Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-02-09

stone, ana lay on the ground exhaust
ed--the raspberry being halfbroken by
the fall The elves then few away and
left him. v.s- ~.
There Burly Bones lay till the shades
of evening fell upon the woods, when
it CHANGED that there came along a So
Der, benevolent old fairy named Hol-
lyhock, who sometimes went by the
name of Deacon Hollyhock He was
very busy gathering flower seeds in the
woods. Seeing brother elf lying mo-
tionless, and his face and head smeared
it was only raspberry juice, he took
him up softly, and few away with him
to beautiful large garden (of
which he was the guardian
where, having consulted old Mrs
Pansy, his little wife, they washed
the stains off his face, and put him to
bed in splendid moss-rose, where they
left him. Here he slept soundly. But
early in the morning, great grumbling
bumble-bee came to make call upon
the flowers, and tumbled into the fra
grant bed Of rose-leaves right alongside
of him. This sudden unceremonious
visit, accompanied with the tremendous
buzzing of the bee, frightened Burly
Bones so Qor he was hardly awake, and
was just beginning to wonder where he
was) that he scrambled out of bed, and
fell into the grass He fell upon the
back Of a stout grasshopper, who, not
knowing it was fairy, gave him great
kick in the ribs with his strong bony
legs, as he jumped away out of sight
Rolling over on the grass, he encoun-
tered toad, who was looking out for
cool place tospend the day in. Burly
Bones was somewhat alarmed, and
crept under astrawberry-vine. But the
toad, or rather the fairy, for it was
fairy in disguise, hoped off to tell the
guardian of the garden that there was
a stranger elf, whose looks he did not
like, trespassing on the ground.
Presently, little boy and girl came
along the garden walk, talking and
laughing, and busying themselves
planting bulb-roots and seeds.
"Oh!" said the mischievous elf,
"you think you are going to have some
beautiful flowers, do you, and garden
bed all to yourselves /? But I shall
spoil your fun, for / shall dig up all
your roots and seeds while you are
asleepl"
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 my garden, are
you? Little did think you would re-
pay my kindness thus"
So, that night, Hollyhock
watched him, and saw him
go to the howerbed 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 bounced 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 a court of fairies. The
court sentenced him to hard work in
the garden for year. They clipped
his wings, and dressed him in 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 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 fares in the
garden working nearly as hard as him
self, but all interested in their work
all as happy as the rds. They worked
at their garden as artists do at their
pictures. Why should he alone be dis
contenteda
Then he began to say to himself
"What an idle scamp l have been
And yet was I any happier than am
hereg Now I begin to see that there is
Just as much fun in being occupied and
useful as in being idle and mischievous.
Besides, to tell the truth, I am getting
interested IN gardening. And if Holly
hook will only forget my folly, and re-
receive me as companion among the
garden fairies, think I should like to
remain here I 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