The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-09-21

body to kiss her hurts. We are not
that kind of shoes at ALL"
The fairy nodded and looked
pleased.
"Did you always run fast with her
when her gradmamma called, and
slowly when she wanted to run away
from lessons?" she said.
always" answered the red shoes,
in very sturdy, honest manner that
somehow set Doubledarling thinking
and remembering some things which
made her feel very warm about the
ears. She pushed away her yellow
curls from them, however, and lis
tened with all her might to what the
fairy was saying.
"Very WE'LL" said the fairy, "you
might have lasted longer, but you
come of delicate family, and on the
whole, / am very well satisfied with
you. Run into the garden and bury
yourselves in the third row from the
front. You will come up single, and
be of very choice COLOR
The two shoes bobbed another
courtesy, and few off to the garden
without ever waiting to get the tear
full good-by which Donbledarling
was ready to give them, remembering
their three months faithful service,
and how many times they had helped
her to be good and saved her from
being bad.
She had hardly moment in which
to think and to wonder what the fairy
meant by sending them to bury
themselves, and by saying they would
"come up single, and be of very
choice color" before she heard the
question again:
"Whom did you belong to, and how
old are you?"
This time it was pair OF very
plain, ugly, smallish shoes that an
swered. They were as brown as with
cred leaves. The strings were gone,
and so were the toes, and there were
holes worn right through the soles
of them. They were very shy and
awkward, and sidled against each
other, with their toes turned in, as if
they had walked that way ever since
they had been able to walk at all;
but after moment they both spoke
| together:
"Please ma am, we were Mary Muir
phys shoes in the beginning, and
then, when she grew too old for us,
she gave us to Mrs. Mulligan's Tom
my, and that's how we come to be so
bad; and we are year and ten
months DID," And the brown shoes
put their toes together and fidgeted as
| if they were not quite at ease in such
fine company.
The old fairy smiled like the sun.
Il
Goa, yes," said she; II know you!
and if you had come to me from Mary
Murphy, really don't think would
have kept you at all. You pinched
her toes, and skinned her heels, and
stumbled when she was running, and
we're very uncomfortable. But then,
You were born boys shoes, and you
did cure Mrs. Mulligan's Tommy of
dreadful stone ruise, and you were
always the first pair of shoes at school
while he wore you, and l only know
of you kicking his little brother once
or twice. So you may go and bury
yourselves in the garden, third row
from the front; and be sure not to
trouble the pair next you! You will
come up double, and rather mixed
| in color"
The pair of brown shoes sided off
| with an awkward attempt at bow. and
when they were we'll out of the fairy's
sight, Doubledaring saw the right one
kick very viciously poor old slipper
which lay quite by itself at the end Of
one of the rows. But the fairy was so
busy that Doubledarling did not like to
interrupt her by telling her of it; ard
then she was so interested in hearing
all that was said to the other shoes that
she soon forgot what the naughty brown
one had done.
The very next was pair of baby's
shoes. made of soft, blue kid. with satin
strings and rossttes. The toes were lit
tie curled up as if baby's toes had wig.
gled around in them. but otherwise they
we're quite fresh and new looking.
well. WE'LL" said the fairy, land how
did you get here? You never walked
in your lives!"
No. indeed" laughed the kid shoes.
with sort of COO like a pigeons. 1--WE