The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-23
A CARNIVAL

"%HE day had a bad beginning, for
 as the sun crept up behind the
 eastern hills and over their crest shot his first ray it struck the SUM- FLOWER on the back and, having his repose thEs rudely disturbed. he turned slowly around and told the MORNING GLORIES to shut up; nor did the trou- ble end there, for a moment later some mischievous scamp struck little Miss PRIMROSE with SNOWFALL. WALLFLOWER, and OK EYED DAISY laughed heartily as she saw the COWsLIP on an ICE PLANT.
 Now 1t happened that JACK ROSE had a very warm place in his BLEED ING HEART for the QUEEN OF S H B B A. former AMERICAN BEAUTY, and. knowing her to be maid of money and determined to MARIG0LD, he lost no time in asking for her hand. At this unexpected move on his part she blushed PINK and shyly said: Don't you think you had better ask POPPYr
 He won ner. of course. and on their way to the little church under the ORANGE BLOSSOMS who should they meet but SWEET WILLIAM and VIO- LET. who were on the same errand. So, after talking it over among themselves, they decided 1t should be double we'd ding, and off they went and were mar ried by their old friend, JACK IN THE PULPIT.
 After the ceremony they met fair CA MELLIA, who was tenderly drying JOBS TEARS. but the gloomy incident was soon passed over, for everybody had to laugh to see the little PANSIES making such funny faces and the NASTUR- TIUMS cutting all sorts of capers.
 They wandered here and there, stop ping now for moment as Camellia sewed a BACHELORS BUTTON on JOSEPH'S COAT, and. while this was being done. the Queen caught Jack SAN. who was arranging her MAIDEN HAIR FERN with a COCKSCOMB.
 Here they were met by DAISY. who invited all to real party she was on their way over Jack cut his finger on a blade of GRASS, but the Queen quickly tied it up with piece of RAG WEED. and inclosed the injured hand
 At the party the little guests sat down to a luncheon consisting of CORN FLOWERS and SWEET PEAS. while brewing of TEA ROSES BOSE was served in was considerable commotion, however, when they saw JOHNNY JUMP UP and kiss the SENSITIVE PLANT on the TULIPS; the poor little thing LION and the TIGER LILY fairly roared at the incident, while the WAX PLANT cut sorry figure in his ef- forts to keep CHRYSANTHEMU
 CHICKWEED (who, by the way, was a sort of a CROCUS whisper in the ELEPHANTS EAR through a TUBE ROSE that the SIMILAR was the laugh 1AWa md al hnf the night before when ROSEMARY and her sister were out for dinner with the SAGE. he left the table abruptly. and. putting his LARKSPURS to his horse, rode of without t,r paying for what she
 They now stopped in to see the GIN NAMON VINE, whose spicy gossip made her a favorite. and she said she HOLLYHOCK his AMETHYST; and CAMELLIA spoke up and said that, if his wife should happen to hear of it, she would certainly fly into PASSION FLOWER.
 They resumed their journey, but stopped once again, this time by the wayside. to hear a SCOTCH HEATHER play AULD LANG SINE on the BLUE waved over their heads; but when asked to play more, he only nodded and
 The homeward flight of the PHLox told them plainly that it was now FOUR O'CLOCK, so on they trudged. finally reaching home at twilight. All being pretty tired, they found their beds, while JACK and his bride sought their new BED OF ROSES.
 A little BLUE STAR peeped out and smiled with the love of a mother as she saw the babes of the garden lulled to sleep, one by one, to the mighty chorus of the night flies. No one stirred, save the MOONFLOWER. who now stole stealthily down, and, taking up a GOLDENROD, tapped the BELL FLOWER twelve soft strokes, and, creeping back as quickly as he came, he reached over and tenderly kissed the FORTHCOMING CIRRUS. It was midnight. J. Q. LIPP1NCOTTs