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    420 GATHEBINGS FOB GIBLS.

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    LXYIL—GATHERINGS FOR GIRLS.

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    b Some lush beautifu inkan l d roses mos...

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    420 Gathebings Fob Gibls.

    420 GATHEBINGS FOB GIBLS .

    Lxyil—Gatherings For Girls.

    LXYIL—GATHERINGS FOR GIRLS . I . THE WKEATH OF HOSES .

    B Some Lush Beautifu Inkan L D Roses Mos...

    b Some lush beautifu inkan l d roses moss grew . in a palace garden : white , crimson _,,

    Who , p coul , d tell which were the loveliest ? Not the maid gathering whom the and princess gathering had sent thinking to gather onl some -to gather , for . she a few went of the on

    very best , and still it seemed , as if the best y were yet left on the trees .

    She 66 1 have put them too many all into alread a sparkling y , ' - said the crystal maid vase . which stood in

    h the eads " Was centre and not of this the t for an princess th honor a delic ' s for i boudoir ous the fra . roses rance ? , th They rouh lifted the room up their .

    The princess ' s boudoir was hung g with pale blue g silk , and the flowers They s loo aw ked them so selves beautiful reflect that ed in the cos maid tly mirrors was more . than ever

    puzzled At length which she to select chose for some a wreath half-blown . blush roses and wove

    them " Coul into d a anything chaplet . be more charming ? " said the princess . h d tht

    to A look nd she as lovel placed y as possibl e wrea e , th but on they her h coul ead d , an not look e rose so lovel s srove y as

    not the princess signify , . However of course , they e becam veryone e her thou so g well ht more that that of the did princess than of the roses .

    Except " See how the eve roses themselves is admiring , who us said we — must make the most

    of and ours nob elves odwill to-ni ryone care ght , about for to us -morrow . " we ; shall wither and fade ,

    There was y a handsome young prince at the ball , and he never took The his eyes th off the ht he princess was looking . at themand

    thsaidroses oug , ey from u Perhaps " roses do not grow in the country the prince comes

    . the The prince prince whispered and princess a great danced a leasant great many speeches dances into together the ear ,

    of the princess ; at least we many must p suppose they were pleasant , for she smiled and blushedand did not seem at all but

    the prince whispered in so , low a tone that even the angry roses could ; not hear what he was saying . he

    When the ball was over , and the prince was going away , said " Will to the princess ive — me one of the roses have worn in

    hair to-nig you ht ? " g you your

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1864, page 420, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081864/page/60/