American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-09-20

BERTHE did not think so; and as he was
very hungry, he ate his bread and thought
and thought about some means of getting
| away.
Well he lay there for a week; all the
amusement he had was hearing his COM
panlons snore, and seeing the lively work
ers come in to breakfast, lea, dinner and
supper, and have everything nice, while
he and the "lie-a-beds" had only dry
bread at every meal. AT last at the end
of the week he made his mind up to n
very daring proceeding, and while they
were at breakfast he called cut as loudly
as he could, "Oh, please Mrs. Fairy, do
let me get up; am so tired of staying
here | am so sick of this bed"
The fairy looked up, and put her spec
tacles on, 10 see who had dared to speak
to her
Oh, it's you, is it, No 40971Ss can't
believe what you say. IdIeness leads to
falsehood. You told the maid you were
| dressing, when you know you were doing
nothing of the kind No, no, can't be-
lieve what you sleepy people say"
| BERTHE bluShed to the eyes at The remem-
| brance of the falsehood he had told, but
| he stammercd out, Oh, please, Fairy, it
| is the truth; I'll work as hard as you like,
| and never be idle any more; do try me,
pray"
VERY WE'LL" said the fairy, severely;
I'll try you. But let me only find you
getting lazy again, and back you come
here for good. Mind, l warn you, and
I'm Fairy Haitlazee."
In moment Be tie found himself
dressed and in a garden, among lot of
boys, digging away as busily as possible.
He felt so glad to be out in the open air
again that he worked with will, and
had such an appetite that when it came
round to dinner-time his piece of bread
| tasted nicer than any cake he had ever
eaten.
After dinner he went to work again with
| a good heart; and when he and his COM
the one he had occupied before), he had
hardly laid his head on the pillow before
he was fast asleep.
The next morning when the bell rang
he felt very tired, and just for minute or
two thought of lying a little longer-just
five minutes-but he began to feel sleepy
and heard sound like loud snore from
the next bed. He was warned in time,
jumped up in hurry and set to work
like man.
The week passed; he had done all he
had to do well, when the fairy said, $50
far so good; you can dine to-day at my
table"
Berthe accepted this invitation with
great delight, and famous good dinner
he mad.
He stayed there some time, but at last
he felt such longing to retur n home
that he could think of nothing else. So
after day or two he ventured to ask the
fairy for permission to leave the palace.
She consented readily, and he found him
self rocking through the air. Presently
he felt shock and a bump. and found
himself lying on the floor, with his head
in wash hand basin, near his bed at
home.
He dressed hastily and ran down stairs,
where he saw his mother by the window
watering the roses.
"Oh mother dear, am so glad to be
home again!" he cried, hugglng her.
His mother seemed puzzled: "Back
again! why, where have you been? what
do you mean? Why are you so late
down?"
Berthe said he had been to fairyland,
and told her all about it.
Mrs. Marston laughed. "More likely
in dreamland,' she said. But / hope
the warning will do ysu good, and that
we shall never have to call you lazy BERTHE
again.'-Littte Folks.