The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-07-27


mot according % NY way u .hls,.
Ing" replied the kite. '.but. a. MA
before, they were very pretty"
"And their namcslv asked ~
Japanese lady.
''Madge, Ralph and Carl" said the
kite.
''Oh. thank YOU" said the Japans..
lady. Pray 60 on"
And the kite went on. "Ralph to,a
his sister and his brother that he could
not buy finer kite because he hsd
spent all the rest Of his money for bon.
bons."
II know what they are" cried the
kitten that was pccping our OF shoe
Things for kittens 70 play with"
''Just So" gravely remarked the
kite. III they happen 20 drop in
kittens way. Then the children ~.
gan 70 think what they could do 10 add
| 70 my beauty
"'Add 70 your bcauty?" repeated
| the maid who was dressing The
Japanese lady's hair.
"Oh. / beg pardon" said the kite
II should have said 70 make me better
looking. At last they hit upon a plan.
which they proceeded TO carry OFT 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 pct
ures on both sides, and figure ten il
each corner. There were six Of then.
and Madge pinned them carcifly
TO me. l tell you, l lcoke5
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 l scared rapidly and
gracefully up, up, up. till reached the
clouds On sailed. in great glee.
with my tail streaming out far behind
me. Presently. the string by which
Ralph held me broke. and away went
! must have gone many miles when
dropped into an old applc-tree tha
stood in front Of a little cottage
dropped just where / could look int
the second story window. did lool
In. and saw a pale young man lying OF
bed. and brown old woman sitting
beside him. There were three bare
footed children in the room also oh
DEAR said the pale young man. a
; looked in. What dreadful winter
this has been
q But the spring Is here now. said
the brown old woman. and you are fas
getting we'll
Still / can't help wondering. sale
! the man. where | am to find the none.
! for shoes for the little ones. and seed
!; for my spring planting"
9 ".Don't worry. my SON. said the oil
, woman. 1T will all come right. an
nearly ninety years old. and neve
a vet But ut this moment the eldes
4 hoy spied me. Oh grandmama. b
I cried. there's big kite caught in tn
d apple-trce.' And, in few moment
Q more. he had me out Of that tree. an
. up in the second-story room. and hi
q grandmama was unpinning those gree
strips OF paper. ! suppose BY hi
). time you have all guesseC whssi ths
. were?"
, sTen dollar bills" shouted the ID
, little table. standing on one Of
y queer. crooked legs. and waving "A
other two wildly in the air
y s.Yes. ten-dcllar bills. said the kit
3 sand the children and the Young farm
e err got every thing they wanted. 81
Q not until he had tried his best 70 Tin
9 out where those bills came from, e
he Is an honest fellow"
70 s.Ton could have told him. said n
y Japanese lady.
at mo. Couldn't replied the kit
O. sand didn't want TO tell him, an
K how, for I'm sure they were not mu'
ct missed where they did come fro'
le Well. every thing prospered 1T apps
i'd tree Cottage from that March day a
Just two years after. the parlcr was
he furnished, and !. In golden fran
tn was hung on the wall. And now y
w all know why l am here. ~ Narga
Eufiu0s. IN yudgc's Young Folks.