Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-01
JEWELS AND GOLD.

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Marion was reading in fairy
story book. This is what she read;
.'At langth The princess wandered
into a beautiful garden. Fountains
showered pearls and sapphhres in
to basins of the purest silver, and
golden birds, Hitting among the
trees, br.u,ght huge diamonds, rub
les ard amethysts fer her to play
with
20 dear, s sighed Marion, Il
Wi III 1 could be a princess in a
fsiry-ta!e for once, and have
rub.es end Diamonds to play with,
and gather gold by the padlfuI as.
the lit lie princess Irene did," and
she cared herself on the sofa and
looked I'M the fire.
Aunt Grace stopped sewing and
looked at her little niece. then
SIN ling she looked out through the
window The lown was velyety i'm
the warm sunshine and ablaze with
flowe.s. Out beyond, the cornfields
rippled in the wind. and through
the meadow the river curved and
glittered.
You cam gather jewels far
greater and more WONDERFUL than
those the little princes played width,
said aunt Grace, pushing the win
dow up, and you cam walk ON
gold if you wish to, Marion.
Marion uneurled and sat up, her
dark eyes wide with astonishment.
But We must hunt for them,.
said Aunt Grace. I'VE may find
the princess, too-who knows" laugh
ing gailN she folded up her sew
ing.
Marion jumped up and followed
her aunt across the porch, and
out on the green GAVIN.
What jewel shall we look for
first, and what colcr is it" asked
Aunt Grace.
sRylbies,. said Marion, growing
interested, land they are red, a
deep beautiful red, and pearls are"
Hold on." said Aunt Grace, lone
at time, please. See; Ialave found
rubies, gorgeous ones. And SHE
stood with her eyes shaded, looking
toward the south end of the garden.
Where, I don't see amy" said
Marion, looking puzzled.
sLooh hard and QUILL see Them
glowing and moulding in the SUM-.
.sOh, the rcses;;" cried Marion.
"You mean flowers, don't you,
Aunty.. g
Eyes, dear, think the beauti-
ful, fragrant Flowers are the rar--
est gems of all. We will cali
them Gods Jewels. just see llow He
has studded our garden with them"
When they reached the roses,
Marion, with eyes glowing, stopped
and broke one eff, smoothing its
satiny petals with the tips Of
her fingers, She loved beautiful
things, and the thought that The
beau iful flowers were Gods
jewels, was new and wonderful
to her.
"Sse the blue foreget-me- nots,
Aunt Grace, she cried; they are
turluo'ses, and the white pansies
are pearls, and the purple are big
amethysts. The asters must be
| topazes. Oh, how rich we are. We
are much richer than the princess
Irene, for our jewels are fragrant
and alive. and in each jewel are
the seeds OF a hundred more jewels
Uncle Ed cut one open once, and
showed them to me. But, Aunt
Grace, where is the gold,s she
asked. . :
Shipping her arms around the
little girl, Aunt Grace turned her
until she faced the corn-fdelds. !
Look, DEAR" she said, ''and
you'll see 1t r;ppling and Sitting
through everywhere.
"Oh, I see it, I see it, Aunty,"
cried, Marion, jumping UP aahd
down. 'It's the sunshine, Gods
gold. and it gilds every thing, the
fields, trees, and even the rocks.
See, the danda ltoas are l4uggets
OF gold"
but Aunty," said Marion. after
a moments pause, I'VE haven't
found amy diamonds and they are
the prettiest of all
Aunt Grace turned and pointed
down Ito THE river, as it lay Shin.