The daily Alaskan., 1905-07-07

leaning on the low garden wall was a vounC man. papiuta had been 50 ah- sorbed in her pets that for moment she saw the face of the stranger through them. The features secmed contained within the cnCircliug petals Of a rose. which tn a twinkliug faded Into lily, then into other flowers in the same rapid SucCcSsion, In her Ia ther's house were marbles of ancient gods and goddeSScS, and the stranger $ head and shoulders Co Papint0 rcsem. hled a bust of Apollo. The face was certainly very beautiful and the eyes looked at the girl with an expression of marked approval
 You love your flowers said the young man.
 Indeed do"
 q call them my childrcn.'
 50 do |. How strange.
 "Wiu you give me one|
 Papinta pluCked a budding rose went to the wall and gave it Co him. He took it, enjoyed It's beauty and itS fragrance. then, turning his eyes again on Pspinta, said:
 Tt Is very lovely, but there Is a flower In your garden far lovclier.'
 "whichT' asked Papinta, looking aside.
 It has a blush tn itS cheek that nc other flower has, for it comes aud goes within a few moments
 Such natural love making in Spain has never been permitted, but it was some weeks before Don Miguel diScov cred that his daughter, every day at tending her flowers. met a young Stran ger. and when he learned the secret ii was too late. Papinta'S heart had cou, Into the possession of the father ot tho flowers. Of course her meetings wer, stopped, for she was not allowed Co g, to her plants again. Whether it was that she mourued the separation from them or from her lover, or both, she fell m and passed rapidly into a burning fever
 While deiriouS papiuta saw vision She was In heaven and In that part Of heaven tO which she was assigned Co dwell. the heavenly gardens. The flow CTS there seemed endowed with life some lifting their heads erect as if con sclous of possessing a Supernatura strength for good, others modcSt,N lowing as if In a sanctuary, whilt some crept on the surface as it con scious of unworthiuesS. On an there shone a light of heavenly Spleudor Presently they raised their heads and turned them In the same direction. Pa pinta looked, and there coming she saw the father of the flowers. He was smiling upon her, and when he drew near he said;
 welcome. Papinta. Here we shall care for the flowers untrammeled by the Ills of earth. They win not bC blighted by drought or storm, These have endured and died Co be born again In this heavenly kingdom Changes there win be, but not tht changes through which they have pass ed. The transitions win rather be from one delight Co another. Come, mother of the flowers, let me show you ou' heavenly children"
 He led her along paths that sparklej with crystals and shells and pebbles The flowers as they approached turned toward them, breathing upon them as they passed such fragrance as Papinta had never known before There wCrC the rich flowers of the tropics, wild flowers both Of mountain and of low land and tiny bits such as violetS and lilies Of the valley.
 These" said the father Of the flow CTS. pointing to the larger ones arr our grown sons and daughters; these the smaller ones. our younger children and these, the tiny ones, our babes"
 From her vision Papinta passed into a consciousness of her real surround ings. Her father and mother werJ standing looking down upon her, and there between them was the mortal father Of the flowers
 When Don Miguel had seen that hC must lose his daughter or bring tho stranger Co her he went out for tho purpose and found his guest waiting without the gates, Don Miguel brought him In, and he stood with raplntas parents over her bed waiting tlll shC should regain her faculties
 The young man had come from Mad rid. His life work was the study ot plants, and he had determined to pur sue hts studies ln connection with prac teal cultivation For this purpose hC had purchased a tract of land near tho grounds of Don Miguel Rebera, and when he first came upon paplnts hC was engaged In experimenting tho erection of his buildings and laying out his gsriens.
 The father and mother Of the iowers had myrlads of botanical children and sona human ones The latter were in