The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

lonesome enough Lean te1l Won

lonesome enough can tell you.
i had slice OF cake with me, and that
ate for supper; and had brought a lit
tie bamboo lounge, that vas quite my
own, and had silk cushion upon it, and
on that slept At last: and when day
broke was quite cheerful. ! wrote
letter TO RawdOn, telling him what |
had done, and then made up my mind
70 get nd of the lump OF mud on the
hearth. Dilsey had never moved It; but
II II was an idol, / wanted none of il, and
II was unsightly, and shapeless enough
10 make one hate il; and the thing was
as hard as 4 rock and es heavy as iron,
and the only way | could manage was
TO chip of bits with hatchet and carry
thGm away.
/ had removed TWO or thres baskets
full from the sidos before l touched the
hesd-soUehOw the queer. crooked face
seemed 70 frighton me-but at last 1
shut my eyes and whacksd away at
what / could fancy was intended for
big car; and 70 my surprise, away it
few, as though it had merely been set
on the shoulder. And SO II was; and
the inside OF the idol seemed 10 be hoI-
low, and peeping In, saw great iron
pot, and in the pot what looked like
money. plunged my hand in; It VAS
money-gold, silver, bank notes,
pennies- You can fancy that 1t vas q
large sum whom l tell you that the pot
was quite full; and below the money
which understood, was a quantity of
gold and silver coin that l fapcied must
be very, very old, and some splendid
lewels-diamonds snd rubies, Sot curl
oUsly, and wrapped in soft paper. l be-
gan 70 think that l was dreaming, il
seemed too much ike an old fairy tale
70 DO true. ! Cr@mmed all the treasure
back into the pot, and went out into the
fresh air carrying with me note had
found amongst the silver. This Is what
il said 20 me:
with your Iidy ways yoaIl be sure 20 clear
away The ugly nSUre on The hssrtn- Even
went a. II, but found hat you'u rLd. L1at Il
vas only q hiding D.acs TOR treasure TIE
Jewels and gold ~e7s al there. and ] put my
savings on tSC o! them The Jewels are very
cSsl.s ia-y would make any one rich By them
sr-T=s lE= .-seg Old MAJ ElO built the hut
must have bit them, and I bought whatever
Sas On o. n the island You can ses that II
TIE reCorLS ! used 10 laugh 10 think how
much richer vas than anybody about. and l
made Up IEy mind 10 leave u 10 you while you
-C-r uurs-uE ne. Tie old witch hadn't Uauy
friends. could Le,! you my life Il l bad time
lat story could have looked better and
lE-Ltrs LlG Nefter LGF4lrTrZrHs IN had
~LSsel- - you c1a see T. this WULlug. But I
cca-1 not rea- uly own TUIurs- car So s-uns
81 yours y sL j. come 10 Dc glad 10 have this
Eut Tor = r-i.re. but ycu are lucky in love.
Say the Treasure DO yOu moro good man Il ms
sEef ccle ans one else. Good bless you.
-DusEY."
told no ono Of what I had found. and
folks were very kind Many : boat
came over full Of comforts !or the poor
little girl they thought me. Many I
home was offered 10 me; but, though
got 70 know and love my neighbOr5,
s-aid whore ] was
II / nas lucky IN love, should soon
know IL, Tor KawdOn was coming back,
and when his ship came in ne only
stopped 70 kiss his mother before he
crossed 70 the island.
HCS handsome he look cd. and how
happy! lie took NE in lis arms.
''kathrine my dear" he said. ''I'ua far
from being captain and owner yet but
III DO Iny best by you. You must marry
me before SAL again"
And tnen knew Enat he loved me for
myself
Take ne. 80 you want me. said,
giving nlm my hand.
And 50 one morning we AZ went to
church together - Rawdon and his
mother ana I-snd there was / married
70 my sai-Or.
In the evening we went bacl, to our
island, and when We stood at the door
Of the hut the queer old Idol seemed 70
wink a. me.
DO you remember the fairy tale we
read Of a monster that frightened every
one, but when his head vas cut of ne
changed into handsome young prince?"
said l.
VERY we'll" said Rawdon. You
read 1t 20 me- on this island. when We
were little children"
Exactly" said l. Now vou rnsv
not believe me, but cut of that mon
ster's head and he viii be as ugly as ever,
but you and viii change into . sort OF
prince and princess. Take something
and give him good whack. 4"
II don't understand what you moan,
but III do II, ssid Rawdon
Then he picked up poker and struck
the big ear Just where had hit il with
the hatchet. on few the head. and
there lay the treasure, and We danced
about the hut, laughing together ike
couple Of children.
I'VE can buy back grandfather's
place. said |. And you shall not sail
the sea and risk your life; and your
mothers toll is over; and 1 think well
be the happiest couple alive You
thought you were marrying girl with
out penny, and you see I'm the
Princess Of Witch's Island, after all" =
Mary Kyle Dallas, in n. Y. Ledger