Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-11

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| hair was 4 fairy laughing at Tinkey's dismay.
| And when at last itshad all swept itself wish'
one grand rush out at the opens wiadOsV,s
Tinkey's head Was as bald as china door
knob. ~ ~ -
| He gave one despairing sglance at the mir
ror caught up his old coat, craumcd his polo
! cap tightly over his bald pate, and rushed out
of the house. Nobody noticed him as he ran,,
| into the deepest shadow he could fad under
| the tall trees where he threw himself down
| and cried like baby. !
| $ s.No wonder father. says: think first,
speak afterward''' sobeed Tinkey. "A pref
| ty looking object have made of myself, and
cannot Imagine what mother will say about
my shoes and pants And they must be
having such a nice time now, playing all sorts
| of games. I've half mind to wish it would
| pour rain. No, won't! ] am not quite such
! I least as that, anyhow! On dear, how hol
| it is! I wish-no! no? I don't wish any
| thing Dear me! was just going TO wish I.
| was in a snow-bank! Now, l won't make
another foolish wish; not one! And as
can't 60 to the party such guy, I'll just
think as hard as ever can, OF real sensible
| things. Taz"ts - -5t =>tss-Es
.'Oh, what shall I wish for firsts' lie
thought, sitting down upon fallen trea-
trunk Il wonder if it isn't best to wish for
| million dollars, and then can buy everything
want. l don't believe would get il. I wish
| for dolar!-' he cried aloud, and felt in the
palm OF his hand pressure of something
| round There it lay, a bright silver dollar,
shining as il 1T had just left the mint.
81 do believe l can have them!' thought
Tinkey, who had been rather scared at the
| magnitude of his proposed wish, but l must
hurry up; the sun is certainly going down.
He stood up and waved his arm aloft.
II wish for million dol rs!'' he cried.
In second the great silver dollars rained
down upon Kim, as ii every leaf in the trees
above his head had been turned into coin.
They flew into his face, striking him with
their sharp, metallic edges, bruising, his
lie fbn,- la6
around hia', each one hitting blow as it fell.
His feet We're prisoned fast, his legs. his
knees; he was beng banked up in silver
hail-storm. s'2 ~.
ooh, l shall be smothered, buried alve!"
cried poor, frightened Tinkey, trying vainly
to run away, AMI thrashing out his arms in
every direction, as he tried to best b ,ck the
singing, brusing pieces of coin, that were
threatening to cover him entirely.
"Ob, what shall do! Stop! wish you to
stop! shall be kiffed!' Ii
+ Then he heard a knocking little laugh, and
on one silver dollar that balanced itself in the
air. just before his eyes, he saw the fairy her
self, laughing at his dismay.
'Stop!' she cried, moving her crutch, and
the dollars settled down upon the trees the
bushes, the grass; on Tinkey's shoulders, on
his cap, and on tile pile in which he already
stood wnist-deep. $ Il
$50 YOU don't want million dollarss" she
said. 81 can't fihd out what you DO want! |
give you everything you wish for and still you
are not sui sfed!" Sin So i
She sat down on the dollar that 70 cked
gently in the air.
There is nothing like million doll ,rs
here yet," she said. "but you can have what
is wanting to complete that sum in one min
ute" 4f=
mo. no!' cried Tinkev, seeing the crutch
lifted. ''What is the use of million do lars
ii you are buried alive IN them! ] wish you
would go away, and let me alone - he burst
out, in an angry sob. The fairy leaned for
ward and gave him one smart blow with her
crutch, right on the tip of the nose. 1t was
such dreadful blow-fOr she was very angry
that Turkey, for a moment, lost all con-
seriousness
When he recovered his senses he was lying
under the apple-tree, but the sun WAS hidden
behind thick clouds, the wind WAS blowing a
gale, scattering the half-ripe apples upon the
ground, and threatening rain so decide lily that
even lazy Tinkey was reused to running quick
ly until he was safely indoors again.-S. A.
Shields, Ia st. Nicholas.