Chapter V: V V V V

_Five little buds grouped round the parent stem,
Growing in sweet airs, beneath gracious skies,
Watched tenderly from sunrise to sunrise,
Lest blight, or chill, or evil menace them._

_Five small and folded buds, just here and there
Giving a hint of what the bloom may be,
When to reward the long close ministry
The buds shall blossom into roses fair._

_Soft dews fall on you, dears, soft breezes blow,
The noons be tempered and the snows be kind,
And gentle angels watch each stormy wind,
And turn it from the garden where you grow._

CONTENTS.

PAGE
THE LITTLE WHITE DOOR 9
LITTLE KAREN AND HER BABY 34
HELEN'S THANKSGIVING 47
AT FIESOLE 67
QUEEN BLOSSOM 93
A SMALL BEGINNING 115
THE SECRET DOOR 135
THE TWO WISHES 156
BLUE AND PINK 183
A FORTUNATE MISFORTUNE 198
TOINETTE AND THE ELVES 232
JEAN'S MONEY, AND WHAT IT BOUGHT 259
HOW THE STORKS CAME AND WENT 277

THE LITTLE WHITE DOOR.