The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-12

~ buds blush 90 deep
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II IN. fore Cd tho bees
hum 30 loudly, or
The Wind carry the fragrance 30 Tar
On one Of the sweetest mornings In
nj the May came two birds to the tree !
two robins. IN their honeymoon, who /
were ont In search OF house. They I
put their heads FIRST on this side, then /
on that; wished. perhaps Il had been
cherry tree; calculated the probable
number Of small boys In the neigh
borhood who were making collections
Of esgs; the angle-worm crop In the
helds below; IN short, all those minor
detailn OF house-huntlng less interest
ing to an outsider than 10 parties con-
cerncd.
Robin Red Breast bent bis head very
near his wife. and they talked Il all
over with a great deal OF twittering
and many a tender glanoel
so sweet a spot. dear lovel Shall
Il be herc?" Nobody heard what the
little bflde-blrd said. II she spoke AZ
All Il was very low-there was need
that but one should hear-porhaps Il
was only a look De that as Il may.
the mate stretched his brown wings
twice, thrice for the Joy OF Il. and
daried on and away, down over the
meadow, his red breast twinkllng above
the green. "Homel home! homef" he
sang over and over; "home' homer
His heart was overlooking. and he
could not keep II 10 himself.
All this while hls wee wife was TAX
Ing account Of her surrounding She
hoped on one twlg. then on another
twisted her head. and turned her
bright eyes. uLtil one might Justly con-
clude she had viewed the matter from
every side She saw one thing. too,
that neither bad noticed before
Through the open window, framed In
with apple boughs. some one was
watching thom-a child with great
dark eyes and a halo OF golden hair.
SO sweet a faco-bu,. oh. 20 thin and
whltel II the little bird had been on
the hough Just above she might have
seen that the child sat In a large wheel
shair-fat without moving. her hands
claspod In her lap. and hardly daring
10 breathe for fear OF frightening tho
robins away.
The little hrldo-blrd stood still too.
looked her an over. and waited. By
a.. 49,. A. ...s. h.H Trl.hnN hi fnur
Of the fields. however. for reasons best
known TO herself, she was ready to
begin.
should u be- the crotch az the cor
ncr, or The one right under the win
dow between the two big boushs3 The
crotch 40 the corner was wider. a iino
breezy locality. but the other was so
sheltered. no one could possibly peep
from without Some foolish people.
YOU know. always viii take 10 love In
a cottage" They wasted very few
words over the mat,Cr-there u little
argument when both arsue on one side
1T was an taken on, IN hopping and
chipping.
Mamma. mamma whispered the
little Girl az the window; come soft
iyi think they are building a uestr
She turned her head by inches In her
fear OF making O stir There was
lleht step. a rustic OF sllken skirts.
and a lady stood by the Chalr-a lady
who had eyes Ike the chlld's. dear
cyosl IN which the love almost covered
the paln-Qulte hiding Il when the lit-
ne girl raised hers 20 look into them
Her hands played as by habit with the
curly hair. She. too. looked ont. no,
nj the birds. but way beyond through
the appio-boughs. They Oh,
asked drcamlly: who. dear lover
and she used the very name. though
rhc knew q not. that the little mate
had Jus, called his bride. Tor love Is al
WAYS the same.
"Tho robins" answered the child
"You are too high. mammal BE soft
Rlrhi here. do You see3 The doaros
husband and wife. and he has the red
dosi breast. and they have been talk
ing sni Listen. mamma. Jus, hear
IN her excitement she spoke 30 Gas
that the matc-rohln heard, and stoT
ped short. with long straw In hI
BIN. which was 20 serve "a a Pounds
lion Tor the house. Tie rolled h
round eyes awhile. then turned an
looked ~ bic wife, but she was HOT
ping about with the utmost unooncerl
90 after some reflection. he. too. wei
10 work. "ohw hroalhcd the lit