The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-30
THE CHILD'S STORY.

he set out upon journey. 1t was a
magic journey, and was to seem very
long when he began it, and very
short when he got half way through.
He Travelled along a very dark path
for some little time without meeting
anything, until at last he came to a
beautiful child. "What do you do
here?," and the child said: "Iam al
ways at play. Come and play with
mep
So, he played with that child the
whole day long, they were very mer-
ry. Thesky was SO blue, the sun was
SO bright, the water was so sparkling,
the leaves were so green, the flowers
were so lovely, and they heard such
singing birds and saw so many but
terfies that everything was
beautiful. This was fine wealth
er. When it rained, they
loved to watch the falling
drops and to smell the fresh scents.
When it blew, it was delightful to
listen to the wind and fancy what it
said, as it came rushing from it's
home-where was that they WON
dered!-whistling and bowling, driv-
ing the clouds before it bending the
trees, rumbling in the chimneys,
shaking the house, and making the
sea roar in fury. But, when it showed,
that was the best of all; for they
liked nothing so well as to look up
at the white flakes falling fast and
thick, like down from the breasts of
millions of white birds, and to see
how smooth and deep the drift was,
and to listen to the hush upon the
paths and roads.
They had plenty of the finest toys
in the world and the most astonish-
ing picture books; all about scimi-
tars and slippers and turbans, and
dwarfs and giants and genii and fair
les, and bluebeards and bean stalks,
and riches and caves and forests and
Valentines and Orsons, and all new
and all true.
But one day, of a sudden, the
traveller lost the child. He called to
him over and over again, but got no
answer. So he went upon his road,
and went on for little while with
out meeting anything, until at last
he came to a handsome boy. So he
said to the boy: "What do you do
here?" And the boy said: II am
always learning. Come and learn
with me-"
So he learned with that boy about
Jupiter and Juno, and the Greeks
and the Romans, and l don't know
what, and learned more than l could
tell-or he either, for he soon forgot
a deal of it. But they were not
always learning; They had the mer-
REST games that ever were played.
They rowed upon the river in sum-
mer and skated on the ice in winter:
they were active afoot and active on
horseback; at cricket and all games
of ball; prisoners base, hare and
hounds, follow my leader, and more
sports than can think of; nobody
could beat them. They had holidays,
too, and Twelfth cakes, and parties
where they danced till midnight, and
real theaters, where they saw palaces
of real gold and silver rise out of the
real earth, and saw all the wonders
OF the world at once. AS to friends,
they had such dear friends and so
many of them that I want the time
to reckon them up. They were all
young like the handsome boy, and
were never to be strange to one an
other all their lives.
Still, one day in the midst of all
these pleasures, the traveller lost the
boys as he lost the child, and after
calling for them in vain went on his
journey. So he went on for a little
while without seeing anything, until
at last he came to young man. So
he said to the young man, "What
do you do here ?"
And the young man said, '1 am
always in love. Come and love with
me-"
So he went away with that young
man, and presently they cameto one
of the prettiest girls that was ever
seen-just like Fanny in the corner
there-and she had eyes like Fanny,
and hair like Fanny, and dimples
like Fanny's, and she laughed and
colored just as Fanny does while I
am talking about her So the young
man fell in love just as Somebody I
won't mention, the first Uime he came
here, did with Fanny. WE'LL he was
teased sometimes-just as Somebody
used to be by Fanny, and they quar-
relied sometimes, just as Somebody
and Fanny used to quarrel,
and they made it up; and sat in the
dark, and wrote letters every day
and never were happy asunder, and
were always looking out for one
another and pretended not to, and
were engaged at Christmas time, and
sat close to one another by the fire,
and were going to be married very
soon-all exactly like Somebody I
won't mention and Fanny.
But the traveller lost them one day
as he had lost the rest of his friends,
and after calling to them to come
back which they never did, went on
upon his journey. So he went on for
a little while without seeing anything,
until at last he came to middle
aged gentleman. So he said to the
gentleman, "What are you doing
here?" And his answer was, 81 am
always busy. Come and be busy
with mel"
So he began to be very busy with
that gentleman, and they went on
through the wood together. The
whole journey was through q wood,
only it had been open and green at
first, like q wood in spring, and
now began to be thick and dark, like
wood in summer; some of the
little trees that had come out
earliest were even turning brown.