Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-07-25
Morning
Glory

OuCE upou time, SOIGNheEty III
Somebody's garden, there grew a
Morning Glory vine Nobody knew
how it came there, for no one had
planted it. but it 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 ont 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. All perhaps this is some
thing high" thought the Morning
Glory, 50 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 n small stone that she
lad found. So sine sadly crept back
down the other side, ana 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 4 peg stuck into
the ground up to Somebody's window
SILL and then he quite forgot all
about it.
The next morning the Morning Glory
felt more cheerful, and she started
upon her search again. She had not
far TO 20 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 it
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 ut 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 iIl-so i'll that
Ire had TO stay always III his room with
an ugly black banda@e over his eyes,
and tile doctors feared that he might
never see again.
Re was very unhappy, and was often,
+ ola. so very cross. ana the servants
quite feared him when he spoke to
them in a harsh and authoritative
! voice.
lie had no relatives. and lie lived
quite alone in his great house. with
many people to wait upon him and
with ever So much money to buy things
70 make him happy but the Things that
one huys do not always make one
happy ana he was terribly wretched
IN lis big fine house.
one m8tn.G- lie CROPPED his way to
the open window ana put his hand ont
upon the sile Of tie frame, and he felt
a little sharp nail. Now. Il be had
been gentle the NAH would no, have
hart him. for il was 4 harmless title
thing. but lie made a rough, impatient
movement ami il cauSut lis finger and
bruised tia ittie.
THIS uale Somebody very angry,
and le SAID some very unpleasant
things about TEE person who dared TO
put a uail outside bis window, ana lie
felt about very cautiously this tnue.
10 find tile rail once more that lie
might tear il cat
So he moved MS hand SLOWLY along
upon tie s.H AMI Tie Morning Glory
was reaching A.r Etue haad about
there al the same tiMe. aad tleir Two
bands met
one dsd not look nj ail l.ka a hand,
hut II was oue inst tla same ANA tie
little green haud gga~pe3 tle great
white one. AMI iaey seemed ta Euow
and understau earh oiaer ii; once. for
tie little green laul said IS Use large
white one very tendetiy "C6 81 YOU
are blind too ana - satry
The great hand did not Try e ind the
nail after that Il ja~1 touched the
Morning Glory with ~ett gagg~~ aud
Two great drops fell upou tile leaves
They fclt strange and NOT nj all ike
Tie cool ralulrons which sometimes
watered me Mor..ns GLORY. ana some
thing told her thar these drops were
tears
Now. after this these tvo- Somebody
ani tle No.uu- Glry --Eew to love
each otGet vesy dearly ANA eaa day
tbey weG'l tsel ahoat tlr oae aaatber.
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