Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-09
Morning
Glory
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Somebody's garden, there grew Il
Morning Glory vine. Nobody knew
how ii came there. for no one had
planted it. but ii was pretty little
thing, with green hearts for leaves and
cunning little pale green curls here and
there upon its fuzzy stem.
She wanted to get up off the ground
where she had been all of her short
life. SO she crept slowly along TO find
something To take hold of that she
might climb high up into the bright
sunlight. She put out her tender ten
drills and felt carefully along, for she
was blind. poor little thing, and could
not see where she was going.
As she reached out she felt some
thing hard. "Ah. perhaps this is some
thing high" Thought the Morning
Glory, so she crawled up the side quite
to the top. But she was not high at all
not much higher than the ground
for it was only small stone that she
had found So she sadly crept back
down the other side, and she lay there
quite discouraged
There was an old man who used TO
take care of Somebody's garden. and
he saw this plant growing there and
cropping about for support, so he fas-
tened a string from Il peg stuck into
the ground up to Somebody's window
sill and then he quite forgot all
about it,
The next morning the Morning Glor!
felt more cheerful, and she started
upon her search again. She had not
far 10 go this time, because the kind
old man had fastened the peg very
near TO where she lay. So she reached
about with caution To avoid another
stone and took hold of the string.
The poor, sightleSs little thing did not
know that the old man had put it there
! for her but somehow she felt that il
J would lead her TO where she wished to
COUP toward the beautiful blue sky
/ and the great golden sun.
So she climbed along the string
slowly at first, then faster each day as
she began TO know the way, until like
Jacks bean stalk, she had reached the
window SILL
Now, Somebody, the person who
owned the garden, was ill-so i'll that
he had 10 stay always in his-room will
an ugly black bandage over his eyes
and the doctors feared that he might
never see again.
He was very unhappy, and was often
oh. SO very cross, and the servants
quite feared him when he spoke &c
them I'm harsh and authoritative
voice.
He had no relatives, and he lived
quite alone in his great house, Will
many people to wait upon him ant
with ever so much money to buy things
to make him happy. but the things thai
one buys do not always make one
happy, and he was terribly wretcheC
In his big. fine house.
One morning he CROPPED his way tC
the open window and put his hand ou
upon the side Of the frame, and he fell
little, sharp nail Now, If he ha(
been gentle the nail would not hay,
hurt him, for IL was a harmless littl,
thing, but he made a rough, impatien
movement, and it caught his finger anC
bruised it "A little.
This made Somebody very angry
and he said some very unpleasant
things about the person who dared L
put nail outside his window, and ht
felt about, very cautiously this time
to find the nail once more, that h'
might tear II out
So he moved his hand slowly along
upon the sill, and the Morning Glory
was reaching her little hand about
there at the same time, and their two
hands met
One did not look at all like a hand
but ii was one just the same, and tn,
little green hand grasped the grea
white one and they seemed to know
and understand each other at once. FOL
the little green hand said to the larg,
white one very tenderly: "Oh so yol
are blind too! ! am so sorry
The great hand did not try to find tn,
nail after that 1t just touched TIT
Morning Glory with a soft caress, ant
two great drops fell upon the leaves
They felt strange and not at all lik
the cool raindrops which sometime
watered the Morning Glory, and some
thing told her that these drops wer'
tears.
Now, after this these two-SOmebod.
and the Morning Glory-grew to low
each other very dearly. and each da.
they would feel about for one another
and the dainty Morning Glory woul'
nestle against his bearded cheek, an
Somebody would pet her and strok
her leaves very gently.
And the cheerful hopefulness Of tn
little green plant helped Somebody I
be little bit hopeful too. You sec
Il was harder for him, for he had no
always been blind, while she had neve