Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
HOW MIDGET BECAME "A
Why She Became weary OF Moving Twice
from Morning Glory TO Evening Primrose
with Nothing to Eat but Honey.

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Why She Became Weary Of Moving Twice
from Morning Glory to Evening Primrose
with Nothing to Eat but Honey.
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Little Midget was = fairy and she had
lust been to a bail. She had had, . such
a good time! Perfectly rayishing, 10 use
her own words The ball room wa a
fairy-ring, carpeted with the richest green
velvet, streSn with diamonds. 1t was
very, very high and the yaulted blue roof
that arched above it glittered with stars
Living lights, nov green, now golden,
glared hither and thitheT, shedding a soft
and mellow radiance over the soene-nOt
the live torches of the ancient Romans
in the days OF the wicked Nero. U, No,
the fairies are never cruel, unless. indeed,
they be cruel 10 be kind" They had
oaly hired 4 troupe OF those diminutiye
and harmless tranps. the Glow-Worms TO
come up u of the marshes and make
light of themselves. Then thege "a
music by the band. The Crickets piped,
| the Horn Bugs blew their Horns, and even
, the Fiddler Crab was there with his fiddle.
Now and then, In the intervals OF the
dancing. the Tree Toad wsOed the ear
with his plaintive ditties, and though he
was a little bit hoarSe nobody seemed to
mind it.
o. it was delightful! And Midget was
almost mad with excitement. She danced
every dance Indeed she bore the bell as
the quainteStd dancer in all Fairy Land; and
it really WAS a pretty sight-thet winkling
OF her tiny feet, 50 small that mortal eye
never beheld them, not even with a micro
scope,
The Fairies danced until an holr before
dawn. and Midget went home, hardly
knowing whether she was on her head or
her feet, and Waiting all the way. And
she kept On Waiting after she went to bed,
dancing through all her dreams. When
she awOke, however, she was pretty thor
oughly aroused by 4 IN 10 appear
before the court as the Fairy Queen.
Poor Midget was d~umfonnded. She
stopped stock still in the midst Of a pirou-
ette-one foot, or rather the very tlp-toe
of it. on 4 gOsSamer, the other i'll the air
and remained actually frozen with terror.
What had she done: What had she done:
She was conscious Of 60 greater sin her
whole life long than that OF enjoying her
self. but who could blame her for that:
Sure the Queen couldn't Scold her Just
because she had had l good tlme-and II
was no fault of hers that she WAS born
| twinkling feet and a light heart.
! With fear and trembling she obeyed the
royal summons. The whole court was as
sembled to sit upon poor little Midget.
They all wore long faces, and the Queen,
who had always been 81 kind To her and
smiled 50 sweetly now looked grave and
sad and stern. After a deal OF red tape
and the reading of various long pIpers,
charges they called them, the purpOrt OF
which poor Midget didn't in the least
comprehend, she Was formally accused Of
f~riy0lity iD general aud llirting III plrticu-
lar. find most heinous crime OF all, of hav-
Ing Just missed seeing the sunrise. Now
If She had been guilty OF the latter san, our
story would have ended right here; for no
fairy can see the sun rise and live.
Midget really couldn't tell what time
she did get home, but she was sure she
hadn't seen the sun nor any sign OF him,
and made solemn affidavit 10 that fact.
She couldn't imagine what the words
'~'friyolity" and ''lIrting' meant. either in
general or in particular, and - she asked
the court TO explain. With horror plainly
depicted upon it, entire cOuntcnancr the
court loftily and irigiiiy set forth the iull
enormity Of the general charge, and par
t;cularlized that Miss Midget had been
guilty of g]igglimg and Cabling with one
Of the Glow Worms known 4, Bo Peep.
Midget was on the point oi protesting
that she never saw Such 4 person, hut
fortunately otherwise she would have
been At once indicted for perjury she rec
collected that one Of the Glow Worms had
lowered near hcrall the evening. She had
hardly noticed him, however, although he
did express, very politely and respectfully.
his deep admiration for her dancing
Midget had not exchanged 4 wori with
Mr.. 30 Peep i! that WIS his name; she
had only blushed at hi- compliment, and
gone on dancing faster and more iuri0usIy
than ever. This action, although innocent
and indeed unconscious on the part Of
Midget, the court evidently construed ~
silent and sUrrcpti;i0uS encouragement o!
her yagrant almirer.
Still, her story a, a whole made a very
favorable impression. Whens she sat down
after her simple statement, there WAS a
little stii, Il buzz of hIli-suppre>S"d adrai-
ration. a neat little speech from the prose
cutting attorney who hal apparently fall
en- a victim 10 the charms of the fair cul-
prit, and talked rs though hc were chief
counsel inI the defence instead u! prn'ecu-
tor for the crown, and then the Queen
charged the jury, aud the jury Withdrew.
While they were out, Midget went
through what the poets call the a.onies
ot the damned What would they do
with her: Would they kill her outright,
0r.doom her To slow torture? Would they
roast or brOil or iTy-hcr? While she was
trying 10 make up her mind which form Of
death would be- most "ndurablr, the jury.
which had beaten her in the business Of
making up its mind, re-cntcTed.
There was one awful moment when
Midgct'S heart stood still, and then the
verdict Guilty. but recommend 10
mercy Midget almost tainted; still she
heard, ~ though il were afIr oil and faint,
the sound of the Queens voice p~TOnOuncing
her sentence. 1t WAS u long ~rigmarOle,
full OF such phrases as Irritation i'll the
first degree" extreme youth royal
clemcncy, " '~'terrOrs OF law sword of
Justice, - etc, etc. but the gist of it all
was that Midget was Young and didn't
know any better; and, in view Of her
years, her previous good character and the
feelings of her family, they would let her
OF light.
In short, she was sentenced 10 a sort Of
semi-exile and periratetic imprisonment
She WAS TO remain over night under the
royal roof surrounded by the guard, and
then to be banishvd 10 the nearest morn
ing glory, which happened to he in n
ofthe suburbsOf the capital of Fairy Land.
She passed a wrctched night. Her bed
was a grass blade, and the sheets were the
lovely soft pink leaves OF a rosebud, with