NOT A HAPPY STORY.
A; big box:.of .peonies,7rpses,\andf lilies-bf-the-valley .had come' to:tho. East Side ! School (says a'Now. .York paper). ; through one of the; flower;'missions that do Iwhat they can toward equalising things between p§bple who: livo ..whore flowers arid" the ■ unlucky ones; who don't.-. ;One ;of. the teachers . waa doing herV best to . distribute.< tho blossoms fairly between the grimy,, eager little hands that reached'.out ravenously for them. But thero was bno .mite ,of >.a child- who : seemed quite■ 'indifferent to >the'; gift; . she just,sat stolidly'looking-on while,tho.others gloated .'byor'Jthe: blossoms. .;,->■!;!■!'!; '. ; - ! .-W. , - ; ."Uon!t. you want some., roses,:.' Annie?" the', teacher • asked her.: ; "Here.'s'a nice bunch." ■■-. ~ /■■ ■'■.■- ',;•;...»■..•.■.,. ■ ■: s '•-.' A.paiV of..'unresponsive. :eyes, looked -up from the.sharp'..little face, and.,the. frowsy head shook; slowly.., ;.<■.«,-, ■::!.'■;■ "•''.;'■•■'•■ „ '."No'rb;"; she'v'swd, shortly,■ "I,don't want no flowers!.." I; ain't :dead." '•'-•'.-. . .■ , ■ She had • never, seen' flowers used except at funerals, and. that,. she.-supposed, was .what-they .were, for. v... .!;...■..■■ ... .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 11
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145NOT A HAPPY STORY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 11
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