The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-14
20 got ter drag me out

Ell ! ever is ter cit out"
bubble" Buster John siontly asserted
nr -shHw me .y ghS so0 H' sss none Sny S sn 7 Gon% fr.sd
s GSn cit o %f, ic' ie sh Fai9sSE actor. an. we bet
had done. and even. Buster John wac COM
The walls OF a bubble. il walls they may lie
One fact that, disturbed them more than
line. The horizon exits only IN the magma.
siSni GT sx II PIIsSs a N ft ypr lmRHssa a bo o"rs az Su q
limit, But H. was absent now. and It's absence.
together with the fact that two SEPARATE and
head, gave a weird aspect To- this new land
scape. or, TO be moro exact, the buhhle.scare
rainbow colors were beautiful To- Behold they
began to add to the confusion after a while.
sneezes' back. to.."hUl EN- in. - ny, she said, hus
|! they seemed to shake the foundation OF things
and the sound 81 ten thousand sneezes was
and shook'and ,whirled about each other, and
the colors whirled in the floor till they lost all
Se and PSen ol % WGils Waiting for this deyns,a-
ton to stop it;sselt; the shiId ,hs say tN,Io int.ie h wo,
swarm swan HV Of smaller niiH iis lures
We're going, now exclaimed DrpsiIia eN-
on us an git us down.
But somehow neither Buster j Ohm nor Sweet
eat Susan was frightened. There-was MOTH
ing alarming about these little people-if peo;
Ile they were, The little woman. who seemed
to be the leader. was not ugly at all. IL she
had been an old crone with yellow tooth the
children might have felt some uneasiness. but
she seemed to be somewhat weary. And all
the smaller ones that came after her seemed
too, weary to form themselves in a ring. Of
which the children were the centre. and go
marching around. singing q song OF COM
nlaint. Their voices were not strong, And.lt
was. all the children could do to catch n few
Of the words OF the song. A part OF it was as
follows:
n4S o" VII stfI t n%r tS. s the x No" s'i isn't half:
H {; :,i n,f !, ! 2Vs sa " ;s IF ;:p"D'''"t-
II tell YOU dey got us" said DrusLlla in .
UNI. how dey waegle dev heads an wobbIs
bout when dey walk. Dey sho is got u.s.,
was done the little woman came toward the
children. Her attitude was not threatening.
but Drpsilla made haste to get behind her
You don't seem to know me- the little wo-
nc we don't. Who are your" asked Sweet
I'm the Queen OF Dreams" replied tho
Are we dreaming now" Buster John asked
so IH0m to G,nnt th,, h.g, .,,o tn. o,o.n .,
Dreams. You are. not asleep; and we are
only here because of a hideous noise we heard.
disturbed in our own kinsdom? Ne can hello
ourselves at this moment: put do you think It
twin What She ,ei talfin' 'bout3!5 asked Drusilla in
awhisner Who been ,yadin' any ,ter,,ytor,2,n
Why, Mr.. Bobs made this bubble for US"
The Queen Of Dreams seemed to be puzzled.
WA" MPst Is q s su SaSSlf, o SHS ss is2ayely. a bubbl.
is a piece OF eoapsuds into which cir has been
blown" replied Sweetest Susan. somewhat:
Ds "MSS big 60 a m nice =, q SSbb ne% t %HSh air ms /,
ss, S%.5 sure 'fbS 5SP's k ,2s Of t si s;9ss: t sys ct;
Which oneY,' The Queen Of Dreams was a
very persistent seeker after information.
The bubble we are in now" explained
The Queen OF Dreams shook her head and
fhE Ssies 1os sl1sh anG re Al thts u Rra a Mhisp nHdGsf
done tol' you we amt got no business in here
eff we is in here. Dem are creeturs II sho' do
But The Queen q Dreams was not angry:
slisd was IS only puzzled I Z In a l'ttIs while she
seemed to.be.ve proud OF her SUBJECTS. She
paraded them before the chlidren, and called
BFsa% and and S HMM Twin and Hr %aiies P a"a e Gsss
the Queen Of Dreams was describing the beau
ties of her dysrentic subjects ,Drusilla saw
others. but she couldn't speak. She could only
ture seemed to be- as biz around the body as a
horse. Its fore legs were short. while its
hin hind ar legs we're re long ms SO t that tin in sra Wing alGGnS
be crouching as il ready TO spring. 1t had
two tails longer than AN allieator's body and
s % Il s' like sS that al o. = a = hi pas5pt ann s"A Bns
its ears were long as those Of a mule Its, eye.
Seeing the children haddeIld t]ceetler il, a
s them they ihr,df' not fha 9 to- fear OF hI3s n6b sSIy
but poor old NIGHTMARE. He was out ali last
should be resting now, but the poor thing gets
lonely when he opent ono eye and finds us
his eqF and see him open his mouth and
A. This Drusilla turned and ran. and the
Mr.. Bobs who was calmly SHARPENING his tools
there .T c, Tea ]d iSsse' 0 to r tel, yPa not :t to stay mn IN
bites. But" ef f' You a0 say y0a the can wor Ti. ' III b 81 a You You
up R = bigger re chi cbiiid and You eHo can stay stay. in It l9ngsr%
thanked hin,i they didn't want any more
Mr.. Bobs Sin insisto ID =" i most most Know Know G Tie n nia.
ger, gal there would like to git in a great big
nrrI Mpmp M2;, You s"md don't know me. den" said
l WSat f : Rssf. c All FIJI FL in sk Sm an us stay e dat IA VI III III II
In uIn IN, my dreams. Ef does. eve'y hair in
At, this Mr.. Bobs fell to laughing, and he
laughed 30 long.and so loudly that Miss FL
vlry came to he door to see what the matter
was.
Why. what in the world?" she exclaimed.
I'm lest laughin' at that gal there" Mr..
Bobs explained. when he could control HIM
sell. She went into the bubble along WI the
Why will you go on that awayp An at
your age. too. It's a plum:shame." exclaimed
why. Elviry. ten year from now these
youngsters wouldn't take q hundred dollars
for what they've saw to-day"
And no doubt this was trne an far as Ruata,
John and Sweetest Susan were concerned: but
with ,Drusilla 1t was different. For many
months she was filed with indignation to-
ward Mr.. Bobs: and IT was many mon his moro
before she coulds be induced TO go out Of tho
house alone at night. Even then she would
say; Ell you want me ter 90. you better gi'
me a bottle er some kinder medicin'. kaze Of |
meet dat Thing outedarsIll have ten Ats TO-