The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-08

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seen and was. SO used to 1t that now
She hardly minded it at ALL
One morning the Morning Glory
brought her friend n surprise. She had
kept it a secret all the while, and now
she proudly put great, beautiful pink
,ils,esse.n se: .s his 1,snd Il e could .s ,t
see that II was pink, but he felt TINT
IT was invalv. and he Kissed the pretty.
flower and murmured, "You little
beauty" And that made the Morning
Glory very happy, for all mothers
dearly love to have their babies ad-
Wired, YOU know. "
And the next morning Somebody had
surprise for the Morning Glory. That
was n secret:too. No one knew it yet
but the doctor, and Somebody drew the
little Morning Glory close to- his lips
and whispered 1t into her ear. Then
the little green hand twined about the
great white one. and this is what it
said: Il am so glad that you are not
going, to be blind any more" And
Somebody understood it, and the Morn
ing Glory again felt two great, warm
drops. which she knew to be tears. But
they were not bitter tears. like the first
ones; they were very sweet, because
they were tears Of joy. 'ti-
After this Somebody went away and
was gone d long time. The weeks
passed, and he did not return, and the
little Morning Glory was very sad. She
felt hurt that he had left her so sud-
denly and with no word of adieu. ..a
Everything was in state of great
hustle and preparation all over the
place. Little Morning Glory could hear
them hammering and running about,
and she felt that something was going
to happen. Once she caught the word
bride" and something told her what
it all meant, and little jealous pain
went through her heart, for she had
once, overheard the housemaid telling
the cook that all men were tickle aud
that when they We're away from one
they never thought of one at all and
We're taken UP with whoever was near
est them, and the cook had agreed fully
with all that the housemaid had said,
and the cook knew men if any one did,
she said. .... 49,, i
So little Morning Glory hung her
leaves in sadness and quite forgot to
feel proud of her pretty pink babies,
for there were great many of them
now. g.,
Once she felt something tug at her
roots, and a rough hand grasped her;
then kind voice said: Don't touch
that. Master loved the little vine, and
it must be- left as it is" Oh, how re-
lieved little Morning Glory felt at these
words! She reached out and tried to
touch the speaker, but the maid hur-
ried away and never saw the little
green hands at all.
Soon the nights began to be chilly,
and one by one her babies left her and
futtered to the ground, and she herself
grew pale and felt very weak and ill,
and she feared that she was going to
die How she wished that Somebody
would come back! She was afraid that
he would be too late. p.
One morning she heard the window
open. and Somebody again stood: there.
There was some one with him nova
beautiful lady-and he held her in his
arms and called her Sweetheart" In
his new happiness he had quite forgot
ten his little friend, and Morning
Glory's heart ached as she remembered
what the maid had told the cook.
Just then Somebody looked out and
saw poor little Morning Glory with her
leaves all faded and brown, and he re-
preached himself because he had not
thought of her before. .~
Here. dearest" he said to the lady,
this is the little friend told you Of"
And he laid the withered little stem in
the lady's delicate hand. .,
A glad thrill ran through the Morning
Glory. and she dropped 60 tiny seeds
into the soft open palm: then as the
wind swept around the corner a sudden
shudder seized her, and little Morning
Glory was dead.
"See, my pet" said Somebody, point
ing to the little black seeds, that
means good luck. 1t is her gift to the
BRIDE" -" -. 49,,
And the beautiful lady smiled, and
she put the seeds in a little box. say
ing. Next year we will have another
Morning Glory, vine there just like the
old one.' -. s'7~-3. Z
"No." said Somebody. never one
quite like that, for that one was like
little friend. 1t really seemed to
understand me. But then don't need
any one to understand me now, for I
have you" And again the lady was
folded in loving embrace. and Some
body kissed her softly. "a "...'