer was a
smile It, joy aNokc her.
NEARLY. with fright and chill she, wan
d,.rtd back L. her attic room. The sr..,ls
cracked aloud as She CROPPED her way in
the dark. The dcws OF sleep were long in
coming. bur AT last her ewes were. closed
/ with smile upon her brow. ON the NOR,
row she would wander home and lay her
heart on her mother heart and tell her
all
The gray dawn came. and the stars
went out. and the sun came mn from the
gold ft-S,,tl waves and chased away the
shadows from the valley fields stray