The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-22

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THE FAIRY APPLE. of course you
haven't fairy godmother. No little
bows or girls have now. But there were
once two sisters named Ella and Martha,
who had fairy godmother, and she
came often to see them.
They would hear little whizzing and
whisking outside of the door, and there
they would find her chariot made out of
a cocoanut shell, and her footmab frog,
quite out of breath with having run all
the way after the chariot, and pounding
at the door. i'J 'i." ''~ 'i'''
The fairy gedmother herself was a
pretty, little, plump old woman, with
merry black eyes, only she was so small,
so very small. She always wore dress
made of white lily leaf. It Is tefy odd
that dress could be made otit of d lily
leaf; but then she had fairy dfessmaker,
of course. Over this dress she wore
monstrois cloak iiiade of a fiiouse-skih;
and boa made of stuffed caterpillar
And you need not be shocked at that, /
am sure for it Is certainly no worse to
wear caterpillar's skin than mink or
sable skin; and her bonnet was made
out of violet, by fairy milliner, of
courses; and over the whole she had q
long veil of the finest spiders silk.
When she came she always brought
her knitting. Her needles were golden,
and her yarn made of spiders silk; and
she knitted as fast as she talked, which
was fast enough, promise you. -
Now one day after she had been knit
ting and talking awhile, she took out of
hef pocket an apple d great, splendid.
rosy-cheeked fellow-and laid it on the
table.
., That is fairy apple, &c; children" IsLs said
round for as fast as you eat it, it will
grow again."
Both the girls looked anxiously at the
apple, and then doubtfully at each other;
for each was anxious to have it.
81 have brought it for that child"
said the godmother, "that can give me
the most for it. / will leave it here a
week, and you must each try and get as
much as you can to give me for it. Only
remember what you call much l may
think little; and what you may think
little may call much"
So saying she went away, and Ella and
Martha began at once to dispute whose it
would be.
CT. have a gold ring" said Martha,
" and a string of gold beads, and three
crowns i'm silver" ....
"And 1 have beautiful fur muff, and
a bracelet, and two crowns in silver"
answered Ella.
"And L" commenced Martha.
But just then came knock at the
door. Martha ran to open it, thinking
it was their Uncle George, who was rich,
and who, she felt sure, would give her
gold piece if she would ask him for it;
but, instead of that, it was only her
Aunt Kate, who was very poor, and who
had hardly enough money to live from
day to day.
ooh! it is you, is it, Aunt Kate ?"
said Martha, Grossly, and went back at
once to her seat by the fire, leaving her
aunt to get the snow off her shawl and
shut the door herself. ;q.s "a.
Seeing that, Ella jumped up, and shook
out her shawl for her, and drew up chair
for her aunt by the fire.
"Ugh! how cold it is !" shivered her
poor aunt, spreading out her thin fingers
before the fire. h'
"Your hands look like beet roots, they
are so red, Aunt Kate" said Martha,
pertly.
"They are very cold, child" answered
her aunt. II have long way to walk
through the snow, you know; and have
lost my muff after carrying it for so many
years. keep my hands under my shawl,
but they are cold tor all that"
When Ella heard that she began to
consider with herself; and, after awhile,
she stole around TO her mothers chair,
and said in Whisper" Mamma, may /
give my muff to Aunt Kate. She is so
old, and so cold, and has so far to walk
through the snow, and you know she is
poor, she can never buy another one."
But what will you do yourself?"
asked her mother. "You know you can
not have another muff this winter"
"Yes. But 1 have such good warm
and such good thick cloak,
and no very long walks to take"
= very WcIl, Sdlu bIlc ulOJucI.
So away ran Ella and brought the
muff, with which Aunt Kate was much
delighted.
Martha was pleased also, for she said
to herself, celia will not have so much
to give for the fairy apple"
Justth in came her Uncle George,
and, running to Him, Martha begged
gold piece of him, which he gave her;
but, when Ella came runningr too, "I
am very sorry" said Uncle George, "but
haven't another. Wait till nexs month,
when / come again, and then you shall
have one" - 90 "'''i" ''
"!That will do you no,good, though
whispered Martha, mfor. godmothery is
coming in week. And you have given
your mufr away besides."dH .sT ~
A day or two after that, the children's
father came home with q sad story of
poor poor, ffaFnaily fFa lfres1iBs and starving Je
Ella brought out her two 'crowns,,in
silver at once, and gaxSto her father for
the poor family.,is 'Atsl ,srs,t.-T q.
l"Now You have nothing" said Martha.
+ ."I Know answsred Ella, !" and am
But bow sQad. Gdss.poas.psspis, y
1t is not your business, 'said Martha.
F" For my part, r think q shilling Sfiite
enough to give. ] shall keep the rest for
the apple" .olac 1O1
So the week went on, andOthe fhify god,
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is minel Seel / have fling and gold
beads- and three crowns silver, and