Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-04-13

pull; ana they struggled manfully without
/ even so much as injuring single stalk of
grain The people who remained behind did
| not lie down TO sleep, but divided their time
between playing hide and seek behind peb-
| BILE, and game of ball with grain of sand.
I would give anything if YOU could have seen
| how happy they were while at play. They
never lost their temper, lesson to Us never
to get angry with playmate.
The little woman in the red dress now ap-
| peared among them and took off her hat TO
| make a speech to them. They immediately
| collected around her. to hear what she might
say. She pointed toward the wagon. and in
| formed them that in crossing furrow it be-
/ came so deeply buried in the sand ii was i'm
possible for the horses to draw it out
| Thereupon they all started off to the scene of
| the difficulty, and, after great exertion, sue
| ceeded IN laying a bridge over the chasm.
/ The trouble overcome, the wagon went safely
| over, and all the workers Joined hands and
had ajoy-dance; just as happy were they as
II they had never worked a moment in all
their iIfe-@ They danced and PLAYED until the
wagon came back empty again, which they
| soon loaded with more weeds " hen il re-
turned the third time, sin gular circum stan ce
took place. Two little children came, with
| bucket of water for the tired laborers Did
L say bucket Of water? Yes, a der drop on
a olover leaf!
They were all very glad to get such a re-
tTcshing drink, and, after everybody had
/ drank, the two children took the dishes out
/ OF half nutshell, which served for their
cupboard, and after spreading the tablecloth
1t was white Tose-lea-on the ground
they made the dinner ready. The queen of
the company-for the little lady in the red
| dress was the queen-together with all the
| taIrIeS, who We're her Subjects, ate heartily
after their labor. Their soap dish was an
| acorn-shell; and how sv Getty did the food
| smell to them still sweeter was the eating of
| It. / know youwould have been delighted to
see that repast. Not a dish was left IN
touched. Everybody had sharp apnerite
and no food was dropped on the table-cloth.
II was just rs clean when they finished as
/ when they commenced And no one took up
any unnecessary room at the table, or in
| trInged upon his neighbor's rights, or talked
/ too loud, or too fast, or too much. The
/ Queen sat on sprig Of moss that the fairies
/ had taken from an old beech-tree 1t was
/ the size OF a canary birds bill, and all per
sons called it the Queens throne No other.
fairy had such a seat as this-they all sat on
the ground.
Emma touched her brothers hand and said :
" These must certainly be the fairies that
live in the rye-feld, and chat Ioveliest of lit
/ tie beings Is Roggenmuhme, Queen of the
Rye Fairies. Mother has frequently told Us
/ about them, you know; but | never thought
they were so beautiful and industrious as they
really are"
g supposed mother was only in lest when
she spoke of them. But it is a fact-these
little people, with their good Queen, work
/ just as earnestly as the very poorest peasants
+ And after all their hard labor, they are as
/ happy as mortals can be Such thing as
! that l had never dreamed of"
W hat beautiful games they played, and
not one Of the fairies got angry Neither
4 did I see any Of their clothing soiled or torn
when they came to the table. They all look
/ ed if they had just sprung out of band
4 box. Their food was so sweet to them, too
/ though there was but very little of it."
. II cannot be possible that labor makes a
/ good appetite ,"
Well, let Us try it, Franz, when we get
/ home"
Dinner was all over, the dishes washed and
put away in the cupboard. Then the fairies
/ started Oft to their work, and on the wav
sang the most beautiful song that | ever
heard. 1t was not so loud as birds siug, but
+ then it was far sweeter music. Emma and
] Franz did not follow them 10 their labor, but
4 were anxious, by this time, to return, home.
+ As they arose, the fairies saw them and the
all ran away They did not know that there
had been any spectators At their business
/ duties, dinner and play.
+
/ ed il would catch them before they could get
+ home The lightning flashed 50 much that
/ they were much frightened, and from the
I bottom of their hearts did they regret that
! they had left the garden. The storm came
+ on violently, and almost an hour passed bv
before they reached home. They were wet
through and stood trembling with cold. Their
mother, all pale from anxiety. met them. She
did not repr0ve them when she saw their Ill
. .Tr.lrr Frrl -Ftr. I
rected them TO go to bed at once.
That same night Franz became very sick
and lou-, severe fever came on in conse-
quence of the cold he had caught from being
wet. Many weeks he had to lie in his bed
and often he was heard TO say: Oh. if l
were only well again ii is so tedious to lie in
the bed sick. I do wish I could 90 out and
30 some little work, for as often as / think of
the little fairies, and that they are not com
PEELED TO do it, I must think there is real
pleasure in activity and toll. Now | can lie
here and sleep the whole day, but I don't en-
JOY II in the least; and Just is soon Us ] am
we'll again, viii be as industrious and happy
as the Fairies of the Rye-feld'
Emma had told her mother all that had
happened 20 Franz and herself, and promised
20 take the fairies for an example OF industry
+ and contenment From that day forth she
could sit quietly and attend to whatever du-
.
she been so happy in all her former life.
When Franz had recovered and went out
into the garden for the first time, he found
/ the peas had been bearing, and he sorrowful-
E reflected that they had been cared for bv
other hands than his Afterward, he Iabored
every day il the garden, and took the great
est pleasure III training the fowcr-b beds, and
keeping the walks free from grass. In the
I evening he would sit, in company with his
mother and Emma, aud read aloud to them
/ instead of sleeping on the sofa, a. he used to
do, Nobody would have taken either him or
his sister for the same children that were so
discoutentcd and idle. 1t was q lovely scene
10 see them at their work and, would YOU
believe il, they never forgot a word of the
song the fairies sang after dinner. and often
sang It themselves. They lived to be of
great age. Emma became a distinguished
authoress, and Franz became an houored SEN
ator.-FroYl Tie German
90 Perhaps YOU did not know that I had
corns," said a good natured man, as a stran-
ger set hrs carpet bag down on the end of his
toes in crowded ear. . Much obliged to
YOU for the information, stranger" said the
carpet bag man." but l think you cultivate
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