A Field Of Daisies

Away and away on cvery side The wide flclds blllowed in gold and white- Tens of thousands of daisies fair Looked up and wilcomed the sunshino brightBut the farmer leaned cm his hoc to rest And mnttered frowningly, "I'll be bitst If ever I see such o spreadin pest!" His wife was bustling to ar.d fro, Making the guestrooms 'spiek and span," Decorating with muslin and scrim, And the ever present 'Japane.-e fan. Then she threw her apron over her head And out for a "posy" of daisies sped. "The boarders '11 like 'cm!" she breathlesa said. The "boarders" carr,e, and with "Ohsl" and "Aha1." Greeted the fields where the daisies trooped. And thcy plucked them for belt and breast and hair, Then threw them down where they faded and drooped. And they feil in the dn.sty wagon track, Where the clumsy oxen drew cart and raek, And their trampled beauty carne not back. But the little daughter wandered forth Under the branching apple trees That bordered the field, and lived all day With birda and flowers and whispering breeze. And the daisies Usted her prattlo sweet, And told her stories for fairies meet, Such as only the daisies can repeat. And the poet, dreaming beneath the trees, Half in shadow and half in sun, As the drif ting clouds moved overhead, Lived with the daisies till day was done. And they wakeued thoughta that iu liquid rhyme Carried the soul of the summer time To an exile lone in a dreary clime. - Minnie Leona Upton in Good Housekeeping.