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THE TWO I
ROSETTES.
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And the Falsehood That the!
Maker Told About Them.
By AGNES G. BROGAN.
[Copyright, lilO, by American frees Asso
ciation.)
As I walked up the garden path lie- ]
tween the si Iff rows of flaming holly
hocks I saw Gertrude’s gruudfnther
sitting on iKe veranda. He greeted
me with his delightful ulr of old time
gallantry, and I changed my purpose
of Joining the gny throng In the old
fashioned drawing room and dropped
Into a chair at his side. 1 was still
wearing my quaint little automobile
bonnet, and my face flushed with
pleasure at the admiring light In his
flue old eyes, but I was soon to learn
Unit It was not my face or my bonnet
which had evoked his approval, but
an awakened memory from tho long
ajg>.
And then the old soldier told this
simple story:
'1 he girl who had worn the dower
wreathed bonnet must have l>eon beau
tiful Indeed, with her rosy cheeks nml
bright dark eyes nml tho black curls,
which bobbi*d coquettlahly Just nbove
tho two rosettes which were plan'd
ui*on either side of the bonuet. They
were fashioned of forgetmenots—those
rosettes—with a rosebud center In
ea« h, and when her youthful lover
bade her farewell as he went to an
swer Ids country’s cnll It was the for
get mount rosette which he begged ns a
keepsake to carry away to war.
“When I look upon It I shall seem to
see your face." he said. And the girl
clung to him.
"Bring It safely back to me," she
besought him. “1 shall always l»e
waiting for you.”
It was this promise which gave him
courage through all the privation and
unspeakable horror of war. Far away
In a peaceful little village the one girl
would always be waiting hopefully for
Ills return nml when he could look
Into her eyes again.
Well, he was wounded at last and
lay suffering upon tho battlefield, try
ing to endure silently the racking pain
until the doctor and nurses might come
to his relief.
lie wondered dully if they would be
in time, and then the one girl’s face
seemed suddenly to appear before
"IT in VOTI I WANT, LITTLE NITUKE "
him. laughing from the depth* of her
bonnet. 8he had been gay nml happy
always, he remain I *ered. Would It
grieve her now to learn that he would
Mover tome back. Yet she must know.
lie aroused himself with a great ef
fort and turned blindly toward a man
who lay half reclining upon the
ground.
"There's a little keepsake in tny
pocket," he said haltingly, "and if all
should be up with me I’d like yon to
semi It to a girl in Hampton town
with n message."
The other young man leaned for
waid and with swift and gentle tin
gers drew forth the crumpled knot of
forget menots. lie stared at It unla
lievlngly for a moment and then
laughed. It was not a pleasant laugh
1 o hear. A nurse working near by
looked up, startled at the sound, nr.d
then waited, listening:
"See here," the man said presently
"A girl in Hampton gave you this at
parting -promised to he faithful me!
true, waiting for you at the end, eh?
You see, I happen to know nil about
It, for there were two ‘true lover
knots’ upon that bonoet of tiers, and
I guess I can match you."
With an exclamation he throw a sec
ond rosette upon the ground, where
the Incongruous hits of blue and pink
so exactly alike lay between them.
The wounded lad grew white to the
Ups. "You mean that she"— he whis
pered. Then the little nurse approach
od. With steady grsy eyes she regard
od th* Injured tnen and sank upon her
knee* before the one whose strength
was fast falling.
"Well," she asked In n crisp, busi
nesslike manner, "what can I do fo
you T
"'J bo best thing you can do now
nurse," lie Whispered hopelessly. "I*
Just to let me die."
"Nonsense!" the girl replied. • Woul
vou surrender so easily, general?"
.U e smiled ns she bestowed the name
upon him and was already at work
with her band ages. Her pure fell ap
parcntly for the first time upon ike
rosettes, and she gave a start of sur
prise.
“Why, I declare,” she sald-”to think
that I should flud In this dreadful
placo pieces of my own handiwork!”
"Your work?” cried the mnn who
had tossed them there.
"1 will tell you about it.” she ex
plained, “If you promise uot to speak
one word.” She looked anxlouslj
down at the pale face beneath her
own and then flashed a warning
glance at the man who had spoken.
"I have often seen you both lu
Hampton,” she said, "the general here
ns ho went to and fro each day.
and you. Mr. Merrill, when you \ Is ft
cd lu town. My aunt keeps the little
millinery store at the crossroad*, so I
am also ncqualtiTRd with your sweet
hearts. I nrn not sure they would
have been pleased, however, had they
known that I duplicated the rosettes
upon their tionncts. It was almost the
last work I did before volunteering n<
a nurse. If I ever have a sweet heart,”
she added. ”1 hope that he will not
bo so ready to doulit me. And now,”
she asked of her patient, "are you
outre comfortablo?”
His eyes were shining. "Yes.” ho
answered, “thanks to you.”
And as they bore him nwny the
nurse smilingly slipped the rosette back
Into the blue oont pocket. The other
man rnthor shamefacedly replaced Ids
own.
"Guess I’m about ready to light
again,” ho said.
“You soon will bo,” she replied,
bonding over him.
Ah she p Aft. ed through the rows of
cot bodn In the rudely constructed hos
pital a few days afterward a weak
voice called to her:
"Little milliner,” It said, "would you
write a letter for me to-to the girl
at Hampton?"
Khe turned quickly. "Yes, general,"
she answered In her brisk way.
The sick man watched eagerly for
her coming each duy, and the steady
light of her clear gruy eyes seemed to
< aim and Hooth us she bent over the
cot with a cheering word.
"I am discharged, little milliner,” he
raid one morning. "It is to l»v home
on a furlough."
rhc nurse laughed unsteadily. “And
you will see tlie face In the bonnet?’’
she said.
lie left the place one moonlit even
ing and turned to look bnck at the
slight figure of the nurse frunx-d In
the doorway. Her face gleamed with
a white radiance beneath its muslin
cap.
The picture rcmnlncd with him
throughout (lie Joyous welcome which
followed his arrival at home Ellen
wan there to meet him. She had
grown even lovelier, he thought, but
as ho lingered on Idly at her side he
vns conscious of n growing disap
pointment In the girl he hnd loved.
He reproached himself at the ivaM/.a
tlon that ho w*s eager to lx- away,
llifn squared his shoulders and drew a
long free breath.
“I am going bnck.” lie told her. “I
must Ik? In the midst of this light.”
He prepared for departure In a fe
ver of Impatience, and then at the
last moment came the glad news, her
aided from tongue to tongue, ilia! tie
war was ended.
The young soldier listened dazedly
to the rejoicing of his companions,
rnd as the train which was to hear
him away clanged noisily into the sta
tion he swung himself on to (he pint
form and waved a good by.
He must find the little gray eyed
nurse. He must see her Just oneo
more. As In? ascended the bill leading
up to the camp hospital nil was bustle
and confusion, and at last, v ith a
V'ce! sigh of relief, lie espied a white
<I:ul figure coining alone down the
f athway.
“Oh. Utile milliner," he cried, “I
feared that you had gone!"
Sin* drew back, startled at file sound
of Ids volco. then smiled -la, you
not know 1 hat the war is over, gen
eral." sin* asked, “and our work In-re
Is finished?"
“I knew.” he answered, “but I bad
fo see you again. If only to say good
by.”
The gray eyea regarded 1:1m s.wi
"!i !y. "Aial tlio fact* in the bonnet?*'
she </.lest loned.
*‘l have given niy word." he said
sn !’y. "I must rofurn to her."
'IIkti the nurse motioned him to a
a; ( at her side. “I have a eoiifession
to Make." She lagan. “ileinomlsT Hint
‘all I; fair !n love and war.’ x.i when I
f a 1,1 you and Holier! Merrill side bv
"M'* !«i"*n fbo battlefield you fatally
wound d. ns I siipposvd well. I fold
a lie about the t*.vo rosettes, hoping to
make It easier for you to die. easier
for him to live. The hits of forget me
not were fashioned by my hands, if 1
true, tint both were sewed upon Ml
!en Ith-hniond's Ininnot.”
She paused. “Will It grieve you
now to learn that Hubert Merrill lias
.'emd bnek to marry her the moment
that |ienee was declared?"
Hut It whs certainly not grief that
shone from the young man’s eyes ns
ho loaned toward her.
"It Is you T want, little nur e." he
lagged. “Will you go home with me?"
She sat while and smiling in the
golden light of the setting sun. and
then— The old soldier threw bark Ids
white bead as tbough he were listen
Ing to ui.'irslinllng music.
‘Tdd she marry him?" I Insisted.
Ills laughter rang out like that of a 1
hoy. "You shall see," lie ansv ored
and raised Ids volet to call ••.Mother!"
A little old lady who had been sit
ting nt file farther end of the lawn
arose In answer and came toward
us. Her gray eyes shone undimmrd
through »|i» Ofty years.
“Yes, general,” she anid.
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The first mention of Mrs. Qruudy Is
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•'Speed the Plow.” Farmer Ashticld,
at table with ills Jug and pipe, Is talk
lug to bis wife on her return from mar
ket.
"Well, dntne, welcome w bon in. What
news does tbee bring vroiu market?”
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wnys told you—that Farmer Grundy’s
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J lie other night after Marker was
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tapping below Ids window. Marker
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ly ra Ised t he sash.
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I ”1 Jnst wanted to tell you," came a
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Hllli visions of burglars Marker
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! through the halls In his pajamas, j
| Cautiously he searched the collar with
n lighted candle, Isit It was empty,
i o»t«s|de on the sidewalk stood the
sf ranger.
"1 don’t see any burglar* down here," '
"•lied darker nervously.
"Who said anything about burglarsV"
Inuvbed the stranger.
"Why, didn’t yon call me out of bed
to tell ino that there was a band mov
ing around near the efcllar window?"
“Sure, It’s the dial on the gas meter. !
It works while you sleep." Philadel
phia Times,
Conscience Vereue Art.
Shortly after Tennyson's poem "The !
\ Ision of Sin" appeared an eminent
mathematician sent the poet a letter
that ran like Ibis:
"hear Sir I find in a recent poem of
yours, entitled ’The Vision of Sin.’
the following unwarranted statement:
I'-tery moment dies a Ilian, and every
moment one is born/ I need hardly
point out that this calciibiMon, If cor i
rect. would tend to keep the mini total j
of the world's population in a state of
perpetual equipoise, \< herons It Is an
established fact that the said populn
lion Is constantly on the Increase. I
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calculation to which I refer should be
corrected ss follows: ’Every moment j
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born.’ I may add that the exact fig
urc* are 1 1<»7. but something must. or j
course, bu conceded to the laws of I
rh,. t Inn."
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