Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-11-04


and il it had stopped hummiug the brook
would have stopped running, and the
great mill below would have stopped go
ing. and then what would all the village
folks have done for meal ? So you see
Jctty did good deal, to pay for her
pretty lodgings.
| When the queen prepared the little
house that held the wheel she chose Jetty
to mind II because she thought she was
little more sedate and less fighty than
any other sprite she knew, and would be
less likely to forget and neglect her
charge; and then Jetty was very win
some. sunny tempered little sprite, aud
the queen loved her aud wished to do all
she could for her benefit. And what bet
ter thing could she have possibly done
for her than this, for isn't it "a great deal
better to have dainty little parlor of
ones own, than to be making tents of
seaweed. or Coating about on lilypads, or
sleeping, with the great water snakes.
amid the Shiny moss and pebbles? Jet
t. thought so and then isn't it great
deal better to have something to do than
to be doiug nothing at all ? to be atle to
work some good than to dance ard sing
ones life away?
Jetty thought so bat then she liked
the dancing and singing too, and was as
merry as any little sprte could well be-
And, after all, it was not much labor to
keep the wheel turning The slightest
touch would make 1t fly, and it would &C
long time itself before it needed to be
touched again hut Jetty was obliged tc
be always there to see to it, and could
never dance more than two or three yards
away from her door. no matter how gay
the company, or how inspiring the musl'
might he in the river below. Jetty. how
p ever, had usually had plenty of compa
ny at hcmc, All the water sprites, near
ly, we're intimate friends of hers, anc
y they would dance in, one after another
every day, until her little house would b
full of them, and you may be sure tha
they did not need to be urged to max
themselves at home and be merry.
They would dance in circle aroun'
the wheel, to some unseen music that wa
like the piping of myriad tiny flutes
touching the wheel now and then wit
their light little feet as they whirled.-
=, Some times they would keep those dance
up all day and sometimes all night, an
Jetty would feast them dlintily, for tn
table WIS always spread in her little ST
very saloon,
Bot sometimes they would have sue
delightful entertainments in the river
All the sprites from far and near were IL
,e vitcd, the queen presiding over then
le They were held in some shallow sp'
ty where the starlight was brightest, for II
a sprites like the starlight, especially II
Q. little Miss Sprites and the little M
ne Splites for it is nice lIghe to firt in
ID much more favorable to Irritation tina
0. The sunshine Jetty always received II
II vitations to these dances. but, poor thing
a she couldn't think Of going. for the que'
ht had forbidden her to lease her whce
,u even for one night, though she might iii
it. some one 10 take her place almost any tim
ur Well, one night, o, such splend
it, starry night as it was, too they were
he ing to have grand dance at Purple Gov
ns such one as was seldom known in q
IRE the river. Thesmermaids and the merm
be we're coming from the sea, and they we
cb to have harps and all sorts of dellclo
VI. music Jetty had been in perfect tiutt
ed to 90 all day. Everybody was cbasttri'
ed about it, every ybody's Eyes Frightening wi
th anticipation every little sprite prepare
,ss to look her prettiest, every body e&claim
res With surprise that Jetty wasn't going
The "why, even little fish could turn
nd wheel |" said Que. "Or a snake, sugge
iue ed another. "Let the wheel go. for enc'
zen advised one "what harm will it do il
fits is still by night? they don't work
ted mill theni'ss"But the brook would
ite, up, objected another.
ike And between them all Jetty was
md nigh distracted She kept picturing
Iull pretty scene to herself, and thought q
,tty she should weep herself into brook
8 a she couldn't dance one dance in the chal
and ed circle. Then who should come begg
cen to be her escort but LightfOot, m
all gallant aud handsome little sprite'
was very susceptible to the charms Of :
,ere tvs pretty, beaded hair, bright eyes
do. cunning ways? And she, though
too, was as cool and curt to him as to
bout other gaylittle fellow. was setting her
pgs, for him ou the sly, | shrewdly susp
Let "Dear me, Lightfoot," said She pett
mid. ". "you know l cannot leave my whe