Show aa tl 10 fun for an all the children cheerio chapters s edited by DOROTHY EDMONDS ha PASCO A THE SINGING POST fil there Is a tale told t to 0 dren of Turk turkestan estan of a postman who not only brought letters but made it Is his mission t to 0 bring with these songs of cheer as well wel vasco pasco was his bis name and an odd person he looked no doubt to those who did not know him well ills his clothes were usually III and his uniform when he remembered to put it on was of a brilliant red trimmed with gold at sae special request in his mouth instead of a post mans whistle he mari managed aged somehow a flute that played seemed to pasco magic notes tit fOlIt may be said they also sounded so to many whom pasco had baa succeeded in charming back to h happiness it was greatest great greatest esP borrow that along with the letter at joy and good news whid brought he be had to carry also theal of sadness it was because that pasco after much and labog oas brooding had decided to bring g we bach cheer wherever the ikjin letter s 0 strayed it by means of hs hl T music and song but there OW wasfie fie person in the town who would be sad in spite of everything this was a continual trial to pasco for as usual he felt responsible for making the sadness he had you see carried the letter to her that told of her daughters elopement with the scatterbrained scatter brained son of a wealthy beggar and as was his wont he be felt that he had bad himself brought about the womans comans trials dally daily therefore he tried to bobring bring back her good spirits with his music as he had done tor for so s many fanny others but she would fl t be changed sad she conti fobe this burden was still on mind as he walked up hertt brick il dewalk on one ant morning in may blay 1119 the weather was at its merrt esit as he called her to the door me Slie ame as usual but on her fai face effit edd of sadness was heated anger stop that internal infernal noise she shouted sli LOST LETTERS 5 7 sec 0 0 r can you so straighten these letters that they will spell the tour four napes names ofalie afi alie to whom ft horn the letters were addressed 7 youre driving me crazy and as it if some one had bad abrown a pall of ley icy water nater over hire him pasco froze dioze to the spot tt it had never oc cc to him that his bis music could do this to anyone fall perhaps but anger no he had not thought of that he handed her the letter he be had bad brought and turned sadly away rom the house tor for the first time f in a twenty years putting his flute into his worn old mall bag pasco was hurt ills his mission was vas at an end instead of causing joy he had brought anger the hurt was deep deep down in heart the old woman took tooh her bar letter and wen went t heartlessly inside to open it it was from her daughter she jumped Jumpe dAnto into the air for joy her daughter was coming back to her her daughter whom she loved was coming home then she sat down thinking it was pasco pasco and his music that had brought her this good news dear pascol it was right then what he had sung for so many years where there Is sorrow there Is also joy only wait walt walt wait and it will come to you yes indeed dear pasco and the next nest morning an old man sad indeed haltingly made his way up the path to deliver the mall he had for her it was pasco but a changed pasco and no flute came with him ills his heart was broken and when that was done r his body tuo too seemed broken and old and worn the old woman came out hastily to greet him pasco sue she sat said vasco rasco where Is your flute get it out quickly pasco you toil must never stop singing again your song Is good and true play pasco play but pasco only shook ills his head aay flute I 1 throw threw away last night madam my bly music it made you angry I 1 had not thought of that I 1 sin sins and play no more the woman was struck dumb with amazement it was she she who had in a moment of anger broken singing heart and destroyed the magic of his flute it was she who would forever deprive the townsfolk of their so s cheering music she disappeared quickly into the house pasco turned to go she came back just antime to catch him lifting up the latch on her gate pasco come here walt wait I 1 must speak to you pasco lie he came again up to her steps nere here Is one hundred dollars pasco I 1 had saved it to leave it in my will to make some one happier but I 1 want to give it to you you must go quickly and buy a new flute the best one dollars can buy one with beautiful magic notes pasco that will undo all the wrong I 1 have done to you in my anger and that will bring even greater happiness to the people hearing you play than ever the old one did go quickly pasco I 1 yes ses I 1 want you to have it if I 1 left it in my will I 1 would only make one person happy but by giving it to you I 1 will make everyone in the town happy again that Is better that Is the way I 1 want it and the next nest morning doming a new pasco traveled his route his heart with the joy of his mission once again his bis flute shining and beautiful playing notes so magic that it made the birds stop singing to listen people rushed to the windows and again their hearts were lightened their burdens made to seem less heavy by the joyous song of pasco the singing postman C 1922 1932 western newspaper union |