Show I j e er s air dIary dIary- o Jet I l v Is I i f Vl I 1 never Iwer read a n fairy story that t co could Id hI come up to the mark marl said Bert Derl he as ashe sat with Sail Sally Flossie 1101 and little I Tim discussing fairy lore Jore If I should v Q I write Ille a fair fairy story It U would be bet be- be II t 1 I h Iteal eal asked ed little Tim with wondering won won- o de dering ing eyes t c Bert rt ganc glanced pityingly at little Tim i willie Sally Salty and Flo Flossie ll laughed outright out- out rh rl right ht lt at him Sail Sally saying a R an idea If the story w were r real ical It wouldn't be a fairy story at all fOh tOh Oh Tims Tim's Tim's Tims too much of a kid t to tout ut UI declared Bert Hell theand the live and anil ami If learn loarn arn But nut as its I 1 was saying If I write a fairy story toly It would bc- bc e 1 r wat isn't so an an never happened at all again broke In little Tim rim Inquiringly I tSar Say Bulger said Mid Bert addressing lit lithe le Tim you keep still and ancI listen elders And say try you'd you'd better better bet bet- ter be taught right now nou that its it's very brows At t least my fait fairy story would make kids sit up and take notice I 1 Ican Ican can promise you ou that Wish Ish you'd you'll write one declared Sally So do o I agreed Flossie It would be e great gleat Little LillIe Tim on the th moments moment's Impulse Impulse Im Im- pul pulse e opened his iris mouth mouth to sa say say Y Yes s write one brother but quickly remembering rc- rc Berts Bert's orders he shut his little mouth firmly r and held the sentence sen- sen tenee tence a prisoner Well ell ma mahu bu I will said Bert But what's whal's the matter with me just going over it Il to you kids right now Then rhea if It tal takes es your our fanc fancy Ill I'll write It off ore with Ink on nice blue paper and send semI it Il to thu the Weekly Gazette Gazelle Oh Olt Oh that'll be lo cl lovely cried SaIl Sally and Flossie Flo le In a 0 breath And little Tim Tito his Iris heart beating with anticipation antici antici- pation nodded approval All right assented absented a Bert Delt All sit It up close here In the tho shade hadl and anti Ill I'll l r rI I lI I 0 r i iJ iI io c I o J j I I 11 it O I tOI q I I i I U-n- U o fu Arc U. you ou coining coating tl this ls Instant lii I f f words bail baa manners to take take- a a. persons person's out lor hiss his mouth as us U it were by Interrupting Inter Inter- Now Noly If you can In tins this wa way way- kip koep mum you ou may may Hla stay slay but if Ie you ou keep breaking In In Ill I'll Ill I'll ten tend send y you ott along Understand home hAune hf me In sll- sll nodded his head Little to re rt remain 10 much t mice c for he very vory fished train main In the company of iris his brother jollier Sail Sally and Flossie So SolS and cousins B Bert Berl rl ht lS std would hold a a. tight relit reIn on his heard l and he bo seen eon ell and anti not t tongue ue would d What kind of a fairy fair story glory asked Sail Sally turning to toI toW J yuu write a I il rl there'd he something doling doing W Well rell Fell I f pursing Important uld Bert with an up uv of or the thu lips and raising of the eCi eye eye- Y 1 1 i begin But Bul nobody must disturb me Hear that thal Tim Thu This Lime timo Tim ventured his voice and said hl time Yes Then Theu he drew close within thu the round black shade of the big tree under which they they were scat scaled d Now o in the long ago 10 began Bert in s there lived in III an ancient city state stale yes in county right county right down on the river where we vve go and swimming every a summer summer a poor orPhan orphan orphan or or- phan 1 kid who had no father rather nor nol mother molher moth er cr nor sister nor brother Bert J paused au cd to let hl the story take form Corm in his mind and as ho he did so litlie lit little Is Js tin the lie tle Tim held up his han hand as custom In school when a pupil de lIe desires sires to lO speak What hat is It Mug a asked k 11 Bert Berl who had many man pet pt-l name naim s for his Iris lit littie little lit lit- tie lie brother May I ast a question brother half whispered little Tim Yes this time lime permitted Bert But Dul dont don't you OU try y It on again Now what is It if Did Dill the tine little boy O have a or gran ma or a dawg I dont don't know anything about hi his family tree said Bert If IC he hc eve r had grandparents nothing was ever eve r said about them LII Likely cly he had a n do dog g for most boys of all times titres have dogs og Anyway Anway It doesn't matter as I can see whether he lie ever had ancestors or no not t. t Now take your yom linger finger out of oC you our r mouth and knock that ant off ore your leand le lel g a and nd listen Sa Say cousin Bert Beit did you say ray th the e ancient city was vas down where you 01 boys boy e go In swimming asked Sail Sally Yes rl right hl there where tho those e t rocks are explained Bert T ob e et roc rocks Its are a part of the foundation 01 o othe t the city Sa Say exclaimed Flossie J I wouldn't wonder If theres there's lots of oC rot rol Ic Ics of that city hill hidden lien away in th thE e grow ground tl Wonder onder why people n never nel el look for theta them Because nobody knows of of tho the y over ever having been there till my ston story conics comes out said raid Bert Th Then n every try everybody everybody body from all over 1 the world woul d Journey to this iris pi pl t to lo look at it the lire ani an i lent dent city ity cit its Ill It will III bi bt more pop poi popular PO ular than nom Pome Sally and Flossie both bout and but hut Tint Tim not nol knowing anything anything any any- thing a about out Rome Ronne and supposing It to tobe tobe tobe be some mans man's panic name made no nu com com- ment He lIe frightened away some ants and walled waited patiently y for fOl Bert to continue continue con con- the story story- Well Veil as I was saying sayin r resumed Bert once there lived a little boy In that city He Ile was only 10 years ears old but hut he was as smart mart as a boy of or 15 13 Ho lie lived with his Ills uncle who was ruler over u the city A mayor prayer asked Sally Oh Ole no Mayors born yet ret said Bert lIe He was a ruler ruler just just alS a abig big lS boss you know Oh Oh I 1 s see sec e said 1111 Sally Sall y lIe He made the people all nil fear him Yes and lull he ho tried to make his little nephew fear Cear him but he couldn't said Bert Bet One day when the tine old ruler was under the tho or oI wine he called Iris his nephew to him The boys boy's namo name was Archibald Como Come here Archibald the cruel ruler cried out and bring perfumed water with which to batho bathe my feet Take Talce off my san sandals als and fetch felch my mv s satin-lined allver silver all sil ver vcr boots I am going out for fOI a stroll flint But Archibald stood ocl beside the tall marble pillars and never budged ic re you OU coming this Uli Instant roared the grained cross-grained old uncle No 1 am not coming at all answered Archibald I standing lIn stork loll till still I T Ill 11 II never neve l' l wait walt 01 or vou OU again Gul n Tit Tin old otel ruIH eves y blazed blamed like fire fin Ill beat be-at you ou YOU ou young ras ras- cal he yelled out Como Come and try It dared ared Archibald You s see Iee ee the tho night before while Archibald was asleep in his hll cold colel dungeon where dungeon where he had not even u a pillow but slept on the damp stone floor door Moor a beautiful fairy had come to him and nn liar hall given gi him a a. lit lit- little tic tle gold wand She told him to mako make a wish ravish to look lonk on tho the end of the tho wand while doing so o and the tho wish would como collie true So as as' quick as ever ho he could Archibald raised rai ral ed cd the wand looked on the end of it and wished for fora a soft oCl bed with down pillows Of or a sudden the room changed to tho the grandest place you could imagine with velvet vel carpet carpel a brass bedstead with a alov lov lovely h soft soH bed and down pillows on It Then feeling hungry Archibald wished for a line fIne lunch still lUll looking on the end nd of the wand Why didn't he rte wish for a Shetland pony pon rol broke e In little Tim Turn his Iris deep interest in the story toly causing him to forget for COl the tine moment the tho big brothers brother's brothers brother's brothers brother's broth broth- ers er's orders about keeping quiet There you OU go o said Bert frownIng frown- frown Ing big Just us as I 1 i each lench a thrilling point In my story you go and antl spoil it b by butting butting but but- ting tins in Now you OU get up an and go right to the tho hou house e for 1 cant can't possibly l tell tella a star story while you ou keep breaking in with a lot lol of foolish Coolish questions question A Shetland pony The lire Idea What hat could ho hat havo done dine with a Shetland pony in ina I a 0 bedroom lIe He could court havo o wished for a nice gold stable with plush stalls ventured ventured ven ven- lured little Tim Tin not risinG but set sel- Ctr Ct r himself against the tree treo to re remain remain remain re- re main even though he was Invited d in inno inno inno no mild tones to betake himself orrlie off orr lie He could hn have wished for a a. gold 0 hI stable and had the Shetland pony in ht it not It-not not in his bedroom he persisted Maybe youre you're telling this stor story In Instead Instead In- In stead of me mehl said mid hl Bert glaring at al his oung young brother But if Ie youre you're not please k keep el quiet or scud for tho lire house Now are you ou going to behave behave behave be be- have Little Tim fingered the small clods of dirt near him in ht the grass and made madeno no r reply pl Bert watched him for fOl a minute while Sail Sally becoming Impatient Impatient Impatient tient said Oh Olt go on cousin Bert Timmy r 9 r I 1001 Looke atut alu I got O a big bib piece cO Ili i ti IVi re i 6 61 I 9 ft L U Isn't going to bother again He lie was just Interested and forgot himself Well Nell hed he'd better better- ren remember himself himself himself him him- self said sahl Bert trying to look 1001 fierce j Now Ill I'll b begin gln again and this time limo I Ill I'll not be Interrupted As 1 I was ns saying say say- ing me Archibald ald wished for a lunch As Iris Ch m 1 quick as al a lash Hash the door to ber bel Hew flew open Olen and In ht C came a black black- dwarf bearing a gold tra tray on which were pure china chinn and und glass cut dishes In these dishes were man many good things like Ice cream Ice Ice-cr am strawberry rr shortcake mince pie fried chicken su sugared doughnuts doughnuts doughnuts- Say brother exclaimed little Tim leaping to hl his brown bate bare feet 1 Im Tin going to tho the house i hungry hun hun- gry Before Defore Berl Bert cou could reprimand the Ir Irrepressible Irrepressible Irrepressible Ir- Ir repressible little Tim Tint he had b bounded awa away towar towards s the big farmhouse that stood tood amidst a grove gro of or green gre n trees on a hill hili Into the kitchen he ho ran j Just Justas st stas as his mamma lifted from the stone oven a pan of oC sw sweet smelling ginger cake Oh give Ivo mo me some mamma begged the little fellow dancing about abo t with l' l eyes cs sparkling as he noted the size of or orthe the cal cake e. e Five Fi minutes later Tim ran down the tho hillside path waving a u huge piece of ginger cake In his hia hand as ashe he called out to B Brt lt Sally and Flossie aint I got a big piece Mamma says if you w want nt some some ome to come conte while Its It's hot Bert Bert hail had just reached a a. most trag trag- ical leal climax o fo o his fairy fain story Sotory at this moment and Sal Sally and nd Flo ste s were hanging on his words but the tho sight of tho the ginger cake caused all three to forget tho the victory of or Archibald over his hl cruel uncle the ruler an and soon with whit little Tim beside them they w wore were re all sitting on the big kitchen porch enjoying tho tine fresh ginger cake which ng nth one no knew know ho hoW v to make so well as did the boys boys' mamma I J JI I |