The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-10

looking out they saw = herd OF cows
IN the barn ward with tags on their
horns marked Alphon~e Narcotic.
AdrlanS father sprang from his seat
and went to the barn. Daisy. thejg
pet coy, WAS gone,
Tie came back furious for the arst
( time IN his married life.
w no i this that is working harm
Ia u. For fifteen wears We haNs lived
here contented and happy. we had
enough and what We bad ve liked
we'll. ] don't want 70 bt rich"
Ndriau burst into tears. oh faith
or. SAID hc. IL i my fault. / uaet "a
fairy and she seemed 10 toe 80 sa~e
that you vonld ike riches that | told
her - do what She thought best and
this is the result Nou are unhappy
for the first time since ] can res.cih-
Der"
do You hear The hoy. We II Is his
dong, the darling, lie did It to ',lcssc
rs. Then W. must accep; II in ;1e
same spirit
Eat Adrian said s%touslv. Not So.
father. J did not want the thugs AMI
! Was afraid that you woula not Ike
the fairies to Interfere. III - back
Ia the mountain al one, md End the
fairy and tell her that | am nd - be
wei thought ii hut thar IL we are We
wish 10 ,ontinue.'
Then little Eloise here began Ia sob.
She who had never had a real doll be-
fore WAS willing To keep the lovely one
that She had found in her chair at tho
supper table. 50 Adrian said TO her:
You shall have a corn SILK dress, too
So he LET; the house and set out for
The mountain. and on the way there
he overlook Tommy Saunders.
'lIrIlC. where. are Won ppiuw 81
fast. said Tommy.
I'm going up TO ask the fairies To
take back the gifts Of wealth that thev
saddlcd on my parents this evening.
about 4 hundred COWS and "a gold pail
and some gildcl furniture"
Tommy gaspcd. You want To give
them back"
y =" said Adrian. simply. "Yon SEQ
before they came VT were perfectly
contented, but now father is sad be-
cause Daisy. the coN, Is zone to mai>c
WAY for the herd, aud mother misses
her furniture, and ! am miserable To
see them 80 put ABOUT. and the only
one who is happy is Eloisc who has
her first doll"
We'll, say, If that fairy doesn't
know what to 10 With all those COWS
and that furniture | think tina: we
could take care of them and still be
c~ontented. We never had too much
come TO us VET
SO Adrian promised ia use his influ-
encc. and when they reached the top
of the mountain they heard fairy mu.
sic and there was the LITTLE, red fairy
dancing With 4 lot of her sisters in a
glen.
As soon as she saw Adrian She left
her sisters and came 10 him.
'tSaJ- - cnfl N1rf,, -. $780,. o--E.1t.,
Kind of you to give rs all those oeau-
tiful things, but you know that we've
always been happy because we were
50 perfectly contcnted, and now we're
all in the dumps because things are
different. Now if YOU want to make Tc
really happy YOU will take away AL
our gifts except Eloisc's doll and Oh
she'd like. a corn silk dresS-and give
them TO Tommy here who is disco!.-
tented because he hasn't enough. If
you're looking for my happiness iust
10 that. 1t won't be hard Tor you "a
do"
The fairy laughed and said: You
are certainly the qncerest family L
ever came across. | didn't mean your
gifts to be transferable, but as you
seem SO miserable III see what my Sis
tiers say
She joined the group, and instantly
there arose 81 sound like that made by
the wind when it signs through Will
lows, and that was the fairies talking.
At last the fairy came back anI
said: "-All right. 60 home. both of YOU.
but see to it, Tommy, that you SHOW
You deserve Your good fortune. We
never meant it for YOU because you've
been diScontented heretofore"
Down the mountain raced the boys;
but fast as they ran ii was sunrise be.
fore they reached Adrian's house.
Mr.. Narcotic was just leading naie~
out TO the trough, and III his hands
vas a tim milk pail. He called L
cheerily to Adrian:
It's all right. my son. The herr is
rome and your mother has her old fur
niture back. and Eloise is as happy as
a princess in the queerest looking
dress | ever saw
Just then Eloise came ont of doors
in her corn silk dress. and while il wa
odd | bought if most boys would have
called il pretty if they noticed it al all.
Blu the main thing was that EIois.>
was happy, n 50 was her mother who
came running out TO bid Adrian good
morning.
Tommy wen on home, and when Mt
noon Adrian went over to his house 10
see whether the fairies had kept their
word or not he found Tommy and his
father growing and grumbling be-
cause n herd Of Devon COWS had come
TO them and they had wanted Jerseys.
SO | query very much if the FAIRIES
gift did the Saunders any good. Brit
the Narcotics continued happy to the
end OF the chapter.
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