The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-12-04
Rainbow and Rose

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ries ago the sun vas az It's height. On
the higher land al the trees and ncw.
ers were sc0rchet and dried up from
the long dr0uEht. and his burning rays
pierced their way even TO the cool and
stately garden which lay In the shelter
OF the valley many feet below, but
they only t0uched lightly the myr-
lad az beautiful flowers that raised
their heads so gladly 20 meet MS soft,
careSsirg touch. which fell In slanting
shadows amid the thick green foliage.
] Everything seemed g thrive In this
old fashioned garden. from the proud
white lily 70 the humble blue forget
menOt growing In bulches IN the soft
moss. bur the most beautiful OF all
were the masses o. ruses-rel. yellow
and pink. ant the family tinted tea
ruSe-a-1 In their midst. seeming 20
stand alone and apart from all the
rest. q beautiful pink La France. her
hright green leaves forming a halo
aruun1 her The other roses In the
gardens looked up % her as their
queen the birds would come and sing
Their best songs before her. and the
YrOud peacockS would carry their tails
higher and strut more vainly as they
passed before her.
The flowers had Il all their own way
a. this beautiful half forgotten acre OF
God No rough gardener came 20 cut
away their thorls. snip OF their dead
buds and gather them TO put into
vases. where they would trOop and
die in a few short hours. Only little
child would come sometimes and
touch them softly. almost reverently.
with his thin white fingers and whis
PER childish things 70 thelh, and the
flowers would answer back and the
tor seemed to understand them AMI
know their language. for his wistful
eves would brighten and smile play
round his small mouth
And be vas always tired now. and
in the great heat ~ the tay he could
seldom drag his welrs little body as
FAR as the rCses. only when the sun
began rc set and the cool % the even
Ing came Then. IL be we're well
s1ough. he would come.
Bur one day the shadows grew
longer and Io-ger. the weary flowers
raised their dropping heads in vain.
the tiny white Fobed figure came no
more. and over the garden was
great hush. and the petals cf the roses
trUrred silently % the ground in their
grief The birds songs were hushed
and the bright hued peacocks swept
their fr10qiug feathers ieiecteliy be-
hind them
Tie stately queen of roses bowed
her proud head. and a black silence
crep- closer AMI closer. FOR IN the gar
den was The shadow q death
And the r1sss U0Irus-i among them
selves long AMI sCrFuwfI.ly. but none
rEC-rrei so deeply as the stately
queen She missed the soft. caress NJ
fingers Of the child She missed the
golden curis which had rested SO often
and So lovingly near her heart
Must she always grow alone with
out ANYTHING 70 lore and cali her own
Why could she NOT have a little child
n take the place u the one who was
gone
The Eavs passed on. AMI she held
herself more apart from the other
flowers and the mantle OF her sadness
desce11ei over them and over an the
garden The birds ceased their songs.
the sparkling streams o. water no
longer rirriet over The smooth. white
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