Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-06-07
A DOLL and A MORAL.
By BERNARD CAPES.

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go sleep, darling-go sleep~ said
Mary IN the smallest of voices so that
the botanst, of whom she had a wor-
shipful dread, might not hear.
But he did hear.
Now, child" he said put down
that thing and come"
Mary laid her doll on the worn leath-
err elbow chair, gave it a little, sympa-
thetlc pat on the back and reluctantly
crept to the side of the botanist as he
sat at his table.
do you see this drawing of a speci-
men"
Eyes, slr."
Don't call me, sir I've told you be-
fore"
Eyes, uncle"
'Now, now! Am l your uncle-re-
lated to y-u in any way? | am your
guardian. You should have learned
that ia week"
Mary looked at her black frock for
inspiration, failed to find it and whim-
pered.
81 won't have that, miss cried the
botanist angrily, but he should have
said ward to be consistent.
Marys sprinkle of tears dried in her
eyes like wind blown drops of rain on
a easement. The botanist's tone soften
ed He felt almost as if he had knock
ed over a delicate specimen.
"You must learn self reliance" he
said, with a stiff, kind smile. you
are now an orphan, face to face with
the hard facts of existence, and you
must learn to SOW early that your har-
vest may be full for the reapng."
Il can sew a hem" said Mary.
"Hcmr echoed the botanist ''Wen,
WE'LL Look at this specimen and tell
me what it is
II think
Il wish you to know"
Its bit of laburnum, then"
"To what family does it belong?"
Mary rubbed her left calf with her
right shoe buckle, felt an inclination TO
giggle weakly, blushcd, looked toward
the high dusty window and into the
little sordid patch Of Brompton garden
beyond and Frightened auXiously.
1T belongs to yours, she said; "at
least thaa one there does. Only" she
added, pcrploxed, you haven't got no
family"
tut, tut! This is shocking. De
scribe the flower"
'It's-it's like rows of little yellow
bees hanging on"
1T is papiliOnaceOus, certainly. We
can do without the fauciful descrip-
ton. | notice n tendency in you-are
you listeuing?-a tendency to cheap
picturesqueuess which is opposed TO
that breyity Of language which is at
once the richness and economy OF
knowledge. Poets (who are on the
whole a contemplate race find their
effeminate Inspiration in what they
choose to consider the accidents of life
There are no accidents in life. The
red or yellow of n flower, its scent, its
formation, are merely subscriptions TO
n condition and the natural incidents in
a system. Give me your attention.
please. l shall ring ana have that doll
removed, otherwise 10 compare a
flower with n bee, an inanimate with
an animate object, is wanton and I'M
Necessary Now hear me read this:
The laburuum tof the genus cytisuS)
has its leaves on long stalks: leaflets
rather clancous. tpruate nearly sessile.
oval mucrouulate. The petioles ana
simulate stipules down The seeds
are highly poisonous containing the
prlnclple known rs cftisine and pos
sessine narcotic acrid properties This
description. which I have written
down. | wish Won to now take to the
little black table. with vour dictionary.
In the latter Won will search for each
word whose Significance * unl,noyu 10