St. Paul daily globe., 1888-03-18

said TOmmie, you're all right, but I'm
nearly Killed, and how am going to get
my cat back?"
''See here" replied Grin, taking a
small egg-shaped piece of mental from
one OF his pockets, "this is talisman.
1t is golden egg, and when hold it in
my right hand whatever wish | express
is Immediately fulfilled"
He wished TOmmie's cat back, and in
an instant puss, with a writhing mouse
in her mouth, stood before the aston
lshed Tom, who jumped into his saddle
anu was as happy as ever.
Grin, on his leaping frog, now led the
way without further miShap. When
they reached the suburbs of Fairyland
Grin pretended to pick up an apple and
handed 1T to TOmmie.
Here, TOmmie, take this and enjoy
it," he said.
Tommie took the nice, glowing red
apple and lifted it towards his mouth.
All OF sudden, though, he became con-
SclOuS that some remarkable change had
taken place in the fruit. He looked at
it and was almost knocked out of his
saddle with surprise. 1t was not an
apple. 1t was simply an eye out of
Grin's bullfrOg's head. Tommie let go
of it very quickly. But you should have
heard Grin roar. He was tickled to
death by Tommie's confusion.
'It's only joke" he said between
roars, and holding the golden egg in his
right hand he made wish, ,and the bull
frogs big dOor-knob-looking eye jumped
right back into its socket again.
Tommie tried to laugh, but he
couldn't. 1t wasn't his time to laugh:
A short distance further on Grin and
FIonlInin a IitfIa fairxr for Iriv
ing a drove of tiny fairy hOgs-the
weeniest little porcines that anybody
ever saw.
'What have you got there?" Grin
asked, going up to the farmer.
''ShOatS," was the laconic answer as
the farmer looked around to investigate
his questioner.
Il guess not, 'said Grin; 'lOok again."
The farmer looked and to his amaze
ment the hogs were gone. He scanned
the ground closely and saw only a
swarm of red ants. He bepan to cry
and bemoan his loss, saying that the
fairy queen must have marked him for
her disfavor and so on.
! ''What are you crying for?" asked
Grin, pretending aStOniShment at the
farmers tears. "If it's for your hogs
you're shifting about they're not lost at
dill. JOOk du llleIu.
The farmer looked and laughed.
There were his shoats again and he
trudged happily ON chuckling to him
self that Grin was very funny little
man. Tommie and Grin also laughed.
That evening they reined up their
steeds in front of grand floral palace
with columns of emerald green
wreathed with roses and hyacinths, and
domed with all the floral beauties i'm
aginable. Grin told the noble fay who
lived in the palace that he was his
Iong-lOst brother. and the noble fay
took them in and fed them sumptuously
and gave them the downieSt and most
fragrant of beds to sleep in.
81 dess you're the biddest liar eber
met" said TOmmie as he rolled over to
SnOOSe.
Grin ha-haed and said nothing. He
was up first in the morning and had bad
news for TOmmie, when the latter was
awakened by the ringing out of the
blue-Dells.
"You've got to kill fairy before
breakfast" said Grin.
''Me?" inquired Tommie in astonish-
ment.
Eyes, you," said Grin. 81 told our
host last night that you were the great
est HSuIcE Ol yOuI SlLG diuOliS uOIIdlS,
and he sent for the champion of the dig
gings, who is even now waiting out in
the courtyard to stick long sword
through YOU"
Tommie protested that he was no
fighter at all, and that he wouldn't
know what to do with shord, but Grin
simply grinned, and. pulling suit of
beetle armor from under the bed, told
TOmmie to climb into it. The boy hero
pouted, but put on the armor, and tell
you he was perfect picture of knight
hood in his helmet and coat Of mail.
When he was dressed Grin pushed him
out into the courtyard, where 10000
shouting fairies greeted his appearance.
The champion he was to fight was also
there to meet him. He was a trim