The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-03
PINK ROSES
BY ALICE nLlRss. }

'Jt'll sbe an hours lob, f'mA afraid,
eir.p The chauffeur looked up from
the machine. Shall l call a taxi for
your" '7A>
"Well--no, Henry. I'll walk, for
! a change. It's not far TO the club.y,,,
So Burke walked nm the narraw
street. y II was In tho noorer section of
the CITY. and he was obsnrv,np things
in his tsuat IeispreJv fashion
.Jove wba, hao,t,srl rosas tor
straat stordp u.
atr,owor. =. -. s.b 80,
onas,iono. ~ 10" 'o
$500 '"e "Ne' man a. '"e
ay-,
s"'u pa'Ae, Mho anyways
eo "'' ',np"'see' ~ 'aNe a'' 'pose
pm ioses
~, n"u na,uy spoken "iien' crash
i'utt e"it AnoeNe1 oNef Que siue ol
"'nu, crushing many oi 'he now
eis WIN h'uhy oaths from pom Par-
ueH coheerheu, the analr was hhaiiy
e'''eu anu the old nun was arrahs
ns "u'Ae roses "hen siri rusheu
w !l's
II w. SIR these mowers, the crushed
ones I'm ! hsVe emf iheyre no
soou 10 you. can nave en- SIR
a,er voice was tfagicaliy pieaulhe.
'ust 'nose iittie rev. On SIT can !!
"o iohs PICK EN- UP, ulen De OH
WIN YER from the od man
Burke watched her lndlnerently'
she was slim ana DARK ana might nave
peen pretty, II properly dressed linen
somethlng IN her" tragic earnestness
moved hlm--bnt the old man was mold
ing out the flowers, so Burke TOOK
them and went up the street.
Queer he thought. what could
she have wanted with crushed tiowersf
How eagerly she picked them up.
could have given her picked ones or
given her mine, suppose, but why
!, bother with heggarsf"
I His roses were for Judith, of course.
Suddenly he wondered how she would
receive them. Would she have the Joy
of the street girl? Burke grew curious.
When he reached the club he called
! MS favorite messenger hoy.
Jim, take these flowers and note to
, mis- address and deliver them to the
, lady herself. Wait until she opens
them, and answers the note. Tell me
everything she says and does when she
receives. them"
An hour passed, but Mt last Jim re-
turned.
Il delivered em, just as you said,
| and she said" he stopped.
Yes. what did she say!"
she said How stupid Of Burke not
to have sent orchids, when he knows
! Of ny new gOwn.'
\, Bgtke Laughed. How stupid of him!
"A And the other girl had begged for
cgpsbed ones. Whats fooPhe had been
I hot7tahgive MS TO her. At least they
would have been appreciated. Judith
wasineFer satisfied. Hut why think
about such trivial incident!
Burke picked up magazine and
started to read, but the tragic face of
the street girl came before the
tN7N' ''S'''a y
and stroiied to the window but he
could hear her voice still pleading.
she actually haunts me. I'm all
Kinds or q fool but why did she want
themf For my own peace OF mind,
III 80 back to that stand"
Shes just gone again. She took
them on and told her II she'd come
PACK fd give her some that wasn't
fresh the old man told him.
Wanted EN- for dead un."
Here, I'll take these" Burke
TOOK a punch OF roses ana put bill
In the old mans hand and hastened
after the retreating figure of the girl.
Pardon me, but heard you ask
ing for some crushed flowers, won't
you take these instead? They are OF
no use to me-
the girl turned. Then: They're
beautiful! DO you mean 1t? Shall
( take emf? Then-"Hes, VIII, they're
for my little Bob.
"YOur little B0b?N Burke echoed.
Yes, my little brother, two years
old, he's all l had. And he's dead.
& Drowned In 0iIr cellar. i fOunU him