Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-14

1T was to try the little silver sardines in
oil, so crisp and brown.
The ollve-tree is native of Asia Mi
nor, and is often mentioned IN the Bible.
Some OF the trees in the garden where
Glta now worked were so old that the
Romans saw them when they conquered
the world.
At noon the olive pickers paused TO
rest. Glta went away alone, and ate the
handful OF chestnuts given her by her
grandmother. When she returned to the
town at night, she would have another
bit of bread and raw onion. She seated
herself on the edge of the ravine, and
thought about Raphael as she munched
her nuts. Below, this path traversed the
ravine and climbed the opposite slope to
the wall of pretty villa, one of the
houses occupied for the winter by the
rich strangers. Gita looked at the villa.
with Its window shaded by lace curtains,
balconies, and terraces, where orange
trees were covered with little golden
balls of fruit.
eff were rich like that would have
soup every day, sometimes made of
pumpkin and sometimes with macaroni
IN It," she thought.
Then she turned over a stone with her
heavy shoe, and 1t rolled down the hill.
Gita uttered cry. The stone had COW
cred hole at the root of the olive-tree
| where she sat, far away from the other
workers. In the hole she saw green
frog. She dropped on her knees to look
at it more cloely. Yes, it was green
frog How did it come there? She
touched it with her fingers; the frog did
not move or croak. Then she took it out
carefully. the frog was one of those
paste5oard boxes which appear each year
in the shop windows of Paris, for Easter
presents, in company with fish, Holsters,
and shells.
Glta raised the lid. Inside were bank
bills and lizard. She knew lizards
very we'll; they were always whisking
over the stone walls, but then, those were
OF brown tint, while this one was white
until she lifted it, when it sparkled like
a dewdrop. The lizard was an ornament
made of diamonds. Gita held her breath
and closed her eyes. She believed her
self asleep. Soon she arose, took the box
in her hand, and crossing the ravine, she
began climbing the path to the villa
above.
As she reached the door a Fony-carri-
age drove up. A big servant with many
buttons on his coat told her to 60 away.
Gita paused, holding the box. The pale
lady in the carriage, who was wrapped
in furs, motioned her to approach. The
girl quickly ran forward and held out
| the frog.
~ found it in hole at the foot of the
olive tree she explained. ''It must be-
long to this house,
The lady took the box and opened it,
empty1ng the contents on her lap. There
ley the diamond lizard and the roll .ot
French bank notes.
"You see that Pierre was a dishonest
servant, although nothing was found on
him." said the lady to those about her.
He must have hidden this box in the
olive grove to return from Nice later and
| find it.''
Gita listened with her mouth and eyes
wide open. The lady looked at her and
smiled.
"You are good girl she said.
Then she selected one of the bills and
gave it to Gita. 1t was note of one
hundred francs.
CHOW I can marry Raphael" she
cried.
Raphael was standing beside grand
mothers chestnut-roasterw when both saw
Gita running towards them, her cheeks
red, and her eyes flashing like stars.
She had to tell ali about the frog, not
only to them, but to the fneighbors. AS
for grandmother, she could not hear the
story often enough. When she had been
a lemon girl no such luck had befallen
her.
"Who would have thought of finding
a wedding dowry in a frogs'' laughed
Raphael.
Gita and Raphael are soon to be mar
Rad in the yellow church On the hill.
The olive-pickers in the grove seek for
something besides the dark berries; they
hope to find green frog under stone,
containing moaey and diamond lizard !;
but this will never again happen. --Har-
per- s. Young People.