The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-11-08
MAMIE GIVES ADVICE A STORY OF MolETs

''Vrlits. Willis, only Q penny
bunch" The flower-girl, eagerly Ques-
lions each hurrying face.
4 London street, IT. rows a eaunt
houses: the heavy atmosphsrA suS.
fused with faint veil Of g1ay foe.
the dun. monotonous rumble Of traA3o
the weary feeling Of struggling human,
lty. the sound Of anxious footsteps has.
tsning along the, paved road a HE.
The only color In this dim picture .
patch Of violets -violsts hsaped d
profusion ON the hower-girrs tray. "
oasts. whose breath. laden with Z thou
sand memories, floats ON the sitting
air and crssps unbiddsn, It may b. nm
Welcome. into the very hart Of svsgy
passerby.
The city man. his mind running IN
figures. pulls up short to buy . bunch
Of the flowers. whose sweet scent stirs
his dull memory into activity. telling
him that he stiu possesses . heart.
Emotions. long stilled, memories Bit
tsr-sweet youthful dreams awakened
b. the fragrance Of those violsts, rise
psrsistently al day long, following
him. tugging 1t his sleeve, even In H.
midst Of the all-abiding worship Il
Namman.
Poor little modest dowerl" A
youth. battling with the harder side
Of life. looks down with pity ON the
bunch Of violets In his hand. Like .
soft carsss their breath touches his
bensitive heart, raising him above the
hum Of city Life into the fools paz.
adise" Of fAncy.
Two girls approach; one y richly
dressed. The dowsr-girl steps eagerly
forward. her monotonous Org chang.
ing to note Of earnest interrogation.
The elder Of the two waves aside the
modest English dowsr; the more sz-
Desive Parma violet = selected they
remind her Of Nice and Of tho Carni-
val Her companion, In the plain
brown dress, scarcely hears these nip
pant remarks. Bending over the tray
Of English violsts, shs has become IN
conscious Of her surroundings. The
violets whisper in her ear 81 babbling
, brook and the song Of birds. She
; sees her home-the tiny cottage. her
mothers smile: her little brother. for
| whose sake abe has left that simp1ev
happy life to live In the glare Of Lon
don society. whore she must silently
endure thousand yelled insults thai
only : dependent can understand.
When she turns away violet glistenA
| IN the feeble sunshine-A tear from
. lonely. sympathetic heart lies, La
. dswdrop. on the violet's breast.
All day long the violsts pour out
their fragrant life on the sullsn an
1 growing fainter, fading away - tn
| day wears on. Hundreds hurry past
Few allow themselves to catch the
sweet thoughts that hover round thu
flowers; fewer still have time to stov
and buy. The howsr-girl knows moth
ing Of this magic fragrance. Thu
scent Of tray full Of fresh violstl
brings back tho picture Of cold
bleak morning, . noisy market, thu
beginning Of hard day's work and
vague, uneasy auestionings prompt
Cd by pangs Of hunger. Far dsarsr q
her heart than the fairsst flower 4
the sight Of . little heap Of dirty COP
psrs, counted out on an empty tray.
A Acknowledgements couple stpI
before the howsr-girl. The man Of
fers his companion bunch OF Eng
hsh violets. but - before, they an
scornfully declined.
i Parma violsts look 10 we'll on fur
English violsts are 20 oommonl" sh'
explains.
/ The man puts The rejected bunch q
yiolets in hls buttonhols. his thought
leap back to forsaksn memory
street fades; the sound Of trafac grow
less: be answers his companion md
Chemically; his thoughts are Il
away.
1 violsts. violsts. nothing but violses
There at least In the cold solitude 9
the wood that shy, most modest OF nov
ers was not afraid Of being seen. ia
ground was carpstsd with them. -
air was nllsd with thsir fragrance.
girl rat On the stump Of tress WI
violets In hsr hands, IN the basne
ct her sids; yiolsts pSofusely ct ~
test; violsta, soft and dark. IN AZ
q, eyes. ~ some one drew near ne
color dsopAned m expeotant smal
lowered Hound her LIZA
They come to : mors crowded PA
, of the street. The man draws CLOSE