Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 53, 13 January 1917 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, JAN. 13. 191T

The Sand man Story FOR TONIGHT

. poor tom ;, " Foor Tom was a peasant boy who lived all alone with ills mother under a bill In a little cottage. - The cottage contained only two rooms a bedroom and a kitchen and Tom had to ' sleep In the barn with the cow. Poor Tom he wassailed by the people !n the Tillage because he was lame, and besides that be was very poor Indeed. ; ' ' The only way Tom and his mother had of getting a living was from the milk they sold and the little garden by the house in which they grew vegetables. .; , But one year he rain did not fall when it was -needed, and the garden dried : up ! and the vegetables did not grow or the grass either, so that the cow had little to eat, and poorjTem thought of the winter, audi knew; the cow would not have hay, and that he 'and bis mother i would ; have no food. One night he was lying on his bed of straw In the barn, thinking about his hard luck, when he saw a little light flickering at' one end of the . barn.' ;"' 'Y "'':: ' "It must be a firefly, thought Tom "or it might be a i fairy; I have . heard that they ; come to ; folks sometimes when they are in trouble In this part of the country, but I have never seen them." , While be was thinking this the light came nearer and Tom saw a tiny man with a firefly on his shoulder. ;

"Ah! -here Is poor Tom," said

the little man. '"I have been looking lor you. "I want to help you." ' Tom But up and rubbed his eyes; for he was sure he; must be dream- ; lngi but the little than' laughed and said: "No, Tom, you are not dreaming; ,1! am a goblili come tq;help

you nu your g.truen. . "What can I do for you?" asked Tom. 'Surely you will not help me for nothing, and I may not be able to pay you for your work." "Oh! ; we don't . a6k for pay," said the goblin with a laugh; "all yaw have to do is watch and not speak until we finish. That is ' why I was sent ahead to look for yon to tell you not to speak, no matter what happens or what you see." Tom promised ;he would not speak, and the little, man disap- ' pea red. Tom could see. the little light go right through; the side of the harn;. Tom tried to keep awake, but he fell asleep, and .the next morning ; he saw nothing", different in the . garden, and ,Tonj concluded that he must have dreamed it after all. , The. next night Tom was awakened suddenly by a noise that sounded like; wings of manybirds near him, and when he looked around he saw hundreds of littje creatures be knew must be fairies flitting' all around the barn. . 1 -' "Now, you mu3t hurry." said one '"or the goblins will beat us with their work,", and without noticing . Tom they flew over to the cow and began perching on her horn and ears, and all over her back. , , 7 "Tell her there is plenty of sweet hay, and that she must give Tom ' and his i mother rick milk and cream." said tho fairy who. seemed .to be the leader; "tell her she must not kick or , be cross . ever again, and that, she' will never want for .her supper as she has in the past' Tom saw the little -fairies get close to the ears of old Nelly, and even though she was asleep she seemed to hear them,- '. "Now we must take Poor Tom." said the .leader fairy, and the next thing Tom knew the little creatures were all about him. "He is asleep.' said the leader, and while Tom felt sure. he was awake he did feel very drowsy. . - , . .' Tom felt the HI tie creature touching his lame leg, and funny, prickly feelings came Into it, but he

goblin, so he did not speak, though

he did feel a strong desire to ask; what.they were doing to his lame leg. . ' . : -' The next thing Tom knew It was morning, and the first rays of the unn were streaming ; throueh the

-cracks in the barn, but to his surprise there wr ao cracks to tie .seen;-Instead the barn wasqnite -tight, and the loft was Hied to the lop with new hay. .

Old Nelly stood mooing at. him, waiting to be milked, and then Tom saw that the place where she slept was filled with clean straw. When Tom milked the cow the pall was filled with rich milk, and he knew that he had not dreamed it all. But what he had not noticed was that he did not limp. Ills lame leg was straight and strong as the other; but Tom was so happy to think that eld Nelly was to have plenty to fat and a warm place to sleep in the winter that he had not thought of himself at all. When he went into the house his mother dropped the dish she was stirring the breakfast pudding in and said, "Oh, Tom, you poor boy, your leg is straight." Tom set down his pall of milk and jumped for joy. "It was the fairies that did it," he said. "I wonder if the goblin 8 fixed the garden, too." His mother thought he must have lost his senses, but when she looked at the garden she knew the fairies must have helped, for all the vegetables were nice and green and growing as though there had been no lack of water. The meadow land, too, was green, and old Nelly poked her face into the green grass and ate her fill. The villagers soon grew to know that poor Tom was no longer poor, for the milk his cow gave was the best anywhere around and his vegetables the freshest; bO when winter came Tom and his mother had a new house and: plenty of food. "Tom," said his mother one day, "I don't believe the fairies did it. after all. I think it was because you were always so good to me and never fretted about your lame leg or found fault with your lot that everything came out right for you." "It may be, mother," said Tom; "but I either dreamed it all or it really did happen; anyway, allgood things come from good, and I have always thought the fairies were good and, the goblins, too, even though some people have said there were bad fairies and ,bad goblins, too." -' .;v:V "Maybe the ones who think they are bad find them so," said Tom's mother, "and those who think good things about the fairies and goblins see; good things; anyway, it makes us happier to think good than evil." "I know it does." said Tom. "I have always thought that way. and now 1 know there are no bad fairies or goblins; they are all good ones."

SOCIETY NEWS FOR CHILDREN

1 The Busy Workers' Class of the Second Presbyterian church helJ their regular monthly social meet ing at the home of Thelma Darby Saturday afternoon. The whole afternoon was spent in games, onV of the most interesting being the donkey game, for which Berniece Uhl won the prize for pinning the tail nearest the donkey, and Julia Burr for being the farthest away. - After refreshments were served, the guests left at a late hour to meet with Misa Audrey Roller the first Saturday In February. : little Miss Ruth Ellen Sheffer is the guest of her aunt. Mrs. Frank Kinert, of East Main Street. The OklclyoDl Camp of the Cama Fire Girls lately have taken in several new members. Conda Ilawortli, Clara Myrick, Helen Robinson, Grace Ellsberry, and Marion HIM, Martha Eggemeyer, Martha Holcomb and Janice Meredith who are ready even now to be woodgatherers. At the business meeting to be held Wednesday afternoon, the girls will discuss a suitable little playlet to give for starting a camping fund. " . - 4 Alfred and Albert Mervln have returned after visiting their sister in Fremont, Ohio. ---.- Miss Lucile Siewelce of Detroit, Mich., has returned home after visiting Miss Lona and Lucile Hoff of South 9th Street , Owing to the illness of Cjnthla Melpolder. the- weekly meeting of the Kodakiclyopi Camp Virv Girls wa3 postponed until next Tuesday

evening, when It will meet at the home of Miss Helen Goodwin. All members are asked to be present as It will be a ceremonial meeting. A delightful banquet was given for the winning teams of the Intermediates, the Junior Preps, and the Juniors, at the Y. M. C. A., Thursday evening. A new, Camp Fire is being organized by the Garfield Camp Firo Girls who have gone to High School and are thus separated from their former society. ' Their petition for a charter will be sent off ns soon as possible.

THE SLY OLD FOX STEALS THE FISH Once upon a time there lived an old greedy fox. He was so greedy he would never let anybody eat anything he had. When he caught anything he would eat it right away. One day he met a bear. The bear hada string of fish, which he had caught in the brook. Mr. Fox asked him where he got them. "I got them," said Mr. Bear, "in the brook."' That night" Mr. Fox thought he would steal the fish from Mr. Bear. He got out of bed and. dressed himself and went over tp Mr. Bear's house. When he got there he peep ed in the windows, and what do you think he saw?. He saw that Mr. Bear had invited Mr. and Mrs. Possum and their children. Mr. and Mrs. Squirrel and their children, Mr. Rabbit and his wife and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Coon to a feast and had not invited him. This made him angry. He thought he would get even with Mr. Bear for this. He thought for a while and then said to himself, "I have a plan. I will pound on the window and that will scare them so that they will all run home, and I will get the fish " He pounded on the window and they were all so scared they nil ran home, and Mr. Bear ran home with Mr. Coon. Then Mr. Fox went in the house nil aibne and had a feast by himself. And old Mr. Rear thought ht3 ,house had been robbed so he never went home to see. Contributed by Mary Iocke, Vaile School.

Girl Wins Horse Race

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ffliiS S5.XJiS Tlr..TS .H-ffl Miss Esther Tufts, of Boston, won the Ladies' Purse irt the threeeighths of a mile race at Pinhurst, N. C, for women riders. It was one of the first of a 6eries of races for society people. Miss Tufts won in the fast time of thirty-seven seconds.

AH 8A boys and girls at Garfield have subscribed for the Youths Companion, and use it for their English work.

THE LION (A modern friend of Baron Munchausen.) There was a dreadful lion iu the woods. No one could kill him. It came time when six .cowboys had to go through the woods where tho lion was. . The leader was brave end stout, lie led them all to the lion. The lion swallowed the leader. All the re.st of the cowboy3 ran away. - So while the leader was in tho

lion he pulled out his dagger and cut his way out. When he Kot out he looked very

strange. He put rocks in the lion and went away. When he got in town the people shot at him for they thought lie waa the lion, or something terrible" - , Then the people brought a piece of paper and a pencil. He wrote, "I was the leader of 4-1. a iniil.MFfi T -nrk inoiilA 1 1; l. listi!

and I killed him.' Then he dropped over dead. Joseph Huth, OA, Baxter School.

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