Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-06-08

peevishly- hat are you thinking
abouts Bat look sharp, you fellows;
there are sounds in this room 1 cannot
make out, which am not used to hearing.
l won't have it, so clear the room at once. y
but, your majesty" said one of the
guards who had been looking about him
" shall / turn out of The room little Fairy
Bell, who is sitting on the floor in great
griefs"
my daughter!" cried the king in
amazement, bursting through the curtains
of his bed at one bound, and clasping the
little one in his arms. "Tell me-" he
cried in loud voice, "who it is that has
afflicted you, and they shall be turned into
venomous toadsl Speak, my child"
But Fairy Bell could not speak, for sobs
choked her voice, and then the queen
mother came to the rescue. She sent the
king ant his guards out of the room, and
dressed little Fairy Bell in her night
clothes, and sang her to sleep. She did
not ask the little one any questions. She
left that to the king, when he called his
court together in the early twilight.
Well, the twilight had come, and the
king, having called his court around him
now demanded an account of his daught.
er's adventures, and more especially the
cause of such excessive grief, and why she
had come back sooner than she was ex-
pected.
By this time Fairy Bell had quite re-
covered the use other tongue. The queen
mother had dressed her in soft white mus.
lin, and had caused her pretty, yellow
hair to be smoothed, and then twisted in.
to beautiful curls. When this had been
done, she presented such a radiant ap-
pearance, that great, white owl, perched
up in tree, near by, closed his dazzled
eyes, and wondered if that could be the
little dun-colored creature he had seen
creeping into the dell in the early dawn
and rather quaked on his perch when he
remembered how gruffiy he had called out,
/ won't have such a noise" when he
heard Ler sobbing, and had farther init
mated desire to pick her eyes out if she
did not obey him at once.
"Now, my DEAR" said the king, lifting
his hand to command silence and atten-
ton, speak"
In the first place." said Fairy Bell, II
ordered devirs-darning- needle to be sad
died, and when it was done, ! took the
reins and away we sailed, over trees and
house-tops, until we reached large city,
and came the earth close by the side of
two little girls, and 1 loved them at once,
papa, they looked such little darlings!"
Looked" snuffed Uncle Turvy, Il
dare say they were little wretches, or they
would not have made you cry"
20, they did not make me cry said
Fairy Bell, and then she hesitated and
looked perplexed- They did not slap or
pinch me, as you said they would"
"No; but they pinched your heart, lit
tie one, did they nots"
Il will tell you, Uncle, just what they
did do. They could not see me, you know,
for i had on my invisible mantle; but they
saw Devil $ darning needle, and sprung
to crush him with their feet. We
were too quick for them, and were soon
higl. above their heads in safety But /
did not lose sight of them. After little
time, when they had forgotten all about
Devil -darning needle, We alighted close
behind them, and followed them home
Devils -darning- needle flew to the top of
the house, and waited for me, in a little
nook, until came out, for had followed
the little girls in. They went up a long
fight of stairs, and just as they reached
the top, door opened, and such a dear
old face looked out"
- How do you know it was an old face -
asked Uncle Turvy.
Because you have told me that the
hair of an old person grows white, the
face wan, AMI the eyes dim, and that is like
the lady that stood in the door as we
reached the top of the stairs. And she
said, My dears, will you come in and sit
with me? am very lonesome And oh"
said Fairy Bell, beginning to sob again,
= what do you think those children did,"
Something very naughty, or I'll eat
my head" growled Uncle Turvy.
I'm afraid it was" sighed Fairy Bell,
They made mouths at the dear old lady,
and said, We shall not come and sit with
you; you are tiresome, and you do not
tell us pretty stories And then the little
girls went away, but followed them no
longer. l went in with the old lady, who,
when the door was shut, cried and wrung
her hands, and said it was cruel, cruel, to
mock at her old age, and cried out for her
youth to come back again 1t made me
very unhappy, papa, to hear her, and |
tried to comfort her. / got upon her
and whispered in her ear to for
get it; the children could not mean to be
cruel-they We're thoughtless. But she
still said, I'm old am very DID, but /
am their grandmamma, and they should
respect, if they cannot love me- And so
they should" said Fairy Bell, stamping
her foot, her pretty face all aglow with
generous passion, but they don't, and
want, dear papa, want you to let me live
with the grandmamma that those naughty
children mock at"
Upon hearing this request the king was
very nearly struck dumb with astonish-
ment and the whole court, with one voice,
protested against its being granted, for
they loved Fairy Bell, and did not wish
to part with her.
Uncle Turvy patted her on the head,
and said, in husky voice,
Good little maidenl but we cannot let
you CO."
Il should think not" cried the king,
in such loud and angry voice that the
white owl. who had been attentivelv lis