Show THE T-HE SUNBEAM By By Frederick Irving Anderson T was a long Jong sleepy afternoon and Catherine grew tired of ot play pIny and went to the cool summer summerhouse house where she could close the blinds and shutout shut shutout shutout out out the light After a long time the sun came around round the corner and peeped In through the keyt key key- hot t h ring thought bow how fine it would be if she coul couk gl l h JU kt ke j i hl him i J It would never be dark lark then then th thought Catherine quietly from her couch she slipped her finger inger over o the keyhole just as ls if It she were trying to atch patch a butterfly Let me dot dut cried Sunbeam little voice thought Catherine I What fi rt a funny c herself herselt l to see if she were were ere dreaming and fun fort unity 1 thing about It was that she could not tell Ir will m come and see you morrow to-morrow at this timeN time N t you will anI only let me go now no pleaded Sunbeam fl must go around the the w world between now and then If I should happen to be late Inte all the clocks in the world w would have c to be turned back and that Is bad y a V V r a II foolish What have haTe you got to do doIi dos dos' Ii s' s asked Ca Catherine at noon men met c catch me in a funny thing al ill 11 a n sextant and amI when I move mOTe into just the 4 hi place they say There she dips dips' Then they o it is exactly noon and they let me go 0 i p D Dt be silly cried aced Catherine Our clock in the log room ro m strikes t twelve elre every day at noon I have baTe tilted it so I guess I know how to tell ten when it is S n ti Besides some Mme days when it rains yams you arent aren't find Dd at fill all and we have noon Just the same lease please pleas let me go pleaded Sunbeam If I 1 It Ithe t to the tide wont won't come in n on time and then the theia ia fa cant can't come up the bay cause the water be w deep dep enough enough Up hOl ho but you think you are smart smart laughed Ff t r Veit eU I you see It is this way said Sunbeam J h ie o loon follows me nie around every day Just like pG dog ap dog Pido Fido follows you and the Moon makes the ter-jn ter rl in the ocean follow it It r e heard about the Moon said Catherine d people will think it is winter if I am late c abeam at this I 1 U be sorry If It it t snows to morrow to-morrow morrow said Sun Sun- 1 t Jh V you ou are arc so o silly sUly gasped Catherine Who V fr r h heard Hl 1 of It snowing In August But wouldn't it it item F Of em F r 1 S 1 m not Joking said Sunbeam Even E a little i f you ought ou to tb know that I come around later t tei mornings s than on o on summer mornings Every Every- iU be topsy if It you dont don't let Jet me go beam sat on the floor for tor a little while thinking l 1 Tel t me look through h that t me gla glass s span spangle Je cried tl t Catherine held up a It three sided piece of ot ifor t fol Sunbeam to shine through and t she be was so JO o surprised in her life as when sh saw him J x from the floor and spread out in all sorts of ot on oto the wall I f t are are you doing cried Catherine keeping r tightly over the keyhole so he could not assay eway ty am showing you my dress said Sunbeam x t re cry ry pretty Ys It is very Tery pretty Catherine admitted and and- andt t t W aratt Ii K It Itis was war trade mad up in bands of red orange ellow green reen blue blut indigo and violet Catherine void have baTe clapped ped her ber hands only she ehe was afraid nn am would escape if IC she took her Del finger from be tat keyhole Is JI it new asked she No Xo No said Sunbeam I have always had it See sere are seven seen colors When hen I dress myself this way call ull me Solar Spectrum Oh hOh my what a bl big word cried Catherine VIf If ff if you look k at my dress elo closely ly you will see sec black rifle running through the selvage sel said Sunbeam J you yen see ee them Well those are Frauenhofer fats s. What do you yon think of or that for a bI big word won Men lieu tell lots of ot things from those lines JInes They can cantell t tell pi ll I what stars are made of ot by them But that is inot not nut far lor pr little girls Catherine just smiled to herself when Sunbeam c V 1 lIn lines Imes 0 out u th this Jv V nUll m tan lance tance up 1 y cnn ran can of i j nit mil left lert I rM 1 I 1 i It i rp teS rr 5 10 S iC fAri t i t IJ t 4 i I V 5 r tiM 1 1 u l T y i 19 r I Yn 1 rl r i v r r r J S k ni rY M t r 4 1 4 Yet WV t I S' S 1 E J r i A wi S i I J i r rI Ei 3 Ar 7 S if x w fh n i et v I hh a I r ea i jS r e N- N Ni i f r la N r TL said this because she thought it couldn't possibly b be so SIJ lint But nutt the e funny tunny thing about it Is that Sunbeam told the truth Do you see t the e pretty violet color asked Sun Sun- beam Yes its it's just like Uke my new stockings said Cath Cath- erine Well when men want to take photographs they sift out my violet color Just like you sift sand out of ot gravel ravel explained Sunbeam You cant can't make me believe belle that said Catherine I know how to take pictures I Just button but but- ton ton V I know it explained Sunbeam When you press the button I slip sUp In Just as quick as a a. wink Catherine was so surprised at this tills that she dropped the glass spangle Sunbeam was looking through and he be hopped down clown to the floor Boor again You see I 1 am a lightning change artist All AU I Have got to do Is to roll up all aU of my colors into one like you make mud pies and I am white again T Teacher acher told me white was not a color protested she White hUe is all the seven colors In one said Sun Sun- beam Just like a chicken is a chicken until you cut it up into drumsticks wishbone and wings Catherine thought this over and decided It must b beso be so as she had seen Sunbeam spread himself out in colors just like a fan and then roll all th the fe f up p again j Arent Aren't you going to let me mo go now asked beam heam I have hn to travel truel miles mUes before tb this to morrow and I 1 want to get started Show me some sonic more tricks and I 1 will let yoi yo YOt promised Catherine i 1 Just let Jet me look through that magnifying g said he Catherine Catherinc let him look through tb the theand and to her surprise Sunbeam shrivelled ened up at on en until be he was as ae thin as a pencil point The n fla flagan gar gan n to smoke where the point rested J Stop oh stop cried Cath Catherine We wit wl VIi up tip the summer house and papa wants to use t chickens Catherine dropped the magnifying glass t r fright and Sunbeam was no longer a a. pencil Sunbeam cant can't put a a. point on himself unless unless' unless S1 ba b h a glass to look through gh rJ j You shouldn't play with fire said Catherln I carry matches with me smiled Sunbeam Sunbeam I need is a sun glass to make me thin and then tM set things on fire iI j i jI I guess you'd better go said Catherine want you to burn things up her ber here Come again t tl tb but e leave your Jour matches matche at home i Sunbeam promised to call caU again some nome d day daj Catherine let him slip sUp out through the keyhole V J Oh d dear ar said Catherine after he was gOOf gone dont don't know whether I 1 have been dreaming 61 r talking to myself J i t r |