Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-12-20

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sight. AS they burst upon tho ohild'a
view, she was overwhelmed with joy,
anloCl for moment, was speochIess.
Ets.O3 IS it true" she said 70 herself
y sa4g l3. am to live in one Of the palaces
St tLll4 beautiful land, and always do
just as I plaasefi'
Ihe fairy divIned her thoughts; and
~ tolSe eL the sweetest music, aRaim
uat as you chose" And
she added as she passed thronDh
the gate, ",rhere ID eveFvtbine, bero v6i1
can possibly want. You vVfIl ev,g n
garden full Of flowers, and Ali lri115~ ~
the most beautiful clOtheBj Rn3 fririo-
shall sing you to sleep at niUht @nd
wake you in the morning, and you shall
always do just as you choose. Good by;
cannot stey with you now but viii
come again"
go, wait O. moment % said the child,
. as her attention was suddenly attracted
I to something very mysterious about the
"These beautiful palaces are not built
Z on foundation, as houses down in the
I world are; and they are not fastened 20
/ the stairs, Or to anything else. Pray
I tell me how they stand.n
"Ah," replied the fairy, ''LhRt 20 a
Z mystery They stand-W
I Here the fairy whispered something 20
/ herself
t.she is afraid win die ofioy II she
tells me al, th ght the little stranger
/ in fairy land she Ventured once
more to ask what the palaces were built
on.
''That is a great mystery answered
[ the fairy, "End a mystery that you can
not fathom. They are built on nothing,
and"
Again the fairy paused, and whisper
ed something TO herself And the child
concluded to ask no more questions,
bat wait till the fairy came again fCr
she was sure there was enouFhto ba ons
joysd, and that the time would pass
rapidly in that beautiful land.
Love had no sooner gone, than the ln-
habitanta OF the delightful country
locked around her, with smiling faces
and loving words. and told hSr thht
they had all come bhare expressly To be
happy, aud that she would be happy too.
I'm your palace, which il entirely
your own" said one Of them TO her,
you VIII hnG no work to be done, and
you can have everything without maxi
ing the least effort and, what Is better
than all, you will md no one there to
oppose you. You may do just az you
For a few days, all went on well with
the new dWeller in the free land; but
one day she was invited to a banquet
Of fairies, and she tried to select, out OF
one hundred and twenty dresses that
hung In her wardrobe, one TO wear on
the occasion; but she was puzzled b
tell which was the most suitable.
81 wish some one would tell me, " she
said; and just then the fairy Love, with
ont making herself visible, answered.
Just as you choose"
"BGt which shall ] choos82" asked
the poor child, i0eing, for the first time,
troubled and perpleXed.
'FYou forget" replied ths fairy, "that,
in this land, we do not tell any one t0h0t
to choose, but leave all free to do just
as they choose"
A r1stling was heard in the room,
and the invisible fairy was gone, And
Little ScOwly, with the first scowl shat
had been on her face for many days,
arrayed herself for the banquet as well
as she could
But she had not been there long, be-
fore two Of the guests, whose backs
were turned 20 her, exchanged glances,
and said something about her dress, and
Laughed so scOrufully that their faces
were hideOus. They soon turned to-
ward her again, however, ignorant Of
the fact that the new guest had caught
a sight Of their scOrnful, deceitful faces,
and could no longer enjoy the sweet
smiles with which they once more
flooded her.
Not long after this, Little seowly was
out in the palace garden.
"Ihis garden iB mine,n she said TO
herself; 'and all this fruit, that has
just ripened, Is mine, and can eat all
want"
Then she began to eat aud the fruit
was so delicious, she though she could
eat all day but suddenly she felt afraid
that &c might be uuwholeBoma fruit, or,
ifnot, that she might eat too much Of il.
So she called out
20, kind fairy Love, please ten me if
this fruit is good for ms, and how much
] may eat Of it,"
f'Do just as you choose" replied the
fairy, keeping herself invisible, ng be-
fore and Little ScoWly, although troub-
led by the answer, ate as much Or she
chose. And that night, when ghe lay
dorm in her bed she Was uaunaated, and
tortured with pain, and once more call
ed aloud to the fairy. Then a little
haggard, sallow old woman,
with long, bouy hands, appeared by
the sick child's bedside, and aaid.--
You called me, and have Gomez
81 didn't call vOu,n answered Little
3coWiy, shrinking back with horror.
But you did call me- retorted She
old woman, "for am no other than che
one who brought you here. ThsrgaHou
you DO not know me ia that my mask
is Off"
20, can you cure mes Can you cure
me 2" sObbed out the child.
There is q chest Of medicine stand
ing before yOu," was the cool answer.
"But which medicine shall take
Shall take any Of them % asked the
sufferer, in an implorinE voice.
"Just as you choose, just Rg yon
choose" replied the frightful old WO-
man. shaking her long, bony finger at
.he child.
90, help me help mel" cried the
~ help nobody" was the answer.
My name la Disappointment 4 haVo
spent long life In doing Just as II
chose. have repelled all advice, and
broken loose from all restraint, and
have been determined 30 have my own
way, and be happy by doing just as
chose. have been a wreck for many
years and All Of my joys have been
wrecked, and have found no Hatisfac-
lion in anything but in making others
as myself / have put on and
taken Off the mask Of Love at my pleas
ure, and have made many poor NOR
tails believe that II they would be happy
they must do just as they chose.
"And now i viii tell you q secret
The dWellors I'm this land are mot fairies
but foolish human beings like you.
deceived them, as have you, / made
Them believe chat happiness ia to b9
.ound only in freedom from en- restraint
and in full liberty, and under this de-
usion they built castles in the air"
"And are they happy ?" asked Little
5cowly, her eyes fun Of tears and her
ace flushed with fever.
fI'I answer you by finishing those
I left unfinished. You know,
When you asked me about the palaces
md castles, I said, They stand 3 and
said, too, They are built on nothing,
nd Well, Iill tell you now that
,uilt on nothing, and come to nothing
s'Thon all the people who live in thnm
must be very unhappy" replied the
hid and she gobbed aloud.
'Ah, that they are" ans wered Dis
ppointmsnt, once more shaking her
.onv finger "but they wear unsks,
nd &c takes a long time 50 fnd out how
they are. One a1tor another
( their castles has gone down, never 20
lse again; and they have gone too, and
theirs have taken their places. You
ad better call on Love-" said DiEap-
tauntingly. And the child,
rown desperate with sorrow and giCk-
on are anywhere, come and take me
ome to my mother, for I cannot enc
ure to STAY here, and do Just am II