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willetrelle et Ilie enneiele la tele
Ikea
"Wisorowirwerr - orlobilkot the wind.
'And * Wow Peaseen hot ea* Isla the
refaillhe et kw ined.
"Irlfear raked Penes and eilkinted
donee Ikeda We Ark neat. .:
The welters' planed her head oat of
the window. ''''Wleatte tile swelieserr'
she seared.
"Itily hat letew Wit" Peter bad her,
'and kw wheel is Wank Is the stud,
• "O'it, toter, Trterhthe princess
chided. "Tees mot get that wheel out
of the vend at sem."
'rerlitch ts easier Reid thee done,"
Peter grumbled. "It's that dark I
can't see my Wind before me."
"There's a light back there among
the trees." the princess informed Wm.
"Perhaps you could get some semto
help you."
"I'll go and see, miss, If you ain't
afraid to stny alone," said Peter, after
'eerie You wenn sintee, earnings; so
000D?" SUE ASKED.
some effort eneceeding in quieting the
plus:ging horses.
"I rat dreadfrilly efrald," she admit-
ted Waveringly, "but 1 seppesee you
will have to go.'
Noir. in the middle of the Pine grove
was ere a little cottage. l'eter knock-
ed at the door.
"lirite's there?" asked a childish
volee, and a tittle girl poked her head
out et the stmere window.
"Our wheel is stnek In the mud."
Peter inewered from the dark. "and
want to got a man to help me."
"There lern't any man here," Jenny
informed him. "There is only me and
Jessie, and our mother has gone to
nurse a sick neighbor, ande she won't
be home until morning."
So Peter went back to the carriage
rind reported to the princess.
"I tdiall freeze out here," said the
princess. "I will go up to the house
end Mt by the ere while you look for
some one to help you with the car-
riage."
She climbed out of the carriage, and
with l'eter In the lead she plodded
through tbe woods. and the wind
blew her long cont this way and that,
and at last, wet and panting, she came
to the little house.
And once more Petr knocked. and
once more Jenny came to the window.
Then she flung the door wide open,
and so tall was the pt•incess that Abe
had to stoop to enter be It was a
dingy little room, and there wan a
dumpy blnek store in the corner, with
,t babbling iron pot that gave forth a
moat appetizing odor.
"Oh, oh, how nice and warm it Is!"
said the princess as she held out her
hands to the fire.
In all their tires the little girls had
never beheld stich a wonderful pee-
enn, for the prtneests wore a long red
cloak and a black relvet hat. with a
wavier ranrac. and her muff was big
end rowed and snit, end she had
scarf of the some soft far about her
nerle Tier hair wen pale gold, and she
bad the lancet eyes and the reddett
tips. end her made was so sweet and
ire/tender Chet eenny ran right up te her
and cried, "Oh. I am so glad that yeti
co me!"
.Teeste 'from her little Omar echoed
her eleter's words. But she did not
run. for there was n tiny ernteh beelde
Jesete's chair 111 the equnre window.
"And I am glad to be here." geld the
prineems, whnse qnleit eyes were tak-
ing in the &tells of the sheishy room.
It's en niee end wenn and cozy." •
el en' t It ?" ea Id .1 e n y h a mills.. 'And
we are getting reedy for toninreow.^
On n smell round tattle beside Joe-
We's eimir was ft tthe eeder imeleAnd
Jesele's fingers land been busy With
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per.
"'We eve going be Pap alma meow"
Jenny explained, "and eeekke le add
hang k eat rine tree."
"Oh, way I itetp?' the paseena sated.
ba'reh't Phiread iner own skies I wee
a• little girt." -
:fend, etesped hese thin tittle beads.
"I think it 'would be the leTeliest thing,
In the world," ekte maid; "if you would
stay.", '
"Peter 1. going to find sone one to
help with the carriage; and 1 will Way
until he comes back."
And when Peter had gone the prin-
cess slipped off ttio. long red• cloak,
and uuderneath it kite wore a shining
silken genes, ited itrOund her•neek Was
a collar of pearls.
"And now if ,you will lend Me an
apron," she saki, "we will pop the
But Jessie' and Jennie. were -gazing
tat- her speechless. . ' •
"Oh. you mast be a fairy princess!"
' gasped little Jessie at hint •
The beautiful lady leughed. joyonsly.
• "Peter calls •me the princess," .she
said. "Ile has. lived with me ever
since 1 was a little girl. But really I
am.. Just an everyday remise woman
and am going to spend Christmas with
some friends In the next town." . .
She dletnissed the. enieleet With" a,
wayeof her hand, .. • . _ .
And •noveto our popcorn," she Mad:
-Jenny' brouglit a green gingham
apron, And the princess tied the apron
On, making a big.buttertly hoer of•the.
etringi in the' beck, and, then she
danced over.tO the dumpy little•etoye
and peeped int* th.e bubbling pet -
"Did you ever. smell. anything •so
good?" she :asked. "I• sum as hungry.,
as a beer." • ,f • •
The little.* girls . laughed . joyously.
• "Tt's. bean •ooup."*Jenny geld, "and we
are going to hate•It forsupper, with
some little dumplings In It. 1 'wes
afraid It wasn't niee enough tar'you." •
."Nice enough!" the. delighted lady
exclaimed, "t think...bean- soup' and
little dumplings. etre4-une-um!". 'And
she flung•out her halide expreseleely.
"I thetIght,", jessle remarked faint-
ly, that fairy .prineosees.•cluly•• ate
honey and deW.'" . • :
...101itreie.finews.that ; atr fic.e*:•true•
princess," said the heatitifel lady, "for'
lkiney !Ind den, ivould neveresatisfy
me." .** , ...*. • • '..
Jenny got out.three tittle him:0)01:1;1h
and set thent...on a table that was
sprend 'With e coarse but •sPotiess
cloth. There were a cfnity. loaf end .
elorer sweet butter. and haft and best
of all there were elm...bean :soup •stud
the bobbing little dumplings served to-
.gether in an old mulberry tureen,. '
it was perfectly wonnerfut tn. see
the .prineess he her shiuing gown •itt
astaessee, "kat les se as with tin
Arse• jard lac tun. 1 no yns haves
t -
k ad ihreogh, ee yen Moat*" Wog ay
eleamplac it a MIME
*Wass ewe ea sae Was aloe same saw;
elaffeav
Amur somas loan biro die* le see ideal
wee Ube mat tea.
A/riff 10Sais IffiestOW alas low Mos a Saab,
Tote ayes lb* abaration as* Ilecew IMP the
istrole,
When what te her weraeatetig twee @beak!
waywoar
DM a wasemetimao L)O1g lisi aaslat WRY
roisasvul
"Oilt. so; I target! I mesa -
"When what se ber wonderkag woo eald
ocoomor
Ben a garcons* Mask In the ran* right eat
Dora
Axil• a Aerie eld driver, toe Hvety Kea
oeviek
Yen ;mak 'Rate thought Peter was dear
aid St, Mee:"
The children laughed gleefully, acid
Jenny sold: "We would hare thought
that. only we aren't going to hang up
our stocking's this Christmas at all.
Jesitie and I aren't going to get any
presents, for mother hasn't been well.
and she couldn't get any sewing,. But
she snid we could make our Christmas
merry, and we were to pretend that
we had been to the big stores in the
city and bad bought things for the
tree and dolls and everything."
"'That's a lorely way," said the prin-
cess gently, and she lald her hand.
with ite flashing rings, over Jessie's
Otto mime', •
"And we are going to pretend." ;leg-
ate eel& "that our chicken is turkey,
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But we won't: here. to 'Pretend, about
the mieve pitfor neither hes Made a
lovely eine!' • • •
• wiele help you 'eat the
elticken." eti id • I he .erineess wist failly,
eand1 should like to meet your. moth-
er., • 1 kessiveShe. Is loyety. And I:
..haveiet nue multiple yoe 'knot:se":
"(thr ,saidthe little giris. round
.eyed with systientlev.' And then the:
...prineess.told .014911'411M all tier .life she
. had lived' in n big. lonely nouse and,
eLi' had always yeti riled for A cozy
henneand fur a sister. '
.After suPper they popped lite corn,
011(1 -Jut as they fluielied• In came
ter: •
•
. "I•cati:1 iind any 0I1('mise
he enmities:set: estad it's estowitig.
hstveela unites:It the horses and ge
•letee "to town and get something to
telite'yon ister • •
"N),".. the orbit -este denittered•es she
• 1.1 the Mhitils• of the room with
O I:nettled* tip tlielt of seowy kernels in
her liatel. "Nie Peter. .I'm goiug to
eefes het e " •••••
Peter stersel, and the • little -.ghee.
'cried -()te. will yeti?"' •
A nti, the tsettiesses enicle"1.
Ante iheer. you eati bring tip. the
esteettier trash: end my bag."
\Valet yottr friends expert you,,
miss'?" rotor inquired..as If awaiting'
•Irds•re •
"I selti send is note hylyon," wee the
rempottese A lel as (he "nen Wee*
:elt she followed him Anil shut the
door Lelthal her, "Oh. Peter; letterr•
elle whteptstesse eistititletitielly. dm
twine, to give 11WID Sad; a ChrietM111.!".
• "The !title girls. init.444"r'
."Ves. They stre.tto sieeet and lirneel.
Atel I hey'. the preetetts In my trunk
Ilea I. ',eyes 'ening to eerry to ltie ol het •
childree. But tbey Imre se tettelt
that' thee won't mess them. no 1 SIMII
Chtitenotte in h. ploin littlt•
!solvate hut it will be e Jay -fol house.
Pet t•r."
"Vest, miss," Peter tigreed
etatklingly. • •
apider-
''1 meet' tee lied it big tree," Mad the
prliteree regret fully.
"Well, leave that to me. Mien," Peter
told her ens:telly. "Von ellet gat them
tittle lislisgs to sleep early, end l't1 be
here meth 11 tree"
"t`ii. Peter. Pelee -Solite ("Inns!" ex,
eitiiined lhe .pritieest4 gleettitly, "It wilt
Arleta STIPP= TII1L1 POPPED TIIS CRAM.
the heed Of the.tsible, .and tittle Mine
Jessie teild: "Ton were turd sett to us
or Christmas. Why, It's jnat
"The night before Chi -lamas, when all
through the hawse
Not a creature was &terrine, not even
mouse,,
'rhe stockings Were hung by the ehimney
with cart
In hopes that St, Nicholas coon Would he
there •
The cheat -en were nestled ail snag '111
their beds,
While visions of sugar phime 'tlaneed ta
;het*. heads."
"lint one sired:Inge weren't buret
yet, end we weren't In bed." sold
Jenny.
"It was too early tor that," said the
e e• 1.".•
arobis
W Oar sine*rki0einalft *Pre
hal Admen I ye* Saes bilk sr 0 der
*a raw snot WOW. Wild the prize
am% with her eras aidatat WIN ORM,
1111111e$ *OP 0.11/0 deal cher*
"911. WO play nachterer
Jena% sad tenni beat never 'weal of
each a lank twit Rio' petite** herd
;hitt "the was a .ehtei Mt tire high
sea* ilia thee they- were to tell trete
her earns Whet conntry eh* hailed
"1 carry tea," eh. berate. "'Where de
tremor
"(thins," gemmed Jenny.
•11.0.,t
"Impale." evils] Asa% with bar lake
face gleetrtnit-
ore. t*
'17heit the tittle slag peeedered. *tie
might be ventured Xently.kat
the princess 'hook her hoed, rhea
4refele etietel, Oeitleht" Asir WO
woe *Ott •
aded afteh fiat Zee* treneglet a en*
gee id erintges frost rieritla Oleo
. SAM %Toon A r. d leAcevri, wampum
• eerreff WOMAN.
brought a-carge of rugs from Persia,
and there weri.carguee of spices and
of coal and of coffee and of tish and
of grain and of lumber, and ihe prin-
cess finished triumphantly by carrying
a. cargo of oysters from the Chess-
peeke bay.
"One more," .begged Jessie,
• "1 carry •a cargo of castles," said the
sparkling princess. "Where' do 1 hail
from?"
•,Tlie -little girls guessed and guessed,
• and .at lest the Prineese said:
.."Tbat wasn't a fair one, really, for
my c.astles tire eitaties in Spain," .
. Then, with jeesie*tu. her 'arms, the
told 'them her own castle building,
and When. she tied daislied she saki,
"And so your mother shall bave all of
my sewing, and thet will .keep her'
busy until. spring," . .
"Oh, you are going to be, married'
and live happe everefter!" sighed Jetee
sie rapturously:- "It's just what 'a
fairy princess stinted
eAedwhat-you should do." •said the
princess, looking at . the clock, •"is to
go to. bed. bed,- bedsts that.yeu cati
•• trakeeup early in the rnorhing." •
She backed, them In and Came beet'
tater. tn. a. fesciniuting pink kimono..
with her lialren Ise thick braid..
and she kissed•thern both. But it was
little lame .leesio that -she kissed last.
And then elle. went ;mai, Bee a gio-:
Wane yldnn, and the little giris,•sank
hite 'stringier: .. • . • .
itt the next reem the'princess opee-
ed the dnor ertutiously. and there Was.
Peter WiTh. seow all over :Wm. and
his arms , were full. of holly and ads;
tiptoe,. end, n great' tree wale propped• *
against the. doornost; .• •• •
"Quietly.' Odell:se Peter.'" warned tile
Print'ese. end Peter tiptoed in and Set
, the tree .up tn. the vortier[and iti top
.reacheden tlie ceiling.
.pritietee; *opened the steamer
Crank- end took out: two white Teddy
bearseeone with a flaring 'bine bow.
and the other W.tili a flaring pink one;
and then .sits• took out a green and a ••
••
yellow and a red • mid • a blue . fairy .
'heolt and a beautiful square Inteket of
rawly. 'tied with tiotlyribbete. and
'• then from the very. bottem of -the
trunk she drew :string afeer string of
stinting little silver bells, fastened on.
red wid..pele greets had:Anne .
, WaS going to get up A • cotillon
for We' children -at .the other house.".
the prineess explained to Peter, "but •
these llrtle folks ,need It ho mucti
more," •
the little hells. went "tinkle, tinkle',"
as Peter bung them. and Jessie,.
"iron AXE TRU "Armee MOTHER.° SAID ran
PrittgArmd. •
art -seining in her little lied. heard the
Poilnd and iliatight It a part of her
area
And while l'eter and t he princess
trimened and whispered and laughed
Home otle rattled tilt. doorknob. .
Peter omitted the door, and there
Wood a White }need, shivering
worrier].
"Oh, Whathas happened to my little
littder ittbe.laatitesl. Oak the'Vglit.
and ills<so bele." UWO 34* 'be beheld
the **hen haired Tisliten 4thil
the rag woe aend Peter 40 aim ber-
et" tee **Wed. "Wkf, 1 believe. it la
tatrieter And she oat down rear nod.
deatT Jesnien
'law ea* the riftae siothet,' meld ,Che
Itrtireas se Ms Such beside her and
Ptrt heir arms alteittid bee' Led told bar
how ikte mime to be there. sad, :whom
01- htd iMiSbe41 the mill ohooty. "Algl
I levee Warted eery ewe teether et
Illtieb MIS Clirk‘tiaves. alid the Otte
dtria were Pe "sweet that 1 kart, T
;dived kere yam" -
'Toy peer Mae adagio eased the
tle vitether ye the tad penmen., gad the
beentffiel Indy tan iMw head *awe on
Me *Meer nielbleY Eleeedder end web*,
beano* ta 1/74" of bee glebes rim had
beet, reli, waft ineedy bee big
hanne,
ind ether loaner had game afar talk.
ed tietinigbt of Annie Pad Jellaee
amid Mena tkeg geseneried sweat pleas
t'beett Ike Plea* Man nest the Wan
usellimet nes ha waits few the gelseisa.
And la the asearsing iamb, and
ley, waft la the swag Oleall. maw
Wilma
00 00 Illaaaasaai af Oho bail tire
TOM, Iltesea. ems lath a Swift pink
beer wed an* with *soft illar hew,
and the Weddy haw bold eat their
anal woo* sad amp( at law aim
Rale Or* with aterianting apes&
40•0edd. adead 0.Min skin, who
lad swear mom it 111064 bow Work
Asd fiat was the infilimblir fte
saw wousectrit dor of Voir Bros. roc
eat dew Ow awe we* +OA* tinkle,"
aff thew henaged ireamehan fee
hatalsean, A.nel the Alamo thaw was
it datiodatia easeasa. And Sa the after.
neon they all bask fi Ado in thee prin-
cess,' fdagh, with Pieter daring an the
box. and when at last be set them
tie*. OS their own humble doorstep
and lifted Mete Jeessie is his arms ttte
prineeee smiled at them radiantly from
under her plumy hat
"Remember, Peter will come for yous
every Saturday, and you are to stay
at my house day," she said.
"Oh, yes!" Jenny sighed. With rap-
ture.
"And you are to emits to my wed -
ran rerneess seneme AT einem Beni -
Annie itiKNEATS AEU PLUMBS.
ding in the spring' -all 'of you'," !aid
tbe princess. gaYly.
see the' prince!" said Jessie
over Peter's shoulder.
"And you are going to let me share
;n third of eonr mother?"
"Yes, oh, yes!'" from both of the lit-
tle giris.
: "Then you eball•share a third of Pe-
ter," the princess :called -Emelt as the
smiling coachman drove her away
through the glistening snow. ,
..The-Freseet ,§aid ."Papai "
Itt ,stalinn le in -New- Tot k cliv••
young. elerk :who was eortirig a sack:
of :Christmas ntnfl wile aninzed to See
a package in the week, MOVe. *Be car-
ried the sack: jo the sorting table and
dereeed. out the contents.. Something
Suddenly exelaimed: •
:"Pnpo! ' finpa.:"
The' frightened Clerk examined every*
package eareftilly„ .•that
tnoeed he fatted a lire•kitten 'packed
in a small bird enge. The kitten bed."'
pink, how 'of ribbon at its neck, and
attacked to the tiblepti WAS a card.hear- •
ing the inscriptions •
• "A Merry •Chtistteas • from Unche
Jack." •
Further itivestigetion bronght l'ortas
the fact that the cry "Paper. .ctiens
from a eloil with biond.eurta„thet ealls
et" "Papa!"' each thee it was:squeeeed.'
In moving 'the mali enek. the peatal,
clerk loid frightened the kitten In one
.Paekage enri•stpieeeed the mechanical
doll In the other peekage..:,De Was
.arneti rebored when ho. had uneaVeled
the dontile. mywery.
Revised For Christmas.
"You tete Jivek writes he can't los hers
Wet% erm em Christmas day?
Well, 'Al -mance makes the heart grow
fonder,' •
So the poets Isar."
"'Tis, not Jaeit'e absence. What oare
Bemuse be can't be near?
it's absenee of the. presents
'I'hat 4. of all, molt tear."
V'or sake of tip to idatrness now
Well Orange this tittle rhyme.
"'14+3 presento Maim the heart grow rend.
est"
Yost at Ohrtstonts time.
-Walter Wellman.
Daddyss Chrisimas Dream,
That Christrvists'remes bat ones a year
Is rather sad for Willy,
And likewise limits much the *hoer
Of Mabel. Mend and MIlly, •
For they Would welrome ten or twelve
To mhos; around the shanty
And in their otoeltings deep to delve
For goodies left by Santy.
But once Et year 114 quite eriengh
L_!Sinte thlhInghl such a bother
W -
hen • hr eel ere panteky end tough)
..Por these dear youngsters' father --
lit rect, poor daddy hopes the fates
Will callee (10 get a cheap year)
rile calendar to change lee dates
• And Chriaterias swap Wath leap year.
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