The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-24

eyeA how shs must have loved sAs pFincer'
 "I became 90 much interested in tho affair.s explained the moon, "that over seayed my sims h China hy Aali an houu and that is why ! am tasdy to-nieht.s l Can we 70 tn China aome time asked the Dady eyes. "Ws want so see the crocodile bite princess in two F
 At tAis dreadful suggestion tAe ether star eyes sAsadeeed and the moon Eowned severely.
 How can you want to see such a dreadful sightF asked the moon, re- proacAfally. ~No, you cannot 90 to China-a. least not while your arc Baby eyes. For what would the sky do with. out you all the dark night and how dreAFy the earth would be without your kindly smiles and cheering Saysfs
 The Dady eyes concluded that the moon was right, although they were un- willing to concede that 1t would not be an interesting experience to sec . croco- dile bite beautiful princess In two.
 Nov, little star eyes," said the moon, eff you all will be very quiet l will call to the elves to come out and dance upon the meadow"
 "oh, what arc elves p eagerly inquired the Dady eyes.
 "They are the tiniest li,tle creatures In the wcgld," said the moon "they are little men and women who live in the flowers and under the bark ef the trees.n
 "Pray do call out the elves" shouted the star eyeA
 The moon accordingly pitched her voice in tuneful key and sang this invo- cation:
 AN KLFiN SUMMONS. From the fow'rs and from the tresA Gene, O, tiny midnight elves, l And, to music of the breeze, MerrilS dispoEt yourselves. l Harnessing the glowworm wing. Drive the glow worm for your steed,
 Or with erieksts dance and sing | On the velvet, perfumed mead. | Forth from pretty tlue-beils creep | To coQuette with starlight gleam-- i Soc, the iambkins are asleep And the daisies sleeping dream. l Hasten 10 engage yourselves In your frolics, midnight elves
 See, toad with jeweled eyes Comes and croaks his homely song l To the spider AS she plies Her 'deft spinning all night long;
 See the bat with rustling wings Darting nervously above I Hear the cricket as she sings To her little violet love. | All the gobiins are asleep Ind no flmflam hovers near,
 So from out the posies creep
 With your eihn ladies dear;
 Merrily disport yourselves,
 Frisky little midnight elves
 Hardly had the moon finished this curious song when the meadow was peo- pied with myriads of the tiniest little ladies and gentlemen the star eyes ever had seen. Each of these people vas no larger than the smallest cambric needle, yet all were so symmetricaly propor- toned that they were to all intenss hs- man beings.
 If you were not star eyes you would not see them at all :" explained the moon.
 Most of the elves came from the bios- sons of flowers, some crept from out the tufts of grass, while others emerged from the loose bark of the trees, and others still leaped down from the chinks and crevices of the stone wall that surrounded the meadow. They gamboled gleeiully over the wet and aiming grass, and played every variety of prank known to merry little people. The attentive star eyes could see that these curious people were exceedingly pretty to look upon, that their raiment was of the most ele. gant material, and that they were the very personihcation of nimbleness and grace. Their king appeared to be one whom they called Piccolo. He was beautiful little creature, with the merriest and tiniest blue eyes, the silkiest golden hair, and the most musical voice imaginable. He wore a robe woven by silver spiders this robe was lined with down from the skin of a maiden peach. and it was fast ened with buttons of pearl no larger than gnats' eyes. Piccolo's hat was a violet leaf, and his shoes were manufactui cd of the pelt of baby dormouse. He was a very dainty little object.
 "Let us awaken the lambkins," cried Piccolo, as he nimbly climbed a daisy stalk and dexterously swung himself upon the back of the little lamb that was named Kinky.
 His blithesome little subjects followed his example.
 "Ba-a-a," moaned Kinky, in his sleep, for he dreamed he was beset by ugly gnomes, who were shearing his fleece.
 Wake up, little Kinky p shouted Rc- colo, in klnky's ear.
 Kinky ieaped to his feet, vastly be- wildered.
 "Ba-a-ap cried Kinky. "What is all this hubbubr'
 "It is l, Piccolo," said Piccolo, in as- suring tones. "We have come to play with you by moonlight"
 "Yes, wake up, Kinky," chimed in the daisy, and les me see how fast you can run with all those little elves on your back"
 Kinky took very kindly to the idea. So he got his companions together, and pro- posed that they have race to the brock at the lower end of the meadow asd back again. Each lambkin was to carry three hundred elves on his back, and the lamb that ran 6rst to tas SSoo. and fTss hSS>s again was to have a prize of three white clover blossoms.