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HE curtains were drawn, leaving out of his wa
T the tiny bedroom in half-light. "vi'iets, . lovely On the bed, almost lost beneath youthful mite. the quilted cover, lay a frail, whiter "The little
haired woman with closed eyes.
famous all over
Primroses were in a vase on the her irresistible
table beside her, and tulips and daf fine quality oi
fodils and hyacinths--great bunches were always :
of flowers of all kinds -- crowded than any other
every corner of the room!
Business flo
flower vendor
came--many y
was grown--w
own flower sb
Shorts Gardens
who used to fc
steps of St. P
brought other
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"Vi'ltfs . . . JLovefy Vf'lets.'" fire Llft/e FIve-feor-OM Would Cry. and Few Gay Blades Could Resist Her Smile.
The door opened and a young girl
tiptoed into the room. "They're
here, auntie," she said.
.
The woman opened her eyes.
"Ask them in, please, dear."
At the girl's gesture, an old man
and two old women hobbled in. There lived in the gi
were several others behind them. of North Lorn
They were younger, but had gray in titles before tl
their hair.
To the old-
The aged woman's face, finely "the little flow<
wrinkled in contrast to the smooth- had become thi
petaled flowers around her, bright business.
ened as she greeted them.
One of he
"It was so good of all of you to O'Doherty said,
come," she said softly. "I didn't and people. S
want to leave without--without tell flower lying 01
ing you goodby."
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stopping to pic
And then she smiled--the same water--just as
sweet, gentle smile that had charmed anyone in trot
the world almost 80 years ago, her to help."
guests told one another later. She
When the tr
bade each one farewell, surrounded den heard that by the bright bouquets of flowers dead, and had
that had streamed in from friends amazed.
and admirers all over London.
"It can't t
It was an appropriate setting for shaking their .
"the little flower girl's" last words seemed so youi
to her old friends. It was peculiarly
The will of4
fitting for one who had loved and was published
nurtured flowers from the day she She left two h<
was old enough to pick one up and $25,468 to her 1
sniff its fragrance.
law, Catherine 1
That night, 83-year-old Ellen ty--a notable
Keeley died quietly in the flower- - whose start i
filled room.
"vi'lets" on the
Ellen was only five when she
But to mar.
started selling flowers on the steps memory of.her
of St. Paul's Cathedral. "Vl'lets, osity to anyone
lovely vi'lets," she would call out in ing hand, and
a high clear voice to the city gentle charming smile
men riding by in their fine carriages. illness could no
Rarely could they, resist that
All of, Londc
smile or the big blue eyes -under the ing of "the- lit
short soft curls. Many a young died as she ha
.blade ordered his coachman to drive by the flowers
34 October IS, 1940
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