Show IDLE WORDS I 7 bolln tin troth hot in it 11 it if to til tit if only a spray of wild honeysuckle nothing more and A very joyful spray loo for had it not nt last readied alio top of a tall holly arco round which it biad twined and now swayed gracefully in tho breeze ws if seeking new holds for conquest how happy it felt in the task accomplished liow vigorously tho sap courand through its vein liow brightly ars expanded to tho rising hero I 1 am at last catch me bow if you can it laughed gayly down to lie which grow below my climbing daya arc over it replied contentedly sinco tho shears trimmed mo into shape or I 1 would ero this have outstripped you in tho race but I 1 should not havo been so bushy as I 1 am now cuckoo cuckoo what is tho news this morning a bird which alighted suddenly on the holly the woodbine has reached tho summit murmured the tree and and grasses in the meadow at its foot bowed their innocent young heads to tho breeze and rang a merry peel in her honor pooh woodbine indeed returned tho bird a weed like that and sho peeked contemptuously at alio llio lower as she spoke poor straggling tiling a hero and there for a time and alien they tell inc nothing but a bonillo of dead looking twigs rivo mo the creepers of alic south flioy indeed tho they hold t in ir ri 11 11 L it perched on llie hedge well my poor old friend you anro in a sad cac this year not shade enough to laido even what is it frost or tho primera primer 3 scissors ah they told mo ou were in a bad way andl frarie Is true cuckoo cuckoo it resumed as it amongal the waving grass very pretty whilst it lasts but they tell nio it will soon bo cut down anil withered ah as n bird roso almost at its side I 1 wonder if his will do for my purpose no no flioy tell me the eggs arc crushed and trodden under foot by those great clodhoppers called men no I 1 must seek also and many prolonged cuckoos it octto a neighboring wood what bad happened that the lark cowered on hernest on the ground and forgot to fly upward tho agnis no longer danced in alio soft summer alic leaves oppressed with their weight of dew tho honeysuckle limp and still from her airy bower dear me how dull you all seem to dayl hummed a aco an it llew busily amongst tho meadow gras so would you it vou acro elou to bo dried up and withered answered n bluebell shaking her licad saucily at tho intruder indeed long may such fato bo averted from you fair laidy harebell gallantly replied alic insect as it inserted its proboscis deep nto tho bicart of the but pray alio may tho prophet of woo have been alio cuckoo and sho aalde llroy biad told her who arc they air uco ah fa ir lady excuse me but I 1 no time for gossiping replied tho insect as lio bended wended ins way onward dear dear ono would it was early slay instead of nearly gocr eadd a as it nutt cred over tho you keep bour buds 0 o tightly folded out of sight all so would you said alio llio if you were in as bad ft way as I 1 am dad way nuver saw hii look fresher tn my lift dear madam returned the butlo rily as it deposited its eggs on dobud who can have BO maligned you tho cuckoo and bac said they had told her who may they be indeed madam I 1 fear I 1 have no limo to waste in speculation answered tho insect as it danced away in tho sunlight wall you do not teem over pleased with your success twittered a robin as it alighted on tho topmost bough of a hollow tree what is the use of it all when I 1 am not fitted for my position and hall soon who could have aid uch a thing queried the robin why the cuckoo and she ald they had said so and who can they be friend robin well let mo see arely not but ere his ideas found words his bright little byca detected ft worm on the ground below and in tho care of pro for tho maata of ln s family his friends troubles acro forgotten lark wherefore on thy act ou alio ground instead of cleaving mo with thy upward llight whimpered tho morning air ah will perish under the foot of man if I 1 protect them not wherefore today to day moro than acs who ha tle unduly the cuckoo and they baa etolil her so it must bo me air yoa go everywhere can you not tell me who they aro aut the brecio bad passed by and though it sighed its sympathy it answered not A dewdrop dew drop th grass above and murmured go ask of tho cloud surely he who ia so tar removed from the cares and of earth will havo limo to answer taco so tho lark took courage and soared upwards but the answer was not in the cloud for its treasure waa of the earth and its attraction thitherward as it hosted downward 0 sun surely you can not help us it cajoled caroled car oled we arc nothing in thy sight thou canal not care for our per aud sadly it descended to its rest when loi sun itself piercing tho passing cloud and waving grass a ray of light penetrated and flooded the very ground on which she in whilst voice whispered reproachfully arc not my rays for tho lowest and tho least equally for the lofty and great of the earth toll mo of taj trouble and the lark soaring once anoro in tho light of tho sun tho cuckoos talc which had quenched the joy of tho woodbine tho innocent of tho meadow grass ruffled the content of tho old brier hedge and raised anxious distrust in her own breast for the safety of her offspring ending in tho oft query 0 sun can you tell me who they are words idle words came the answer down the golden ladder and is there no troth then in she told us alio rejoined would it hare grieved thoo had not aro not trials of one kiad or another part of tho discipline disciplina of life tho hurt lav not in tho truth itself but in its half told tale docs not spring follow winter renewed growth the pruning shears is not the mown grass gathered into the masters barna anro not thy nestlings nest lings thyself alike in the mighty keeping of tho lord of all do not overanxious over anxious tor tho morrow do thy duty cheerfully now and tho cloud when it falls will over if thoa lookout upwards bo bright with the bow of promise and chopo lady laura II ampton in the quiver |