Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10

out a wrinkle or q crinkle or q crease.
But it might rs well have been . bed of
thons for all the comfort Midget got out Of
il. Still, youth can't grieye forever, and
at last, after weary hours Of tossing and
turning and tears, the poor little prisoner
fell asleep, and was Just dreaming that she
and Mr.. 20 Peep were dancing on their
heads before the Queen, who was yoeifer-
Dusty ~applauding the performance, when
she awoke with q starr to find herself in
the morning glory. How she got there
she hadn't the remotest idea. Probably
the guard chloroformed her and carried her
there in her sleep. A big envelope, with
q red seal, lay beside her. She opened it
warily, rs though she were suspicious Of
nitro-giycerine o. giant powder, and
glanced hurriedly over what proved to be
her sovereign's commands. But the fairy
queen, like 4 great many other high nigh
illnesses, wrote IN abominably bad hand,
and Midget took in little more o fthe contents
OF the royal missiye than the passage which
cnjoined her TO remain in the morning
glory till 1 p. m, and not for 4 single
second to venture out before hat hour on
pain Of the Queens displeasure-
Well, there WAS nothing 80 very dread
fnl about that. In fact, Midget rather
liked il. She had been through 80 much
excitement, and seen 80 many people IN
the last few hours that she was thankful
for a little quiet Moreover, she WAS fond
OF good company, 50 she couldn't object 10
her own society. Then il was a new Sch
Sation To have a Whole house To herself; and
such 4 house! Even though it was a prison,
it was simply superb perfect symphony
in purple and gold. The walls were tran
sparent, and 80 exquisitely tinted that Mr..
Laiarge would die OF despair if he bad q con-
tract TO copy them in his famous stained
glass.
forawhile~ everything went swimmingly,
and Midget WAS enjoying her own company
amazingly. But before long her troubles
began. And they came in the shape of a
burglar. Just think oft! A burglar, and
she all alone In that great big morning
glory! The burglar was big and black,
with three great gold belts around his
waist, and he was very bold. He evidently
knew there was no policeman on that beat,
| for he clustered and hummed, and pro
! baby he thought sang. ., lie WIS very
| bold. and he made a bee-line for the pantry.
and ate up all the honey. Now, there was
nothing else in the house for dinner, and
Midget. who hadn't thought OF being
hungry before, felt as If she was starving
to death when she saw her dinner going
down the throat OF this great fat old rascal.
| And she began TO cry. But the burglar
didn't mind that in the least. He only
buzzed all the louder, and seemed 10 I'LL
the whole house with his size and his noise.
But he didn't do anything ~orse than
! piltcr the honey and scare poor little Mid
get almost 10 death. You see even a
burglar must draw the line somew here, and
when he had stuffed himself 80 full he
could hardly stir he went buLzinS out the
front door, down the street and out of sight.
By the time he had gone il WAS getting
late. Midget didn't know how late, till in
the midst OF her tears (shc was still crying,
for she was oh. 50 hungry il suddenly O.
| Cured to her that the walls were not 81
transparent, and the house itself actually
| not ~ biz - II WAS IN the morning. At
hrSt She thought IL Vas because her ey Is were
| blurred with tears. But no, the walls
were really closing in upon her, and she
would he buried alive. She glanced Al the
| town clock across the way, and when she
| saw the time she remembered that she Was
| under orders Ia move on Ia the Nearest
Evening Primrose. Such Wa the Queens
~command-it came back 10 her now, al
though at the time she hadn' realized that
she even read IL Midget Vas Ia remain a
voluntary prisoner, on pam OF death or
becoming a mortal-in the Morning
GIOries By dav, by night in the Evening
Primroses.
She didn't object 10 moving this time
indeed. she was glad enough 10 20 any
where, for there was almost nothing left of
the lovely dwelling now. Ii had shriyeled
and Shrunk ~ though stricken by lightning
AID Midget could scarcely breathe ~ shut
in WAS she, and not i mOuthtul Of air 10
eat.
30, of she started lor her nights lodging
No. ! Primrose villas. She found II very
neat and tidy. The house had only just
been opened, aut everything was in perfect
order, add later, when the Queen of the
Fairies Cant ont to meet the Queen OF the
Night, who had Just returned from 4 long
Journey. the little cottage shown like
FURNISHED gold in the bright moonlight,
and as she passed by she smiled when she
saw that Midget was safe in bed, and gave
her a long red mark ioI obedience.
Midget passed the night Iuictly. Nobody
moleSted her, though "A Lady Bug stole IN
a little after midnight and begged for a
nights lodging. She was in reduced cir
cumStanccS. poor lady, with a large family
of children in a nciGhboring town, whittier
she was Fastening Ia join them, and ten.
dcr-hcartcd little Midget shared her own
bed with her. Early next morning Mid
get was awakened by TIE same sense oi
Snffocatiun she had felt the day before.
Half dazed she gazcd about her, hut she
soon took it all in. Primrose Villa was
going the way OF all flesh, that is 10 say ol
AL flowers, and Midget must move back
again TO Morning Glory Heights.
Well, she kept this sort of thing up for
a month, Morning Glory Heights by day,
Primrose Villas by night, aud she found il
very tiresome, Mortals who move but
once I year make the air blue with their
anathemas of the first Of May. What
would they do if they had to go through
the milf thirty times in - many days.
Every twelve hours, to he sure, Midget
had a nice new house, beautiful with a
beauty beyond the art of the expensive
modern architect and lrstheSic decorator,
spick and span and shining, but she got
tired Of it all-tired, p~aradoxical as it may
seem, Of the very monOtOny Of change.
But the end Wa not long coming. II
was the last day of the month, and the
time was noon. Midget sat in one Of the
bay windows on Morning Glory Heights,
and she was crying. Indeed, crying had
come to BE- her principal occupation. This
day, especially, she had been bothered by
all sorts of things, but chiefly 10y the land,
lord who came with a long bill to collect
his rents. He was "a magnificent fellow,
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