| Show I I H r THE WISHING HAT 1 There was once a young count whose I trol rlcrndlber had been a very grand person Indeed with ft string of titles I to Ibis name of nation do long all your arm 4 lint this crcatgrcntgrnndinthcr moat tire greatgrandfather and Ibo ffrindfaUicr cf t Iur young count whose name was Itufus also bad all beenauch very great men Unit I I they never thought of looking after tile little f lit-tle things I and FO by little t and little all t f I I 11heir found Y had rrt away front All J i i those great people and though our young I I i count had all the titles I left onto enough I I lianas obliged to go out Into the vorlil to neck III a fortune an If he Imd boon l the on I I of tho butcher the baker or thocundleallck I I maker When he was going his old nurse said I i I to hire I 11 Count Ruin If you would find your lnothM 1i fortune sea that you despise nothing however small or worthlen It JUBr m I I Great walls tire made of llttlo brlcka And the count remembered thd ruylng I I becanic Nuraut Deborah was 0 wlo womau I nuil never said nnytbluit l for naught I i nlf oJ f nY I 41 Count Radius Ihcil In a desolate old castle 1 I cas-tle on tho top of n mountain All tile i mountain was covered with lea and snow fo that he hud hard work In going down to 01 old n tumblo Into tho Muck diicp ravine n thousand feet below And at tile tt base of Ibo mountain was a thlk forest through which ho mukt paid Lattice he I I could reach the road that led to tourt What cant bo cured must be endured ft however Bald tile count to lilinnelf as bo walked slowly down the mountain On the way down ho Pow hanging on a I J bush an old bat that looked as If I had I been dropped thcro by some iocr jtcraon passing that orn fcrubby old lint J enough I looked Hot the count rumcui t bored his nursoii saying and I picking It i up put It 111 hi > pocket Hardly bail 10 done so when on ugly little old man start r out from behind a 10 Ilrlng hack that bat screamed the little man What are you robbing honest I folks for Honest man answered the oount I I laughing I I If that hut I yours Low happened hap-pened It that I was hanging on I team Instead i In-stead of your Loci And In n elicit of r mischief bo put tho hut on his own head I I fits mi ury well Bald bo I hao taken a fancy to tire hat lay friend Ob you make game of mo do you I cried tile little man In u rugunua begun t run after tho count I i That Vine notinuch matter fortoonnt 1 as 1 excellent luonr but Irouly 10 11 found that the little man instead of run nlnl au 10 Ig tile 1lmU formal I round and round on ono leg unit that bo I I rould I go In that way two Called to tho i count ono Moro than that tile count came presently tn tho forest and there It j I was nearly aa dark as midnight Ho blunt I I bled about and as ha did ta beard tho I I I wood lives laughing at him A fig for nurse and her advice I I ho 14 eald in a rage ca What did I want with I this old Let I only wlEb I vfaa out of tbo fort I I Ho land not time to noh tho ECUtcnco I for the moment ho kald It 110 felt hlinsolf I lifted up In tile air and clearing tho ou I tiN forest at one jump there 10 was on tile other Bide walking along thuroud that 11 led to tho city 111 That Is I very odd bo fold to himself and rubbed Ids eyes and noso to 0 If bo i 11 were dreaming I I 1 would 0 very comfortable bo Bald to bltnsolf Ito get onoB wishes us viiElly i i as that If I could nay now I wish my I I upper would com walking out nl tIo I I both and thereon a fine sirloin with n 1 r lit bottle of wine I should Iron out I But before bo could ictuny further nub came noblo sirloin of ttuik with knlfo 1 I I nnd fork on a other dish nod a bottlu oft of-t roil wine marchluv along Bodately and planted themselves before him 1 J I Thin la wonderful cried tho count I I Illant Since It coats G little I with also for I memo salmon of which I om try fond u I dish of partridge and u basket of fruit i Instantly flat boughs of the free under I which bo wa standing btint 1 dovv i tonard I l him and ho saw hanging from them Balln < m blanket of fruit and partrldgea It I if I 1 Ilrllo lioro ril wonderful bearing cf 11 r i frultl Bald the count laughing I Ibo iJ I troea do such things In tho winter what 4 would they not yield In thof uiumcrf i I Hut all till time It nor came Into lilt I ktuplil Palo that the old hat on his head I I land anything to do with these Wanders When bo bad catou and drunk to his satisfaction r t faction bo metal tlhlmtelf I visit 1 know which of the two rod at tile anglo there bal to the court I t Out whisked u squirrel from among om stoned i Tko bat road to tho right laid the i squirrel Scampering up tire tr The count otlr1 after him with his mouth G wide open that Hosier Squirrel 1 might hare Jumped down If lie chow Why tho Squirrels talk rather than I should not bavo my wish I wish I had n One liorw and know how I looked I havp I I not seen myself since I left homo and ono wlahel to h decent at court 11 1 Instantly pranced out a liorso from 11 nmoug tho trees saddled and bridled and lcdy to mount I At tire same moment ho heard oomo robins tittering Ild you ever co tuch a j shocking bad 11 Ho hoi > I Tbo count pulled off tho bat und threw 1 It In the road j I 4 I ed La wish for n tIn now one sold be I j Beta nu you cant you blockhead no J you nt crIed the Ito man on one 11 jumping ont and dancing around him i That wu tho wl < Mng Lat nnd 3ou bate thrown It away I 10b dearl Why did not my nuila tell me lamented this looby of a count Out I ball know better tho next I limill And D perhaps ho might llut tho ncit limo never came People do not pick up wishing hat tivloo In a lifetime New York News I |
