Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-07-28
TIE DAIsY-GIR

sy MoLLlE MArHER.

she would have demanded ner khlBut
to climb the highest cliff for the low-
er of her fancy. AS it was, she LED
Bruce Allan. her fiance, trying life. |
The very capriciousness which at first
charmed him. was now his trial.
DorOthea continually sought difficult
tasks with which to try his affection.
Though Dorothea had promised him
her heart and hand, this fact dld
not deter her from encouraging rival
ry among those apparently van
quished.
'If you cannot spare an afternoon
to take me out to the country club,
she would tell her flance sweetly,
Don Stewart win be glad to do it.
He called up to see If there was
chance, this morning"
So Bruce would spare the afternoon
to the neglect of business. Or, "f
you do not feel that you can afford
orchids for my orchid gown this eve
ming Brucie, Hamilton Dane Is Just
eager to get them for me from his
florist"
Alas! Bruce Allan could afford no
orchids from his hard-earned purse.
His one ambition had been to lay by
each month toward the feathering OF
a dainty nest for Dorothea.
| Poor Bruce was growing distracted
because of Dorothea's pouting dis
pleasure. Pink daisies, or rather. pink
marguerites, were the latest insistent
| desire of her heart. She had hap
pened to pass bed Of these tali
! flowers and Immediately had been
seized with the desire to give pink
daisy tea with bundles Of the unusual
flowers in evidence everywhere, and
herself, clad In pink with a pale yel-
low hat. It would all be so SWEEP
and odd" she told REnca 0xcitedlZ.
Bruce agreed that 1t would. bu'
this did not end bis part In the mat
ter.
He had tried his best to locate the
coveted blossoms, but two afternoon
motoring with Dorothea, failed to dis
close the flower bed Of her VISION
She was put out about it, holding
Bruce accountable for the disappoint
ment. So now, upon the sunshlneS
morning when Bruce wandered MOOD
: ily down the hill, not only Hamilton
Dane, but Don Stewart as well, wer'
out on the quest of the tall pink daisy
The triumph of either, at q florist
shop. would mean his own defeat
Dorothea put this plainly. The heat
of the business Office had sent MIN
this particular morning to a rura
township to look over some real es
tate. Bruce had taken the trolley ou'
Presently, as he walked across
cedar-fragrant hedge, came a sweet
singing voice, the bees over the hedg
: hummed accompaniment:
. "My own he comes and he loves m
well.
This is the tale that my daisies tell'
sang q girl bending over bed
yes, uctually-a bed Of tall pink mai
guerites. Bruce by his sudden Ell
trance startled the girl into droppin
= scissors and basket, but she picke
= them up again undismayed.
. my customers" she told him laug
inely, "usually enter in more eonye
y tional manner than vaulting the 'heag
)" What would you hkeT
Customer" he asked hesifahngi
at ''you mean that you sell thingsT
70 The girl nodded. ..ss. a..
III ''FIowers," she answered Driefl
"that's what raise 'em for"
re "And can buy the pink daisies
II his tone was eager. "An Of them.
perhaps" he added lamely. "You al
'e too big a price"
sr Then, before he knew 1t, he vas te
= ing her about Dorothea and the piI
:. daisy tea; Of his own futile scar,
re and the humility of failure.
to isn't it funny" the girl remark
st with a whimsical twist TO her red III
one girl In the city wanting, and pls
at ming for pink daisies, just to make
10 holiday. And another girl out in t
country working since early spring
,a grow the flowers and sell them to ca
bread and butter. Mother and / II
:. alone and we have to plan many wa
=. to keep our home fire burning. Flo
~ ~ ers are the best part of my plan. A
- coaxing them along is pleasure"
"You see," she said, Il am givi
"1 them all. The price will not matt
=, You must be-" she smiled, u
y triumphant knight returning to v
your lady's favor"
"' 81 am not sure" he said, "that
=, care to win that favor. I've b'
=. sitting here doing some thinking
'ut comparing. Looking back over p
- weeks of my engagement, I cannot
M ,u that either Of us has been very b
~ py. Dorothea told me when she
disappointed last night that the n
who carried out this silly wish
hers, would be hereafter the one n
for her. Dane can buy all the r
flowers he wants. As for me--w
'nN III take your daisies, and keep 'en
- my own ROOM"
- "You need not" said the girl quic
II can sell them"
- ,c 81 want" said Bruce grayely,
, cry daisy that has known your G
ne.' And want very much--to come
- again---so0s"
~ The girl did not reply, but as
~ went down the path he heard al
the words of her song:
- "Aiy own. he comes and he loves
well.
This is the tale my daisies tell.
suddenly. she stopped and Br
x hopelui. hack saw her face fiusli
rt,'hr.