Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29
Aunt KIcty's story.
BY JEFFIE FoRBUsH HANAFoRD.

ooh mamma, I do wish Aunt Kitty
would hurry up; it takes her so long
to brush her hair. She went up stairs
most an hour ago. She promised TO
tell me fairy story, and am 50 tired
waiting"
4 am afraid my little daughter isn't
very patient" said mamma. Here
comes Aunt Kitty now, and I am sure
she has not been away ten minutes"
A merry smile dimpled FlOssie's lit
tie mouth, chasing away the shadows,
and filling the eager blue eyes with
sunshine. cob! Aunt Kitty, dear
Aunt Kitty, I am so glad you have
come"
Little FlOssie Lambert had been
quite i'll for the past few weeks, but
was now out of danger, and would
soon be quite well again. It was very
hard for FlOssie to stay in the house.
She 1onged to be out of doors and try
the new sled Santa Claus had given
her, but, next to playing SNOWFALL with
brother Ned, she enjoyed Aunt Kitty's
bOundIess supply of fairy stories.
Mama gave FICssie q kiss and
smOOthed back her tum bled curls, then
left the room to attend to getting the
dinner ready, while Aunt Kitty seated
herself in low rocking and took
little seVen-year- old FlOssie on her lap.
"NOw, Auntie, begin right away, this
minute, " said Flossie, with a happy lit
tie sigh of content as she nestled down
in Aunt Kitty's arms. Aunt Kitty
smiled at the little girls eagerness, and
began her story, which she called
SILVER SPEAR, THE DISCONTINUED
FAIRY.
Silver Spear was the widest little
fellow in all fairy-land. He was such
little mite, not more than four inches
tall and so brimfuI of his pranks and
fun that he couldn't behave himself
He was very willful little fairy and
! bound to have his own way in every
| thing, and for this reason he was all.
most always in trouble.
He lived 9Th his father and mother
! and seven sisters in the most beautiful
! palace imaginable. It would dazzle
the eyes of anyone but a fairy to take
! even as much as q glimpse into Silver
| Spears home. The walls were COW
! cred with thousands Of little golden
| lamps, hung with long diamond pend
! ants that swayed back and forth with
| a soft, tinkling sound like sweetest
music, and sparkled and glittered and
| reflected such wonderful lights and
] cOlOrs.
There were 10 windows, so the sun
! beams never entered Silver Spears
| home, and as &c was never quite salts
| fed with anything he grew more dis
! satisfied every day, and his wilifuI lit
| tie heart was filed with a great long
/ ing to go out into the world and play
In the sunshine, and see what there
was to be seen.
He had never been allowed out in
| the daytime, for the fairies always
visit the earth IN the evening, make
merry in the bright mOOn-beams, and
/ safely reach theiB home before day
| break.
One night, however, they had re-
manned longer than they thought, and
the first rays of the mornings sun
tipped their trembling little wings
with it's golden light just as they were
disappearing into a beautiful white
flower that grew in a long row of bios
SONS and carefully concealed the en-
trance to their palace home. They
were all dreadfully frightened, all ex-
cepting little Silver Spear who was
much excited and lOnged to get out in
the world and see more of the pretty
sunshine.
When they attended the next dance
in the moonlight little Silver Spear had
fully determined what he should do,
and, terrible to relate, he did it. He
hid himself securely in the center of a
pretty swinging bIue-be1, and when
the party broke up Silver Spear was
nowhere to be found.
They searched through the soft, fine
grass and among the little blue and
white star flowers that grew in it, never
once thinking to look into the depths
of the swinging blue-bell, so, of course,
they searched in vain, for they could
not find him.
The moon had entirely disappeared
and they dared not remain longer, so
they started slowly home. followed by
; Silver Spear seven weeping sisters, for,
! even though he tormented and teased
them. he was their only brother and
they loved him.
Silver Spear lay quite still for long
) time after he found himself alone. The
swaYIng motion of the blue-beII was
: very soothing, and he felt dreadfully
; tired. He had almost made up his
mind to take a little nap, when he heard
q terrible rumbling noise directly over
his head. It grew louder and louder.
, and poor little Silver Spear fairly shook
: with fright and terror
Il Oh, how he wished he had minded
his parents, and how he Ionged to be
in his own bright, beautiful homel
II Presently a big drop Of rain fell
: right into the blue-bell, and Silver
7 Spear was vet to the skin. One BIG
= drop followed another until Silver
4 Spear was nearly drowned. Then a
, whole bucketfui cana down st once,
: and this was too much Tor the pretty
blue-be1. She vas bent double and