The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-03

sounded like the noise of a katydh. We
eat what we want to learn said he, but
we read to keep ourselves from starving.
"WhatW YOU read?'
"Some candy and pie" said Sandy at
venture.
That's a good choice. think. Come up
and Wen get them"
A few feet above where they were stand
ing was a round house, not unlike bub-
bic, and like q bubble 1t fioated hither and
thither, not being fastened to the ground
and yet not going very far in any direc-
ton. Jorroel explained that the ground
was so fertile that they did not ike to
waste 1t by using it to set houses upon, so
the houses were all built in the air. Sandy
found that he could walk up on the air 20
1t as easily as he could tread solid ground
on earth, and he accompanied his friend
to 1t. A pretty green woman, not mucn
bigger than Jorroel, and wearing a cloak
made of crimson, cob-webby stuff, sat
at table reading a book.
Mamma, I've been 90 Sush at last.
knew / could do It If made up my mind
hard enough. And I've brought back
little boy from there and he's hungry and
wants to read some dinner"
Jorroels mother came over and rubbed
Sandy's cheeks, which seemed to be the
Harrahian way of saluting one. Then
she said, without being surprised that he
had come so far: you must be hungry.
Read whatever you want. You'll find the
books on the shelf there"
Sandy stepped over to a book case and
saw a number of books in English.s One
said roast beef, another said lemon pie,
another was marked potatoes. and stu
others bore names that he had never heard
of before and were probably foods that
were peculiar to Harrah 1t told how
demon pie was made, who invented il, and
so on, and by the time Sandy had finished
ha ~t4e oil ba falf inc a if ha
had eaten pie, but with this important
difference-he hadn't had the fun of eat
ing 1t.
After lemon pie one doesn't care much
about roast beef, so Sandy didn't read any
of that.
tt was growing dark. Sandy glanced
out of the window and saw the earth just
rising and flooding Harrah with lovely
earth-light.
That's where I came from, isn't it?"
he asked.
Yes" answered Jorroel, going to a clos
ct and getting out faralan.
I'VE call 1t the earth" said Sandy, but
suppose it's your moon|'
Yes" said Jorroers mother, but we
can your earth Sush."
Jorroel handed him the faralan. which
was much like a telescope, and he found
that he could see New York through 1t.
Now &c you want to learn something"
!
erithmetic-that always comes in handy
in any planet. JorToel, get him the multi
plication table up to five. / don't believe
he knows II very wen-if he's anything like
you"
Jorroel went to the closet and returned
in a moment with four sticks of what look
ed like candy to Sandys earthly eyes. He
found that they were sour, yet not I'M
pleasant, but not a bit like candy. When
he had eaten the last one he knew his
tables up to tive.
81 really think must be gong Mamma
will worry" said he.
Il guess YOU can find your way back
alone" said Jorroel. Go just as you
came. by the milky way. And come and
see us often. IN show you lots of things
you never saw before and I'd like you to
pay us long visit if your mother doesn't
Object"
Yes" said the mother. kindly, and then
che rubbed his cheeks again and he fol-
lowed Jorroel out doors, or rather out win
dows because they don't have doors in
Harrah Jorroel took Sandy by the ankles
and hurled him by main strength toward
the rising earth, and a few moments of
rushing space brought the boy to his win
! dow sin Just as his dinner bell was rlaS-
| ing He was SO hungry after his trip that
| he was very glad to think that he would
| eat and not read dinner On the way down
! stairs he asked himself how much four
times four were, but he couldn't remem-
Der, and by the time he had been helped
to everything eatable on the table his trip
! to Harrah was so hazy and dream-hke
| that he said nothing to his parents about
It, But he hoped that If it was dream
he would dream some more about It,