THE FLOBAL WOULD 



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SAVED BY THE LILIES. 



" We'll have to take these lilies with us 

 anyway, mother," said }.Irs. Carey. 



" What on earth do 3-011 want to take 

 them away out west for? Ten to one, 

 they'll up and die afore you get there. I 

 sortor thought you were going to raise 

 cattle instead of house plants. Now, 

 Elvirey, I do wish you'd give up this 

 notion of going to live out there with 

 them wild Inguns. They'll have you 

 scalped afore you've been there a week." 

 All this from Mrs. Carey' s mother. 



" It is settled between John and myself 

 that we go, ' ' said I\Irs. Carey quietly. 



Accordingly they started v/ith twenty 

 other wagons for the west. They met 

 with few adventures during their many 

 days' travel until one night they camped 

 about a mile behind the rest of the train 

 of wagons, thinking that the savages 

 would not dare to attack them when only 

 such a short distance from the others. 

 Towards midnight they were awakened 



by the howl of a dog. They rushed out 

 in time to see half a dozen Sioux riding 

 away. "What could have frightened 

 them off," said ]\Ir. Carey. Then he 

 broke into a hearty laugh. There stood 

 his 'wife wrapped in a white blanket, hold- 

 ing her lilies. She had waked up in the 

 night and thought of her lilies she left in 

 the wagon and had gone to get them to 

 keep them from freezing. The Indians, 

 naturally superstitious, became alarmed 

 at the figure in white, and thus ended 

 what might have been a general massacre. 

 AVashinston. Mrs. Luxa Fisk. 



ROSES KM THE SOUTH. 



My best success came with roses planted, 

 in December. I had the ground spaded- 

 one foot deep and a liberal supply of well 

 decayed cow manure thorough!}- mixed 

 in. I then set the plants, carefully spread 

 ing the roots in their natural position 

 filling the holes two-thirds full of soil and 



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