one of the boys, dropping them into his basket
with a plump.

"A fine yield!" said one of the men. "Did you ever see anything more
beautiful than this rich golden brown?"

"The sweetest apple that ever grew!" said another. "I don't feel that
I've had an apple till November brings these."

"It's a wise Providence that saves this sweetest morsel for the last,"
declared a third.

The little tree listened, trembling with happiness. Could it be true?

She gazed at the fruit on her heavy branches, and there, like drops of
gold, tinged with the sombre violet of November, hung ball after ball of
the luscious sweetness.

"Oh!" she murmured, "how blest I am to have so much to give, when all
the rest of nature is silent and sleeping. How happy I shall be, and how
earnestly I will try to bear the sweetest apples ever grown!"

At last the apples were all picked and carried to the great bins in the
cellar, there to lie mellowing and sweetening for the farmer's use
during the long winter months.

And the little russet apple tree went to sleep, and took her long nap
with the rest.

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