St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-21

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ing" replied the kite, "but, as sad
before, they were very pretty"
Sand their names?" asked the
Japanese lady.
"Madge, Ralph and Carl" said the
kite.
"Oh, thank you," said the Japanese
lady. ''Pray go on"
And the kite went on. 'Ralph told
his sister and his brother that he could
not buy a finer kite because he had
spent all the rest of his money for bon.
bons."
Il know what they are," cried the
kitten that was peeping out of shoe.
'Things for kittens to play with
"Just so," gravely remarked the
kite, IF they happen to drop in a
kittens way. Then the children be-
gan to think what they could do to add
to my beauty"
"'Add to your beauty?" repeated
the maid who was dressing the
Japanese lady's hair.
''Oh, l beg pardon" said the kite.
81 should have said to make me better
looking. At last they hit upon plan,
which they proceeded to carry out at
once, by going into their fathers room
and taking some strips of green paper
from his desk. These strips were all
OF the same size, being seven inches
long, and three inches wide And
they were all alike, with pretty pict-
ures on both sides, and figure ten in
each corner. There were six of them,
and Madge pinned them carefully
to me. tell you, I looked
fine when they were all pinned on.
Then the children went down into the
street to fly me. There was a brisk
wind blowing, and I scared rapidly and
gracefully up, up, up, till I reached the
clouds. On I sailed, in great glee,
with my tail streaming out far behind
me. Presently, the string by which
Ralph held me broke, and away went.
L must have gone many miles when I
dropped into an old apple-tree that
stood in front of little cottage.
dropped just where I could look into
the second story window. / did look
in, and saw pale young man lying on
bed, and brown old woman sitting
beside him. There were three bare
footed children in the room also. oh,
dearn said the pale young man, as l
looked in. What a dreadful winter
this has BEEN
" But the spring is here now,' said
the brown old woman, and you are fast
getting well.
6 Still can't help wondering,' said
the man, where I am to find the money
for shoes for the little ones, and seeds
for my spring planting"
I" Don't worry, Ey son. said the old
woman 1T will all come right. I am
nearly ninety years old, and I never
yet But at this moment the eldest
boy spied me. oh! grandmama, he
cried, there's big kite caught in the
And, in a few moments
more, he had me out of that tree, and
up in the second-story room, AID his
grandmama was unpinning those green
strips of paper. I suppose by this
time you have all guessed what they
were?"
''Ten dollar bills" shouted the odd
little table, standing ON one of its
queer, crooked legs, and waving the
other two wildly in the air.
Eyes, ten-dollar bills" said the kite,
'and the children and the young farm
er got every thing they wanted But |
not until he had tried his best to find
out where those bills came from, for
he is an honest fellow"
"You could have told him." said the |
Japanese lady
'.No, 1 couldn't" replied the kite,
'and didn't want to tell him, any,
low, for I'm sure they were not much
missed where they did come from.
Veil, every thing prospered at Apple
rec Cottage from that March day, and
ust two years after, the parlor was re-
urnished, and |, in golden frame,
vas hung on the wall And now you
IL know why l am here. "-Margaret
sytsnge, IN Judges Young Folks.