Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-12-27
MISS NEW FAIRY.

A minute later Miss New Fairy was
shown in. Miss Fairy was different
from anybody that Cinderella had ever
known, yet she was not different in a
describable way.
"Cinderella," said the visitor, in a
voice sweetly baritone, Cinderella,
you are sad. You need not tell me
why, for / know. You dropped q
penny in my tin cup the other day,
when I mutely begged behind a
wheezy lap hand-organ. am fairy
In up to-date one-and, as 1 know
your wish-Presto! Change"
The footstool and q china vase be-
come a bicycle. the song that Trilby
sang became wheeling shoes, and leg
gings lay where two rugs had been.
"Ah" exclaimed the fairy. II
nearly forgot one article. But no
matter; there is an extra pair that
brought in case of accidents. Now 60
to the parade"
Joyfully Cinderella sprang away,
and only q few short minutes had
elapsed when she came back with her
hateful old skirts discarded and ar
rayed in lovely style-a style that out
did her sisters for splendor-with a
wheel that outshone theirs and grace
that none could equal. With a merry
laugh she sprang lightly into the sad
die, for she had ridden her sisters
wheels on the q. t., and away she spun
up the asphalt pavement toward the
new cycle path. A warning voice
came floating after and whispered in
her ear:
" Stay no later than 3 o'clock, less a
greater sadness overtake YOU"
A wondering populace paused to
gaze after the beautiful Cinderella and
her magnificent equipage. The parade
that was to open the path was about
to start, and hush fell over the
fhrong as the grand marshal of the
parade, the greatest of the great anna
teur riders, stood up on his wheels
hsndlebars and looked the paraders
over. Who was to ride by his side
and lead them all? Who but the
prettiest and most handsomely ar
rayed girl there. For a moment q
look of dissatisfaction dwelt in the
great mans eyes, and then he smiled
The two sisters of Cinderella found
themselves observed by the marshal
who gszed upon them favorably. Still
he was perplexed, for the two sisters
were equally beautiful. and he could
not choose. At this moment a vision
spurted around q far corner, as il
winged, and rode straight at him
Without a pause or a glance to right
or left Cinderella. for it was she, rode
up to the marshal and gazed shyly
into his eyes.
Ready! Forward" shouted the
marshal, and the parade began, with
Cinderella in the place OF honor
The sisters we're filled with envy.
On and ON rode the mighty host
Cinderella in a heaven and the mar.
shall in q sea OF bliss, when suddenly
the clock in the old church tower be.
gan to strike 3.
zip"
Cinderella fed, BICYCLES and in
skirts, across the vacant lots, while
the bewildered marshal stopped and
looked about him, seeking the beauti.
full creatures who had been riding be-
side him and giving him the bicycle
neck. At last his glance fell to the
ground, and there lay the fairy's ex-
ira pair, which were tailor made and
not enchanted, like the rugs, the
Trilby song, the china bowl, and the
foot-stool. Picking up the one me-
mento of his late beautiful companion,
the marshal resigned then and there,
and went disconsolate to the city,
proclaiming through the evening
papers that whom those boomers
would fit he would marry.
Myriads came, but went away
again. the two sisters came, too,
hoping that they might win the great
est amateur of the age, but alas! As
for Cinderella, she wept and wept, and
the tears made her cheeks fairer than
ever. One day, as she was riding in
an elevated train, q tear coursed down
her cheek. 1t was dull hour, and
few were in the Car, but it happened