Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-20

he wouldn't go home himself till he had
travelled further and see were there any
more adventures. Then both Of them
parted, Hugh for home with the bags of
money and John travelling away further
before him. John travelled on that day
till at night falling he was getting into a
wood, when what does he see sitting on a
sycamore leaf but the identical same little
fairy that told at the supper the story about
the kings daughter. John Conn, John
Conn., says the little fellow, "you hid AMI
listened to our stories the other night and
heard me tell the secret of the kings daugh-
ter and the we'll water, and then We went
and cured the prencess. What did we do
that for?" well, small blame to me-"
says John. 81 had to hide, and I couldn't
help hearing yer story, and sure I'd be an
onnatura- man, out and out, II I didn't save
the poor princess life when I had it in
my power to do it so aisy. Small blame
to me, I say again" says John. "Well,
that's surely true" says the fairy, ''but
that's a mighty great %saicret, that about the
well water. and IL 1t got out it's / would
be blamed for it, and l would never hear
the last of 1t nor get any living afther from
the rest OF the fairies. and I would be made
a miserable devil entirely" We'll" IL
that's So" says John, 1.-THE ~saicret's a
- W. hiNh " illO tAul III I hSdI
it from me; and If it's a consolation to We
! promise we it'll be So" "Thanky, very
much" says the fairy; ITS certainly a
consolation and a great one, aud I know I
may depend on yer promise. And, when
you're so mighty kind, John Conn., says
he, I'll be every bit as kind. Here's a
napkin for ye that we have only to spread
1t out and wish for what we like and as
much as ye like of aitables and drinkables,
and Immediately they will be placed on It.
And here's a wishing cap" says he, I'VE
have only to put on yer head and wish to
be any place In the world We
like, and Immediately yell be
there. AND here's a purse filled with
money, that no matther how much
we take out of 1t 1t will never get empty" and
handing over to John the napkin, the wish
Ing cap and the purse, the fairy disappeared
without even waiting to be thanked. John
was feeling just hungry enough and he
spread out the napkin to try It. He wished
for a nice supper for himself. and, 10 and
behold ye, there was the rarest supper, ait
Ing and drinking, ever he laid his two eyes
on, spread out on the napkin. He ate and
drunk heartily and then spread himself out
under the trees to sleep. In the morning
John got up and spread his napkin and
wished for a breakwus and had the finest of
aiting and drinking again. his hearty fill,
and then he set off on his journey once
more. Tor'st evening John was travelling
In a very bare and barren country, without
any people or anything growing that a man
could ate. or anything flowing that a man
could drink. And here, as he spread his
napkin and had n beautiful dinner on IL,
who should come up, weary and worn, to him
but a piper, and John axed him to sit down
and help him with dinner. Nothing loath.
the piper sat, for he was almost dead
with the hunger, and both OF them ate as
good a dinner as ever they ate in their
lives afore. When they had finished the
piper pulled out a horn, and, commencing |
to play his pipes, 400 900 troopers-light |
dhragoons, heavy dhragoons, russians, gren-
aides and kilties-come %troopin' out of the
horn and commenced dancing to the music.
Then the piper told John he was under
great distress entirely because for the last
five days, being in this barren country7he
hadn't n bit to put in the mouths of his
and they were dying with hunger.
Then says John, "Ill soon relieve them"
and he spread his napkin and wished for
aiting and drinking for the 400, 900 troopers
aud Immediately ii was on the napkin. and
the troopers all ate and drunk to their sat-
and went into their horn again
Well" says the piper. that is a wondher-
iul great napkin entirely and wouldn't