The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-07-07

chest, pressed her fingers upon the
second block and wished for a new
home supplied with every comfort in
side and out, to say nothing Of the
vine over the front porch. Like the
from the rest of the quilt and few up
the chimney. Even as Rosalie refolded
the quilt and put it in the chest, there
seemed something unusual going on
about her; but she went to bed without
trying to see what it was, and strange
to say, was at once asleep, not to
waken till the sun, an hour high, looked
in through the windows of her pretty
new home and aroused her.
Elsie, too, was awakened by the
bright sun, and, sitting up in her bed
cradle, laughed to see herself in fine
new room. Her cradle and the chest
in which Rosalie kept the quilt were
the only things unchanged.
isn't it beautiful here, now?'' ex-
claimed Rosalie. II wish father were
here to help us enjoy it, am going to
ask the quilt to write him a letter for
me, because I don't know just where
he is, and tell him to come home this
very day, if he cam" 70
She opened the chest, Grew out the
quilt and, laying her hand on the third
block, said:
Dear quilt, won't you please write
father a letter, and tell him he'd better
come home and see the new house of
stone you have built for US alone.''
Immediately there shifted out from
the edges of the block a letter stamped
and addressed to Rosalie's father, while
the block futtered loose from the rest
of the quilt and sailed across the room
to the new, fireplace, up which it dis
appeared. 49,. -
"Dear!" exclaimed Rosalie, picking
up the letter, why didn't wish it sent
directly to father; he won't get it for a
long time if send it by the village
post" and touching the fourth block,
she said:
please, quilt, speed today, fathers
letter on it's way. Bring him ere night
to his daughters, two, as you know so
we'll how to do ,%
Nm sooner had she said this poor lit
tie rhyme than the letter vanished and
the fourth block followed the others up
the chimney. She put what was left
of the magic quilt again into the chest
and began at once to get everything
ready for her fathers return. q
During the day no one came, but to-
ward nightfall there was a heavy step
upon the new front porch. Resale,
watching, knew it was her father and
hurriedly opened the door to find him
standing there, his hand covering his
eyes. !. zsES :s ~ *s I. ~ 55s \
u ooh, father!'' she cried, 81 knew you
would come; the quilt never fails. Why
do you cover your eyes p &E5I4 & i
8s5'tI am just off the battlefield, Rosa
lie" he said, where shot destroyed
my sight. The rest I cannot tell you
about, only that am here. If I could
only see you and Elsie, we would never
complain" # .s 4. s. $ "a Isl B
Y GU shall see us, father said Rosa
lie, taking his hand and leading him
across the room to the chest. 81 Feel
this, father, it is all that is left of the,
quilt Now !. shall wish that you get
back your sig hIt,, I [, and she pressed her
hand upon the fifth block
IN q tWinkling it had separated from
the last block and Whirled up the
chime and Resale S fathers sight
had been perfectly restored
hat magic is this RI he cried. 81
can see as well as ever 4 4, ss
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