Then, there came another comfort--a real "surprise" comfort. Late one
evening, after the family had been away all day, attending the
Sunday-school picnic, and drove home in the moonlight, what do you
suppose they saw as they turned in at the gateway? Why, there on the
lawn, was a great circle of white, gleaming like frosted silver.
"Wonder if a sheet has blown off the clothesline," said grandma.
"Oh, it isn't a sheet--it's my flower bed! It's my dear, darling white
posies!"
And, sure enough, the white flowers could be seen in the dark, when
all the gay reds and yellows and blues and purples were dim and dull.
Enid felt very happy.
"I like 'surprise collections' you can see at night," she said.
* * * * *
TRUE LOVE.
"How much I love, you, mother dear,"
A little prattler said;
"I love you in the morning bright,
And when I go to bed.
"I love you when I'm near to you,
And when I'm far away;
I love you when I am at work,
And when I am at play."
And then she shyly, sweetly raised
Her loving eyes of blue--
"I love you when you love me best,
And when you scold me, too.
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