New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-05
poc.y, has refined fancy and Judgment, with
simplicity and strength in manner rarely seen in
modern fantasies OF this kind X
From the Chk', Freud.
THE LITTLE RXPECTER.
on, FAIRY MUSi


startled with Joy by the sweet voice and stood
still, looking through the air to see where it came
fsun, but The fairy had vanished and she did nat
| know whence she came or whether she went.
From that une forward she was always hppiny
TO see TIC larry again ana wondering what the
beautiful thing could be winch sae was poiny 10
give hcr. SOMETHING'S when she was lau.eninp
ano ircilcklng with her playuates she wouc sud
dehiy stop and gaze wlstluIly up nio the bright
clouds, tut they would mel. away ard leave only
'he blue sky shining before her. When Tire cid
nurse collected all thr children round her ~ hear
stones she would lstcu in delight u The legends
of fairies who rJde npon noonheams, or danced
on the wave. ri The SEA, but she was always ex
pec,hg some wonderful story. When she
asked the old nurse Why she Did not tell her
so'oching d tiercnt, she would reply ,nrt she cid
not kuo~ any others, these were pretty enough
Tor any little giri u hear, and thus she colid
never learn wha, she wanted from hcr. Sh, n d
garden IN waich she work quite dil gently
bec use sho liked to have gay lr~ers growirp
there, an1 often while digging III III car,h she
heard low sounds under the root, nl the Giants,
and was always expecting fairy I, pas out,
but 10 fairy appeared.
At length she lost ali p!ca'u:e in pl,y ard
work and Passcd he, time IN 10 dine list.cs'i. nu,
of tho window 1T the d!stalt mpuutdus iicr
motbcr saw size did hot erj1y herself ss ID. other
children diC, aud as she iJvcd her very niuv r.
wished to do something TO make her happy: 50
sac told her wGuiG take h'r journey. Ger
tru6e was delighted ihr she thought she sh ud
like u 90 ali over the world IN search of the
| fairp 3 promised glit.
In The ti,st CITY TO which ;acy wen, .hcy en-
tered Cathedral, snd G,dfudG filed witn
awe b; the solemn asl,s, the sunlight mat
s'reamcd in through richly painted windows, ,ne
organ music roug s.o.iy along. Every day
| rhe ent lhcrc end watched the sunlight gliding
| from column 20 coirUlB, or soOt beneath the
| shadows of the Grcaes listening TO the music.
| but oEc day sudden sadness came over her and
| she said. 1t seems 10 me like dark cave ard
nave never heard the fairy wh'5per her, )" 50 sic
Jeff the cathedral, and gong 10 her mother asked
h1r ~ carry her somewhere else
! Then they went To ii city wnere thofe
long galleries OF pictures and st-tuts. and here
| she wandered about II land OF cnchlniIari.t.
! She loved .n look en the faces and scenes repre-.
scnlcd, 10 imagine stories Tor them, auG u see
tie bright soft colofs blended together. She
walked through stately halls where marble
statues stood silently around hcr, and would 81;
aid gazs Tor hours upon them, but at last she
EXCLAIMED. They a;c oil llftlcss, always sll!l,
stil. want something full Of ilfe an! mott n"
Then her mother went wth her to place
where there WAS Il splendid theatre, and here she
saw graceful cancers whO seemed - It's over the
| stage, and iuGny comedies that made hc' laugh
vcry much, md what she liked best pl all, very
| excI'irc trs godics which macc h.r sIu6dar Az
weep until she sc...cely knew whc'c she wes.
| Bl, whcE she went home at night to her Et,lc
ouiet bed she would say IN herself " II was net
reil it was not tue the aclols did not feel :"
| and the next day all the people about her scemed
i kAna
in love- or killing each other, or full of heroic
feelings. AT last she wanted to go away from
them all, and asked her mother 10 go among
mountains and torrents, and wild beautiful places.
They went 10 d Castle beside llac, hidden
| among high mounlniLs, aIn she had little beat
| IN which she could sail about whcrcve. she
pleased, ami she lespt boldly along by the water.
iails end chased the channels among the rocks.
She locked down the steep preciPIccs, she climbed
hig1 peaks, and stood IN the brord sunlight Caz-
ing over wide couutnCs; che rosicd about from
morning 20 night, and Tor II While was delighted,
but at length began 10 ilscn IN the wind for the
| fair,'s voice, aud the WIND flew silently on It's
way; she threw stones among the rocks but only
the echo return cd to her; the mountain brooks
gushed oyously at her feet, bul no fairy whisper
| did she hear. She sd!d 10 her Eiothcr, " am
tired oi wandering about; what shall do -
| Her mother asked If she would not like 10 study,
20 learn sou, thing Of The wonderful forms around
| her She answered Oh yes, oh yes for she
| thoupit IN hcrseli, Now shall find out "ltIc
the b,autii iul tfiing IS hldden.'
She read many books that told her how the
| mountains were formed strata abJvc strata, !iow
| MANY miles distant were the stars that - 'lic
down upon them. how the sunlight that p ycd
| in the foam of Tie torrents MAS full OF bright
| colors, what the flowers were named that grew
in the clcits of tho rocks, but none of them told
her whsre the iliy dwelt or the beautiful thing
nigh, be found, although she read all The great
hooks IN the library. Then she SAID 10 her mo-
th.r. =. L v ish had sJne chilG;en I" play with :
| am tired oi these Ola tedious books, They never
| tell me what want To know, and when caii
an, T., ,he ,nountains aud The torrents they never
make me any answer.
Her mo,bcr sent ivr some children To stay at
the castle. and they had hne Tune 'oge'ief.1
The, va,iec in the boat. they climbed sIncng the
r,cks they wen, about making discoveries, ano
brouyb, home many curiosiues. There was one
nnsng Them whom Gertrude loved more than all
the rest and they often stayed III the sunny val
lies Together, listening 10 the sorg o ihe brook
and telling each other stones oi The ia!iies "h'
dwell among The flowers. One evening they
sailed together III the mule boa; on the lake, nuo
The moo lhgnt was 80 lovely that It maze Ger
,fude lhink norc thtn a5ow; the hcaut u!
thing ,hai had been promised h.f, and at asst
she told he: TREND aoou; 1t, bat The l.It.e g,;l
Only laughed aad stt It was II icoi'sh d'eeni -
| From that time Gertrude did not Ike 10 te with
| h., an we'll m before, and often ct al her cons.
nsniens 10 wander about by herself. AT length
she s.id. "Nciher my mother nor the children
can teiLme where the beautiful thiog Is u oo
found but perhaps some body can, and Will go
and ask every one meet"
She descended the plain 70 the foot OF the
n,ouaain. and seating hersc: at the corner where
four roads met. held out her hand TO every one
who who passed by She did not tell them what ho'
hone was. because she thought they wouid qu's-
ron her ard lsugh at her, but she e1iisved some
Of them would know wha. she wanted and give
j. TO her. They wondered to see her si'uhs
thcrc, and sometimes offered her piece oi orsa''
bu, no enc spoke of the beautiful ih;ns, ihen
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