The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-07-08

lie f1AZel, bCdluperluB over 70 tue DSu
Of gayly colored spring flowers she
had spied suddenly
Some fiowersi" breathed her little
brother, Ted. who was helping her to
fill her basket with wild flowers that
grew along the edge Of the woods,
The children had wandered farther
than they had known. and the bed of
lovely tulips that they were now de-
moralizing was the only boundary
line at the rear OF the home of Mr..
anc Mrs. Marden
When the two trudged into school,
tar6y and tired, but rosy and laugh
Ing. Miss Mott gasped
I'VE brought you a May basket,
teacher" the two said in unison.
They had been rehearsing their speech
all the way from the Marden flower
beds.
"Oh, what a beautyl Thank you,
children. Now take your seats. You
are tardy and we must make up for
lost time" She hadn't the heart to
dampen their Joy by asking where
they had picked the lovely flowers.
She intuitively felt that the little ones
Ha0 bECAA VI AhhOICAtlgs Oal
more the less destructively and dis
honestly. from some of the gardens
bordering the woods on the south side.
When she reached home her friend
was sitting on the porch waiting for
her to have a cup of tea "And who
gave you the flowers. F1o2" she asked.
'.It's May day; bless your heart,
And two OF the children brought me
the basket. 1t was lovely in the early
, morning. but"
Mrs. James laughed. ~You viii be
surprised to know that l saw the
children picking the flowers very
early this morning from Mrs. Mar
den's border gardens down by the
xoods. but l. like you. hated to spoil
the chIldren's joy."
Miss Mott looked serious for a mo
ment- Don't you think / ought to
go and explain? 1t seems wrong.
somehow"
1T wouldn't do any harm. dear;
and I'll go with you as soon as we
have our tea Run upstairs and
freshen up while 1 have sea served.
and then well go and call on Mrs
Marden and explain. owe her a
call. anyway"
When F1orsnce Mott reappeared she
was as pretty and fresh as had been
her gift OF tulips in the early morn
lng
They walked down the path and
turned into the winding road that led
past the Marden home.
"I'l stand behind while you ex-
plain said Florence laughingly, as
they shook the knocker on the great
white door.
To the surprise OF both women. a
tall young man in house Jacket and
white flannel trousers opened the
door.
"Is Mrs. Marden INF" asked Mrs.
James.
"No-I'm sorry. l am her brother.
left in charge for a whole week. My
name is congdon, VIII congdon."
"We came on missions" went on
Mrs. James. First, wanted to call
on your sister. Mrs Marden: and.
second-sIiss Mott indicating Flor
ence, who had suddenly. she knew
not why. become confused. received
May basket this morning. which we
think was filed with your tulips"
WIN Congdon laughed. They were
taken to fiil May basket. were they?
Pardon me. won't you both sit down q
few minutes. You've had quite q
walk. perhaps"
The three sat down Il have felt
guilty all day over having the basket.
but two Of my little kindergarteners
brought 1t TO me with the information
that they had picked the flowers all
for me-"
And had seen some kiddies gath
ering your tulips early this morning
when was In the bride path in the
woods" added Mrs. James.
1T doesn't matter in the least-now
that know who did 1t. but my sister
has had a good deal of trouble with
plants and flowers. and was about to
raise q row." explained the young
man.
"oh. I'm $3.50 SORRY" repeated
Florence.
Congdon raised protesting hand
Don't be. please I'm glad you were
the recipient OF q May basket, I'm 50
old that 1. had forgotten that such
pretty sentiment existed" he laughed.
"old." repeated Mrs. James. scorn'
fully.
well. I feel like a crusty old
bachelor living out here In this tur-
tle-dove community Of young married
folks
Florence pouted prettiiy. "And
where do ! score In this gamer" she
asked.
Mrs. James was interested In the
situation at once and beamed at this
opportunity for matchmaking. why,