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A Fairy Tale. The Punishment of the Miser . BY MARY K. LACY.

because no one ; a and The Enchanted Baseball. I am glad to tell this story, little, dually one day a loose tongaed but the hermit crab, who lives In the cove, courtier offered to show Crote wher* the J. WEBSTER. \ ftT EDWIN knows it. So no one can dispute It, and say vast wealth of the queen was^ept. It happened this way, that or thus. And be brought him here and showed him know*, once were A# everybody thfre While I whs sitting on the rocks one morn what I ha ve shown you. bad fairies, mischiev- plenty of good fairies, Ing I caught the eyes of an old hermit crab “(’rote knew that the coral treasure boots and on the earth. out of a whelk shell. ous eiv«« plodding * who was preplug large | of the mermen stood in the midst of a great Some who to he very wl#e few minutes neither of us said any- people pretend For a forest of purple sea feather and that any on* do not exist more. That is I could see his soften, for he say they any thing. but eyes not familiar with the place might easily get have not to see saw that I loved the ocean and the only because they happened plainly lost in Its many winding put.hs. He also them Good fairies live a keen east wind a* much as be. So he crawled themselves. long knew lhat there were many difficulties to he who out of his shell nnd sat on the rocks near me. time, much longer than the people pre- overcome before one could reach the In the water a tend no* to believe In them. But steam and Soon there came floating by treasure. have spoiled the number of those small, round, white Jelly- electricity completely goQd “He thought of many plans, but they all so there Is no money In that look like tiny balloons. He noticed falrylng business, It, seemed Impracticable when he counted up I whs Interested and amused and said and a once good fairy is that j many prosperous the odds. Finally he decided upon a very now to work forhia bokfd and clothe*— with much scorn glad simple little artifice; In fact, so slily that such as falrlea **I suppose that you think that they are and not gold-spangled clothe*, he thought It beneath the divining of Bar- need to Jellyfish, who have come to the surface of wear, at that. His was when the water to the sunshine?'’ 1 nodded jota. plan this; that he went a fat enjoy Tommy Tuokw wbs small, boy, but to visit the merman he would take a affirmatively. "That Just shows how much big he was wiser than he looked, and always pipe w'hlch he often ainoked in his you landsmen really know about the sen,*’ clay willing learn, provided It didn't mean too and tp and he grunted In high disdain. pocket with It a good sized piece of much work or studying He was not as far brown Before he started out to "Well,” said he, "would you like to hear soap. take advanced 1n ht# studies as one would have | about them and learn how there come to be a walk he scraped the soap up Into flue bits suppoaed auch a good and willing boy would so many of them around here?” 1 told him and filled the bowl of his pipe with It. The havo been, but he was the captain of the that 1 would, and he continued"Then we remainder he put In his pocket. That after- Tugsvllle- Tigers' baseball team, which he will have to climb to the very top of the rock noon he met the mcrmau stroHIng on the considered as Just now fu!,ly Important. over there, so that you may see for yourself, beach, and he asked him In an offhand way va« a deal worried The Tommy good Tugs- or you will never believe my story.” If he would now tHke him to see their treas- vllle Tigers wore to play the Elmer Eaglea We the aud ure house. The merman climbed to top of Signal-head, ( proudly agreed to on the next Saturday afternoon. Tommy then he said :— show him. was especially anxious that his team should “Now look to the right, over there where “Crote had never been In the ocean be- win this game, but the Elmer Eagles had a the water Is deepest, aud tell me what you fore, and he could not but admit that it was pitcher who could throw all kind# of curve#, see.” very beautiful and wonderful. The merman and Tommy was more than doubtful as to I looked and looked, and then I saw a patch was very much delighted with his admiring the result of the gam**. Bo lie had wandered of yellow like a great topaz lu a green Jade j comments, and showed him the different ex- out Into the lot hack of his father's barn, setting. "That,” said he, "tbit you see is its to the forest. So far Crote had not seen where he sat down be*.idv a large, flat stone. the treasure house of the mermen, and the any evidences of Barjota,and he began to feel Tommy had heard of good fairies, but bad jeilow is the gold that shines through the more confident of success. When they came never been sure whether to believe In them. open door.” to the treasure house Crote was rejoiced to As ho thought of all they had done for good By this time I was deeply interested, and find that there were only two swordfish on little fat boya lu the past be sighed and the old crab continued: — guard at the main entrance, and the others said: "Once, hundreds aud hundreds of years he could not see anywhere; so concluded that “Ob, dear, I wish that there were good ago, this woods back of us was inhabited they were not on duty. Of course, they aud ! smiled aud fairies now. so that one of them could help by , they were not a bad tribe on bowed grandly to the merman me win that game." the whole; but there rose to prominence ! and bis guest. “When And as he said this he happened uninten- among them an elf called Crote. You may ! he thought the opportune moment had arrived Crote took his out of his tionally to tap bis* foot three times on the imagine what he was when l te l you that j pipe and to blow In a few minutes hlg flat stone, which was said to cover a every evil deed that Crote ever beard of he pocket began nil the water arouud filled with hole that led goodness knows where. gathered up and made his own by experl- ! was soap bubbles, and the fish and merman were The next second Tommy wan astonished ment. poor bliuded, for the soap made their eyes smart bv hearing a shrill Ilttla voice say: "Now. the king of the elves was generous. \ so that did not know what to do. In here I am. What In the world do wise and good, and the majority of his peo- they “Well, j the meantime Crote had Into the you want of me?” pie loved hlin greatly; but there were a few I slipped treasury and was filling his pockets with Tommy turned around, and there was the discontented ones who chose to follow the \ everything that he could lay his hands on. queerest lift!** figure of a man he had ever black hearted Crote. Crote knew how things I As he started to leave he looked up, and seen In his life. The little man had a stood in the kingdom and the thought grew long there iu the doorway stood old Barjota, the gray heard, wore n shabby coat which lu his cunning mind that if he could only get . Crote stopped ns though turned reached below bis knees, and on more gold it would give him the power to perched to stone, for Iu the magician's eye he read his head was an old white hat. which looked the throne and make himself king of usurp his fate; then he fell on hl3 knees begging as if It had seen Its best half n the elves. days century for mercy. But old Barjota, with a scornful before. Tommy was so surprised that he "Crote was a miser and already very rich; smile, said: could stare at the little old man with much seemed only but he was so avaricious that ‘Crote, the reward of thy grped shall be eye# and mouth. when he of open little In his grasp, aud thought the sight of the gold which thou hast cov- 1 wots “Why. thought good falrlea always himself he seemed very poor. eted. This house shall for evermore be and diamonds." he came gold gasped. "Almost every evening the mermen thy home. In all the years that are to “Gold and diamonds!" the snapped fairy. up on the beach to gossip with the elves, •come perhaps thou wilt grow weary, so “A of would respectable good fairy ray years for they dearly love to hear about earth for a task 1 give thee tbla to do: Blow look nice going about rigged In that way. people. Aud, of course, there was some bubbles, Crote, blow’ bubbles to the end of And let me tell yon that since steam and elec- little boasting nnd bragging done on both time.” came Into use there are few diamonds tricity side*. Crote always led the talk up to I did not make any comment on the old to be found In Gnomeland, where the good wealth, and won d tell of the stores of gold crab’s story, because I am very sceptical falrlea live." nnd Jewels that the king had hidden away. and still believe that those things that I Tommy didn’t think thla was very polite This nlways started the mermen to bragging saw were Jellyfish, of Mr. Good Fairy, but he didn't any so. for j h«* was beginning to appreciate that good ; tack and water all winter and having and hp will tel I this la true. falrlea. while they may havp good bearta. you nothing to eat all summer while running But the Itohin and the Chickadee aiso have short tempers, and he wanted Mr. though a race? kuew all about their little Good Fairy's aid in winning the baseball companion’s Soon after the two wise looking Owls game and took no stock In the he grime with the Elmer Eagles. Bo he ex story were left behind; the Blue Jay aud the told about lost the stars, plained bis feara for the coming game. To | getting among also lost the trail and dropped out were and him his delight Mr. Good Fairy thought It would Pigeon they good n&tured allowed of the chase. This left only the Robin, t > fill himself with bear meat as be easy to fix things go the Tugavllle Tiger* up just Chickadee and the Moose Bird. But lf he skinned win. venture. T*'l! the atory of what has hnppenedand whut the hnd killed, and cooked it would I’ttul and Percy have net forth on their Journey n ml have met with their ln»i uil they stuck to their game and at last, himself. And while the pot was boiling I don't understand the game you Trill quite la about to happen na well aa yon can. Yon rrlll (Inil u hidden hint In the picture Ihut help you. about mid-autumn, rau It down. the Robin and the Moose Bird danced call baseball," he said to Tommy, after When brought to bay the bear reared around the while the Chickadee acted for Are, thinking hard n moment, "for when I Is hard the side of flu* and to de- •nohantlfleatlon, and that always light field. upon Its hind feet prepared as cook and stirred the pot. was young, centuries ago. It wasn’t played. work.” Then there was trouble. The tcneher fend itself. This also you can see along But you are the pitcher of your team, so It Then ha turned around again and began hadn’t noticed the course the ball had taken, about October. The pointers of the North Heems to me that what you want Is a base but he felt It when It and he remem- muttering over the baseball. When he stopped, Indian of the Great Star are perpendicular. ball that will curve so that none of theotber bered the way In which Tommy had stared Dipper, he Legend handed It to Tommy the second time said: j But this posture of defence Is Mrs. MISS LOLLIPOP. can It. Before the me before the ball. Natural.y team hit game brlug "Even and 1 am the wisest of the at him throwing | BY CHARLES CURT55 HAHN. I, good Bruin’s ruin, for the little Robin dashes In the ball that will be used aud 1 will en he thought Tommy had purposely thrown Behind the counter stand* fairies, can’t fix the enohantlflcatlon per- with his bow and arrow, pierces the bear’s candy so that It will curve ns never t he ball nt his head. The teacher was a good a father to follow that bear an

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There he was, standing back of Tommy, enchantlfled baseball would expect to pitch. struck on the head with the enehnntifled haring appeared In that puzzling manner So Tommy didn’t think much of his perform- baseball. He didn’t give Tommy a chance good fairies always have and wlilcb leaves ance. Pretty soon the aide was retired and to explain. Even if he had Tommy would a person rather mixed up as to where they it whs Tommy's turn to pitch. He walked have found it hard to make him understand come from. to hls place, holding the ball tight In his about Mr. Good Kniry, the encbuntifled base hand. Then he counted ten backward, all and the curve which was too Tommy handed Mr. Good Fairy the base ball, kept up tbe time looking as hard us he could at the long. What the teacher aald and did to It In hi* ball, and he turned his back, holding right aide of the basebnll field. Tommy don't particularly matter. But it hand. could hear him muttering to was a stout cane. When he finished Tommy Mr. Good Fairy was right about the ball quite himself, but couldn't understand what hs curving. Such a curve had never been seen Tommy didn’t care about pitching any sit before In Tugsville. But the trouble was longer, neither did he wish to down. He said or aee what he was doing. He waa too that Mr. Good Fairy, not understanding base hunted tip a soft place on the bay in bis to and he was also a little afraid, barn and there he down—on his poWt* peek, ball, hadn't made any arrangements for the father’s lay too. for fear Mr. Good Fairy would he vexed ball stopping when It passed the batter. | face. said to himself and enchantlfy him as well as the baseball. Instead it only curved the more, went away “It Just shows,’’ Tommy “what a In a minute Mr. Good Fairy turned around to one side of the catcher and began sailing mournfully, person gets by trust- with a with the ball. about tbe baseball field in a great, sweeping ing to a good fairy, long beard, and who we*rs old clothes and an old white hat.” “But won’t it curve Just the same when the curve, which grew more and more pro- other pitcher throws It?" Inquired Tommy nounced every instant. Every player on the NOT IN ANCIENT MINSTRELSY doubtfully. field tried to catch the ball, but It seemed to All Mr. Good Fairy's good nature vanished dodge them all. Faster and faster It went, Bones—When Is cheese not? In a moment. more and more curving grew Its course, until Interlocutor—I don’t know, Brother Bones. “Why didn't yon spenk of that before?" he It could hardly be seen ar all. And then, Tell usNaben cheese Is not. fairly snarled. “Little fat boys are so stupid with a sudden crash, It brought up right Boner—When it's smelt. Ha! ha! Clat- sometimes. Now 1 will have to change the agalust the head of the teacher, standing at tery-clack!