Show i Wui THE MAGIC MAGI C SPOON I I Gretchen was waa in a hurry Far up on the mountainside the sheep were scattered scattered scattered scat scat- about the rocky hills while over on the edge o of the sky a dark cloud loud was was rising rapidly I I 1 must hurry and drive my flock home before the storm breaks breake she I cried as she rushed about wildly to herd the animals to the steep patch J t I leading down to her home in the valley valy val val- ley y Presently she looked up and saw she was in a deep valley between two high rocky walls whose faces were of ot green stone This valley was long and narrow and at the end she saw a agreen agreen agreen green lake on which were sailing several several several sev sev- eral white boats As the girl came by with her sheep a gnome sprang out outI of one o of the boats and took her by the I hand You are Just what I want as a I nurse for my sick baby he exclaimed You look like a human being but I cant can't imagine how you got down here I dont don't know myself said Gretchen I was running home out of the storm and got lost Well you can the baby continued the gnome Come with me And he ho led her Into a hut but all of ot palm leaves Within lay a tiny baby fretting and sucking its thumbs If you can cure lre the child and care for it for three days said the gnome you can return home safely and I will pay you handsomely 1 Gretchen took up the tiny child First she knew it was thirsty and she gave it a a. nice cool drink of water I Then she bathed It in warm water took it out in the air all awhile then j I rocked it to sleep It began to look better better bet bet- ter at once Oh my how the baby has bet I Improved Improved improved Im Im- proved said the gnome when he came in at sunset I f I am so delighted I It is m my grandson left in my care while Its mother mother- is away and left us us alone I dont don't know what I would have done if you had not strayed I down here But I am going away up upI the valley for two hours this evening evening- to the diamond mines While I am I gone do not allow any anyone one to come comein comein comein in here I I have a 11 great enemy the Yellow Sprite who may try to harm I the baby but if you keep him OUt oat he can do no harm Here Is the spoon I for the childs child's porridge here on the the- table but do not touch that Iron one on or the shelf it shelf it is a magic one and whatever you do with It once you will keep on doing and never be able to stop As the sheep were eating quietly and the baby napping Gretchen I thought she would doze while the gnome nome was gone one But she woke up with a a. start start right right in they ther stood the ugly Yellow Sprite faces at the child who b be scream Keep out keep out outu Gretchen But It was too tat late Sprite was right In the i twinkling of an eye I will have to use my myrid wits w rid of him and I must not m mI m ma I angry or he will do us harm Gretchen to herself Oh how you frightened j said Bald aloud but I 1 am all rig I 1 am about to make the baby t ridge Will you help me M The Yellow Sprite evidently it might give him a chance chancel tot tol toy mean trick so he said he Here Is the spoon said as she put the iron one in hi Watch the fire and when I begins to bon boll stir It as barcan hart bar can can i In a few moments the po porrI gan to boll boil The Yellow S once commenced to sUr Gretchen took out some pf th fed the baby then sat down for tor the gnome I am tired of this stirring cant can't let go and the spinning around shouted thell Frightened he began to yell to toof of ot his voice and Jump in wild about the boiling pot Oh that's aU all right ex Gretchen coolly You are Jus j Jusin s sin in your own trap you trap you came cameto cameto to harm the baby The gnome l back now in a few moments an your matters I think At the mention of ot the gnome the Yellow Sprite uttered a h fled through the door down the the woods and so fast did h he he could not see which wa Na NaIn waIn In his hand band he held toe the magic magic agi p it kept on stirring making grein area gre re reIn In the air all so when the long IonS over a cliff into a 1 deep deepwater deepwater water he was stirring still Hardly had bad the Sprite Sprits die from sight when the gnome nome ent door Gretchen told toW of the trici tricon on the Sprite Here is your pay said th thI the I 1 am glad to see the lab hab again Here comes his mother walk now In that bag are lre arc c diamonds to compensate yn you UI l trouble I wit wil show 1 you OU OUt ou t hom home So with a bag of diamond diamond pocket and dir ing her she shee her Gretchen Gretche l followed the i ithe the path led to h hr her r ho her Copyright 1916 by per Syndicate N New w York Tort Yorke e |