Show Mollies Mollie's German Easter and What Happened to the Pink Fink Candy Egg and Porcelain He Hen En rA Y Is a very ery interesting country wh where re there are arc a n great O GERMANY many good lim times s for little bosand boys bos and girls dolls dons rabbits Easter Enster chickens and other ther Interesting personages This Is what Mollie Palmer thought when she went to live H for foj- a few weeks in a bl big German town with her mamma and her ber papa One day about a week eek before Faster Easter I Mollie was waiting 0 for fot her father ther to I come home and Fraulein Eckstein who kept the hou house f where Mollie lollIe and her patents parents were living Hing tt was S bringing in the tray for the four o'clock coffee which people like in Germany better than than- they tuey do five o'clock t tea 3 When Mr Palmer entered h ho he handed a package to Mollie and md sal said nl l Now ow here hereL L is something for the good little scholar Mollie eagerly un unwrapped un rapped the bright papers and found inside a n large Jarge delicious coking pink sugar cg egg Mollie foute was delighted with ith the egg and asked her ber mamma If she might cat t it nil all allup u up right away Ach Ach said Fraulein Eck- Eck J 1 stein but why do you yon not set your c egg g to see ece what will hatch out of it That will be nicer than easing ca it it looked puzzled and so did her father Cather and mother for none of oC the three thought that anything would hatch from fromn froma rom n a cnn candy r c eggOlt egg Oli Olt yea res said raid Fraulein in it will Things are di different in iu Germany Lens Let Le Letus LettiS t us ns tl try it she added mysteriously Mollie was ns perfectly delighted at t the thought thought of BP QC tho candy andy egg g hatch lutch out and aDd so 50 she gave C up the i idea ea of eat cat hug ng it and Fraulein E Eckstein showed her exactly what she must do to make it lIn hatch tela First she got ot a 1 nice round little basket from the kitchen which was really rea one of h her r many work worl baskets and which was just the tho th very Crr thing for eggs which are arc meant mE to hatch In this she put anest u a unest nest of oC nice clean clenn straw and in the vel very centre the candy rJ egg was placed Then Iril ul in I Eckstein ekstein took a porcelain lain Jain setting Betting lI hen n which was on one of th the I ornaments ments of the mantelpiece and placed it on the nest n st right over the pink egg There she said The old hen lien hasn't I had an egg to set ct et on for a Jon loil long time nn and l i n shell she'll be he as ns happy as she he can cnn be There was u-as a large porcelain stove In the tho room such nuch as HI is user used in Germany for fot heating rooms room and over oer this was a little HUJe shelf on which Fr Eckstein used to put th the thu coffee cakes to keep keCI warm Now Sow she placed the nest nelt on this shelf where the gentle warmth from the stove ston would keep the egg at a proper temperature temperature tempera tempera- ture to make it hatch quickly Mollie was was so 80 impatient for the candy egg to hatch that she was very much tempted to take the hen off and look Jook in inthe inthe the basket that very evening But I r u- u I lein Eckstein told her r h r that if if the egg were cite to hatch by Easter the they must be careful not to look Jook at nt it too often I The next n morning after breakfast Molt Mollie Mol Mol- t I lie asked if she might look at the E egg g to toj j see ce how it was vas getting Jetting along but lin Eckstein said it would h ho bo better to wait for two or three days This accrued Cl very hard to Mollie but lt as lR it was vas necessary S' S SJur nary sary Jur she consented to wait nit until Wednes Wednesday edu i- i day clay before taking Inking a n peep A As the egg 1 had been heen set Ret on Monday that would give givet i e it il three da days s in the dark before it was disturbed Bri Bright bl and early Wednesday on morn mom Jn Mollie was wasI I up waiting for 4 1 1 dw 4 c R I 1 i A o oi i 4 l I l l lt i i id d t a I r Oh cried Mama he I to tell teJ her that she might look at the C egg But nUL Fr 1 asked ked her If she t would not be bc willing to wait until site bhe canto came home from the tho kindergarten in the afternoon when hen her bur papa who vho was always al- al rays al-rays ways in too much a hurry hurr in the morning morningto to look at anything would have hare time to toBee see Bee it too Mollies Mollie's mother always wOnt went to set ct barat her bar herat horat at the hue und and she h he ha Lad ic V seen f her ocr little daughter so anxious to get et home quickly as ns on the slay day when they were to have the peep at nt th the tho egg Cg H Her r papa papu was there ell early also happily enough and so 80 there was no tie need for further waiting ln took the basket bas has basket ket down from the shelf and held it so that Mollie could reach to take the hen heu lotI off How Mollies MoIRe s heart beut beat SliP She took the hen off and gate 0 it to her father to hold hold while she pushed aside the the- pieces of straw that covered the l' l egg J Then she gave ga a cr cry of pleased surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise for there sure lIUn enough was wag the very rY pink egg e her father hind had In ought brought her and nud with it its little brown head just peeping through ono one of the smooth pink link ends ond was wasn wasa n a bright ht impertinent looking hooking chocolate te I chicken i Oh II cried Mollio loJ i he lovely Will he lie come all nil the tho ca way W through h now Ye Yea 8 yes s said Mill hut hilt wi mu t put the hen hack halk instantly so that he lie will wm I hatch out nut bv by Easter We mustn't leave lease lea c him hirn exposed to the air too long lous or he I will take cold anti and never come ome the rest I of the way through h I Then put the next nest back on the I i little shelf L Let t him alone until Easter morning cautioned and we c shall bal see what wo we shall see ACC That Flint old china h hen n I know him Fie He will see that t Mr Ir Chick gets get out bv hy Enst Easter r. r So Su Mollie Mollio waited ti patiently until Faster morning when she sho came running down dawn el eagerly crying coins Now ow let us sec ace if the chicken is i hat hatched batched hed Her father r lifted lifter down th the tho basket nd rid 11 gave it to and nud Fraulein solemnly solemn solemn- ly Jy removed ell the china lieu hen There in the centre of the tho straw haw stood I the brightest most enchanting chocolate chicken completely out of his hig shell and Jo looking king as JH fresh and bright U us i Eimer IJ terl morning itself Only 1 a few pieces of ink ink- thin the bottom of the I Ito candy in hi o nes nest t remained to te tell 1 th the tale of his hil imprisonment I. I Mollie ollie kissed him him rapturously and ami thou then I al also o ki kissed fI ll the old china lien hen Look what I tell you ou said Fr Is h he lie not a n good old china chinn hen Mollie thou thought ht 1 to so 0 too and in iu token oCher of oC her gratitude she hc tied tlell fresh h Easter Banter ribbon ribbon rib rib- j bon hon about the neck Deck of or t tire the old hen heu that very TO day |