The morning call., 1890-04-27
FIX'S GOOD FORTUNE.
A Fairy Tale Written for The
Call's Young Readers.

Oh, do tell US story, Uncle Ben," almost
beloved my five young neces and nephews as l
set foot across the threshold of my sisters neat
home the other day, after an entire weeks abb
sence "a story" said Ii "well, sit down and Phi
see what can do, and as happen 10 think OF IL
Pl tell you the story OF the good fortune that De-
fell worthy girl.
There was once in the fairy days three sisters
named FIX, Six and Mix. Ii they all possessed
the good qualities of Fix they could very prop
erly have been called The Three Gfaces.'
Fix, the eldest, was a beautiful brunette, SO
lovely that it is said that any man in The king
dom would willingly have laid down his life for
her She was beautiful ia thought and action as
well as In appearance, ana when not attending to
home duties was helping the needy or soothing
the afflicted. Fix believed in, A place for eyery1
thing and everything In its place and consequent
~ whenever she needed an article she always
knew where 10 ind II. So much for Fix, who
was her mothers greatest help and pleasure,
and who was greatly loved by every one. Next
cdLle 9iA year younger IMAM hef sister, pretty
girl with nut-orOwn halr and lovely dark COM
pleXion. This younger sister very good and
would have proved rival TO Fix, did not her in
tense desire 10 put things on the long finger often
cause her disappointment aud regret. That
Which could be done in a short while she daW.
died at or put off until sometimes it was too late
10 perform 1t at ALL Indeed her great love for tax
ing half day to get through tile easiest and most
trivial matters caused her to be named SIX.
which name suited her very well on account of
geheraIiy taxing SIX hours 70 whatever she went
about doing. Last came Mix, little golden
haired creature, who was fair and pretty. bur
very mischieyous. Never could this little lady
find what she wanted, and the way she had OF
upsetting things and mixing thenrtOgether was
simply awful MIX she was called from her love
of entangling and misplacing everything that
came in her way. And both Six and Mix contin-
ued In their faults when they grew older for
want of overcoming them when they were young
over the part of the world where the three
sisters resided ruled a king who was anxious to
secure good aud faithful wife for his son. This
Important duty he performed in a strange but
excellent way. He dressed himself up as a very
poor man, and this with very feeble walk TO
correspond completely deceived his subjects
when lie came among them. He went to every
house where there were young women aud In an
ordinary though the girls thought silly way he
handed each of Them a dozen threads Of eo.ored
silk telling them 10 keep them where they could
readily reach them If wanted. Among those TO
Fix and her two sisters The girls took the
pieces, pleased at their bright colorS, bat as
none were long enough to be OF any use they
gradually tired OF admlfing them, and forgetting
The admOnitiOn OF the old man, threw them
away Fix was the only one who kept hers.
She treasured the gilt aud il required but lit
tie room sue put il IN 4 safe corner, ard after a
While forgot all about it, Some time later the
decrepIt Old man again visited all the houses he
had called at before, aud asked for the silk.
The young girls laughed, declaring him TO be
crazy and in several instances drove him
iron and 'ns mouse; AZ length he met Mix.
the threads, the little girl who was
very klnd-hearted. went to get them for hin.
But though she found Them, they were so badly
tangled with many other threads that it was
found impossible 10 extricate them entire from
the others. Six, when approached by The un-
known King, said she would look for them but
this she postponed doing until the time was up,
and then OF course II was too late TO commence a
search. Fix The last of all the girls was asked
by the old man If she could give him back the
silk threads. With but little delay and no
searching whatever she was soon able to place
the dozen pieces OF cOlored silk in the mans
hand just as he had given them TO her.
The following day the King OF the place as
sembled together all his subjects, and informing
them of what had occurred, said he felt sure In
selecting Fix TO be his sons wife be had done a
good thing, as she undoubtedly was the most
suitable person he could obtain. Every one was
pleased at the Kings choice except the girls who
had treated their ruler dlsrespectfully and cru
ely. These he severely punished and banlshed
from his Kingdom. Fix was married with
great splendor and show, her husband being
oyerjoyed at MS fathers choice of a BRIDE UNI
der their happy ana successful reign people
were taught and in many instances forced 10 be
neat and tidy, ana having put things in their
proper places, not TO take up valuable time
hunting Tor what they wanted.
Order is heavens first law became the
motto OF the kingdom, and While the motto was
faithfully carried out on earth there was that
peace and happiness which blessed all who fol-
lowed it," BFN KNOv