El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-30
l5 HOW ROSES !!!;! GOT 5.!,,,.,, Is
II THEIR FRAGRANCE III


Once upon a time the Rose Queen
stood i'll the sun ON her palace steps
looking over her well kept garden
1t was the queens custom each year
to reward the flower most pleasing TO
her with some new grace. which be-
longed to il and its children forever.
Three rosebushcs there were whose
beauty made them easily first. Pluck
ing from each a seed. the queen. plac-
Ing them one by one on the tips of her
pink fingers. waited them far away
That one which makes best use of
its gift shall win my favor" said the
queen
The first rssc seed iuttered high in
the air and far over forest and town
and stream until IT came To- n splendid
palace.
This must lie the home OF a king"
said the little rose seed. And it sank
down until II reached the brown earth.
where the warm rains made soft bed
for it. Presently it sent green shoot
up in the air. and this grew and grew
until it was Il rose tree. After awhile n
rose burst out upon its stem. Its love
illness was so rare that il was said to
be only little less beautiful than the
kings daughter herself
1T is more charming than any of the
Jewels in my casket,' said the princess.
land | shall wear it on the day when
am a bride"
And the rose sighed with content, for
what could be better than to lie on the
heart OF the lovely princess on the day
when she was to become the bride of a
great king?
And the second rose seed, as it fut-
tered away from the Rose Queens red
lips. fioated along until it. too, came to
a city. Below the seed noticed a tall
building tnat looked like a great uni
versity, so down it dropped into the
garden OF one of the learned professors,
where it was speedily received into the
moist earth and grew and grew and
grew until it was rose tree. The old
professor. who was always nosing
about in the garden. for he wrote books
about plants when he wasn't hammer
ing their hard Latin names into the
stupid heads of the students in the uni
versity. one day stopped before the
critically on his long nose, remarked:
Dear mel The growth of this plant Is
quite abnormal | fancy this is a rath-
er remarkable specimen OF the genus
rosacc;e." So every day the little. dried
up old man would come out and prod
and pry about the tree and take copi-
GUS notes Oh slips of paper. One day
there was single rose on the tree. and
I... old ant h..
was beside himself with delight. He
clapped his hands and capered about.
exclaiming: "A genuine new species, 1
shall give my name TO it, and II Will
make me famous"
And the second seed. flushed with
pride. felt sure that the gift would he
hers. for what could be better than to
add something To the knowledge OF the
sages and make the name OF a wise
man ImmortalE
The third seed, as the Rose Queen
sent it on its mission. was caught up by
a headstrong little breeze that carried.
it far away When II was tired almost
TO death. the little breeze let II fall
among the brambles that grew on a
lonely hillside. Here the sun did not
shine much. and the soil was rocky, so
that in spite Of all it could do 1t grew
but slowly and into a stunted and Ill
shaped tree. And presently to 1t. too.
came n rose.
ALAS" said the rose. what can be
hoped from a deformed, ugly rose like
meT For because OF its lack of soil
and sunshine and moisture it was
pinched and misshapen.
One day as the sun shone high in the
heavens there came along the hill path
a ragged woman who clasped in her
arms n white faced infant. They sat
down beside the rose tree TO rest, and
when the baby opened its eyes the first
thing it noticed was the rose. Reaching
out its thin fingers. it gave little cry,