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Updated: June 28, 2025
Say, Periwinkle, if you opened that window ever so little I could just fly right out to that yellow butterfly that's wiping his feet on Aunt Hetty's flowers." Pearl's wish was always law to her adoring brother. He set her free, and as soon as he saw her "flying away," he daringly raised the window still higher and jumped out quietly himself.
The reprobate Henrietta, who wasted her time drawing pictures, and who was generally in a state of siege at home and at school, had found in little Periwinkle, as they called her, a fountain of affection. And now that Henrietta was in trouble, the little Illinois Periwinkle had gone off in her self-reliant fashion to see about it.
Cypress and acacia and palm stood about like strong comforters; help came from the tangled vines upon the garden wall, from the matted periwinkle on the ground at her feet, and the sweet late roses blossoming in the dark. Yes, he was gone, and the beauty and the power of him had vanished.
One of the strangest Crabs is the Hermit. You would think that Nature had played a joke on him, for he has only half a suit of armour. His tail part is soft. He would have a bad time in the sea, but for a dodge he has learnt. The baby Hermit takes the empty home of a periwinkle.
And there were large irregular borders covered with the luxuriant green and the blue stars of the periwinkle, beds of marguerites and violets, bushes of lilac and honeysuckles, roses and jasmine. The blended perfumes were overpowering, however delicious; Gwynne had sat up half the night before talking to his mother after a long hot journey; he fell asleep.
Finally Periwinkle broke the silence: "He must have been very good to take such an interest in the little children." Thereupon all thought of the arithmetic lesson vanished, and Joe briefly told the whole beautiful story from the night of the angels' song until Jesus Christ again returned to His throne in heaven. When Joe had finished his recital, Periwinkle looked up with sparkling eyes.
Moss Patience, or pray wait. Oak-Leaf Courage. I will endure. Passion-Flower Piety. Trust in God. Periwinkle Memory. Never forget. Pink Household love. I am at home. Poppy Forgetfulness. Primrose Neglected merit. Rose Love, or I love you. Rue Disdain. Go: never return. Saffron Marriage when? Snow-drop Faithful in adversity. Thyme Thriftiness. I am diligent. Tulip Beautiful eyes. Look on me.
Around him there were other graves graves of all dead Blakes for two hundred years, and the flat tombstones were crowded so thickly together that it seemed as if the dead must lie beneath them row on row. It was all in deep shadow, fallen slabs, rank periwinkle, dust and mould no cheerful sunshine had ever penetrated through the spreading cedars overhead.
Miss Tucker, in a sudden reaction, sank down on a chair exhausted and bewildered. Then she sobbed a little in despair. "What shall I do with that girl?" she muttered. "I'm beat out." "Come home, Henrietta," said Periwinkle, and she marched Henrietta out the door under the very eyes of the schoolmistress. "Come back this minute!" cried Miss Tucker, rallying when it was too late.
Her pent-up intensity of life burst out now into the keenest enjoyment of all that she saw and heard and felt for the first time. There were times when the memory of her country home and little Periwinkle came into her mind like a fresh breeze from the hills.
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