Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-02-09

Presently, little boy and girl came
along the garden-walk, talking and
and busying themselves
planting bulb-roots and seeds.
"Ohi" said the mischievous elf,
/" you think yo,l are going to have some
beautiful flowers, do you, and garden
bed all to yourselves But / shall
spoil your fun, for / shall dig up all
your roots and seeds while you are
asleep ~
Burly Bones would have been wiser
if he had not said this aloud, for Holly
hook came by just then and overheard
him.
"Aha!" he thought, "you are dis
posed to do mischief in nv garden. are
you9 Little did think you would re-
pay my kindness thus"
So, that night, Hollyhock
watched him, and saw him
go to the fower-bed and begin dig
ging up tie flowers the children had
planted Nothing was so contrary to
Hollyhock's ideas of morality as deed
of this sort SO, quick as a fash, the
old guardian pounced upon the delin-
quent, seized him by the nap of the
neck, drew over his head cap made of
bats wings, and calling two or three
fairies, they bound him fast, and shut
him up in dark place, and then had
him tried before court of FAIRIES. The
court sentenced him to hard work in
the garden for year. They clipped
his wings, and dressed him in a snake
skin coat, and fed him ON the simplest
fruits; and his bed was not bed of
roses, but of dry leaves. And while he
was at work, wedding and removing
stones, fairy, in the shape of an ugly
great toad, was set to watch him. Burly
Bones grumbled n great deal, and made
several attempts to escape; but he was
too closely watched.
For long time he worked hard, be-
cause he was forced to work; but finally
he became more resigned to his i'm
prisonment and his labor.
Then gradually change came over
him. He saw the other fairies in the
garden working nearly as hard as him
self, but all interested in their work
all as happy as the b rds. They worked
ut their garden as artists do at their
pictures. Why should he alone be dis
contented2
Then he began to say to himself +:
"What an idle scamp | have been
And yet was L any happier than L am
here Now begin to see that there is
just as much fun in being occupied and
useful as in being idle and miscellaneous.
Besides, to tell the truth, am getting
interested IN gardening. And if Holly.
hook will only forget my folly, and re-
receive me as a companion among the
garden fairies, L think L should like to
remain here. 1 find these fellows, too,
more sociable than the wood fairies. >
So Burly Bones became quite respec.
table and useful fairy. And when, af-
ter serving out his year of discipline.
he was told he might go back to the
woods, he begged to be allowed to re-
main. Hollyhock reflected upon the
matter, and talked it over with Mrs.
Pansy, and finally consented on Burly
Bones's solemn promise of good behav.
ior
Still, Burly Bones often sighed when
he thought of Whirligig, and wondered
If he should ever please her.
IClhapS- Ssnu ne, IL learn to
dance she will like me BETTER
So he went to friend of his named
IIarkspur, tall, slender, hght-footed
elf, and asked him if he would be SO
kind as to give him a few lessons
LaIkspur readily agreed, and bringing
out little fiddle, proposed that he
should begin at once. 1t was funny to
see what awkward capers and gambols
Burly Bones exhibited ut first. But bv
dlnt of encouragement and persever-
ance, he made such progress that at
length he ventured to join the fairies
OF the garden In their midnight hops,
and was bold enough to lead the dance
with Miss Bluebell. one of the most
graceful of the dancers.
Soon he became so fond of the amuse-
ment that he would sometimes even
stop short in his work and eut a pr
geon-wing in the air, much to the aston
ishment of the grave Deacon Hollyhock
and the quiet Madam Pansy.
This old couple, however, liked to
see the younger fairies enjoy them
selves On the suggestion of Larkspur,
they determined to give a party, and
invite all the wood FAIRIES TO il. Burly
Bones was overjoyed to hear it, for he
thought that Whirligig would come, of
course. But while he was cultivating
the graoes and the morals, Whirligig
was getting to be weary of dancing
forever, and rather tired of her dancing
beaux- Still, when she heard of the
invitation, she resolved to 60. The
party was to be given in the loveliest
part of the garden, at the full of the
moon.
The night came, and Burly Bones and
Whlrlgig met. She was amazed to
see the improvement in his appearance
and manners, and began to repent that
she had ever ridiculed him. But when
she saw him dancing away with Miss
Bluebell, she was still more astonished.
and began to feel almost jealous of her
rival. Soon, however, he came to ask
her hand IN the next dance, and merry
dance they had. But when it was over,
somehow they found themselves stroll
ing off in the moonlight, and talking Of
old times and new times, and not car
ing to dance any more. They seemed
to have great deal to say to each
other; and Miss Whirigig's heart was
quite softenedt toward poor Burly Bones,
while he was more in love with her than
ever.
Well, 1 won't undertake to report
their conversation, but it was quite
evident that Miss Whirligig saw Mr..
Burly Bones in quite different light
from that time. And the long and
short of it IS that after a few months
more acquf intance, they we're married
happily, and settled in the garden. And
j conclude with the hope that all who
lead this may be as good and useful in
their day and generation.
Bosquillon on the Secrets of Longevity
To chew well and to walk well, "