Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-05-19
AFaIry story for Little Folks.

%Liufe Glara Cheloon lived with her ia
TIER and mother 10 a pretty cottage on the
bsaEs Of the Hudson. -. -.
They had beautiful fOwer-garden in
front of the house, filled with all kinds of
flowers, such as viOlets, tulips, roses, etc. :;
and every morning Clara would rise with
the sun and gather a little boquet, fresh
with sparkling dew. to give to her father to
carry to town with him, for he had to 90
to New York every day to attend to BUSH
ness.
One beautiful morning. while gathering
the boquet, she espied a large white rose,
all covered with little diamond-lke drops
Of dew. With an exclamation of delight
she FASTENED towards it to pluck it, but
just as her hand touched the stem a tiny
voice, which seemed TO come from the rose,
said:
please dOn'tv
Clara looked down, and saw standing on
the rose the smallest loo king being imagin-
able. who continued:
Please don't pluck this rose-it is my
bedr
Your bed y said Clara, surprised. who
are you, beautiful Little beingr
i am fairy replied the beautiful little
thing. 'and my name is Fragrance and my
grandmother, Nab, queen Of the fairies, is
angry with me, and has banished me from
fairy land; but l cannot live here. l must
take one look at my dear home, although
my grandmother said if ever came back
she would kill me-
Why, what wicked old fairy she must
be y
The little fairy only sighed, land shaE ing
out her pair Of wings, sailed away, and was
soon out of sight.
Clara went on gathering her flowers,
when, the dew-drops would make beautiful
jewels, she took from her pocket a vial to
secure them in just then she happened to
glance upward, and saw the little fairy
hurryiag towards her, chased by large
blue fly. As sOoD as the tiny thing was
near, it cried:
The fly is nv wicked grandmother, go-
| ing 70 kill me-
With these words she fell on a rose, pant
ing for breath.
! Clara held up the vial to ward of the
| fly, but it was coming so swiftly that it
never needed it, and so flew right into It,
Clara clapped in the cork and held it fast
What shall do with this wicked old
! fyY she asked the fairy, as soon as the
little thing had somewhat recovered from
iis fright.
K6fast in the vial, was the answer
it0pt till it promises TO be
she Placed It in her room, and went
ber breakfast.
p The next morning she saw in golden let
ters on the vial these words:
Let me out and l will grant you untold
wealth.
She ran to the fairy and asked Der what
to do, aud the answer was:
DO not let her out until she promises to
be good
The next morning she saw again in gol-
den letters these words.
4 will be good, always good, if you will
let me OUT
So she ran again to the little fairy and
asked what to do, and the answer was:
Let her out. A fairy never breaks her
word
So she went and opened the vial, and
out few the fly, slighting on the window.
sill. ItruGbed lis wings with its hind
feet, and Immediately became beautiful
fairy, and then, in a sweet voice, thus ad-
dressed her:
Because you have kept me from evil do,
ing in my anger, and have been kind to
my granddaughter, give you virtue, hap.
piuess, and lOng-life. May you be the
means of reforming nortals as YOU have
me; and may your happiness exceed that Of
the fairies!
She then few to her granddaughter and
kissed her, and after Fragrance had thank.
ed Clara. they flew of to fairy-land. And
Clara was happy, for who is not when they
have made others so?