The Washington weekly post., 1900-04-10

Aicrlchs h0nSe.
Adrian's heart sank The fairies hEd
been az work.
In few minutes Mr.. Narcotic came
in from the barn bringing a pailful OF
milk
'Wterod you get the brass pail.
fatherT' asked Adrian.
Then for the first time his father no
ticed that ne held In his hands not a
brass but gold pail. But instead OF be-
ing pleased. his face clouded over. and he
said: Wife. see what has happened. Tns
pail that belonged 10 my father before he
came 10 this country is gone. and in It's
place Is miserable gold pail"
Why, so IL is. But you can sell &C."
VIII money buy back the other one?
/ wouldn't have parted with that pail for
all the gold in the world"
I'm sure / think the place must BE- be-
wiIehed." said Mrs. Narcotic. "for the
lovely furniture that belonged 10 my
grandmother has been turned into flimsy
sided chairs as5 4 sofa like those At
SQUIRE Aldrich's
Adrian was now ready to CITY himself.
IL was really no fault OF his. but he felt
that ne should have forbidden the fairy
TO work any of her spells. -.. ..-. .-..
Nhl!e they were at supper they heard
the lowing of many cattle and looking
out. they saw herd OF cows in the barn
yard with tags on their horns marked
"Alphonse Narcotic Abrams father
srrang from his seat, and went to the
barn. Daisy, their pet COW. was g0nel
he came back. furious for the first time
In his married life.
Who is this that is working harm 10
ne? For fifteen years We have lived here
oontented and happy We had enough
and what we had We liked we'll l don't
want 10 be rich"
Adrian burst into tears "Oh. father"
said ne, 1T IS my fault. l met a fairy and
she seemed 70 be SO sure that you would
Ike riches that told her to do what sh.
thought best. and this Is the result. You
are unhappy for the first time since / can
remember"
DO you hear that boy, wife, II is his
DOING the darling! He did IL TO please us
Ihen We must accept 1t In the same splr-
it"
But Adrian said stoutly: "Not so. fa.-
ther. | did not want the things, and T was
afraid that you would not like the fairies
to interfere. I'll &c back to the mountain
at once and find the fairy, and tell her
that am glad to be well thought o.. but
Then little Eloise here began to sob. She
who had never had a real doll before was.
willing to keep the lovely one that she
had found in her char at the supp,r table
So Adrian said to her: 'You snail keen
the doll dearie. and you shall have corn
silk dress. too
So he left the house and set out for
the mountain, and on the way there h.
overlook Tommy Saunders.
Hello, where are you going 50 fast?'
said Tommy.
I'm going up to ask the FAIRIES to take
back the gifts of wealth that they saddled
on my parents this evening. About hun
drew COWS and a gold pail and some gid
ed furniture
Tommy gasped. You want to give them
back,'' -......
Yes" said Adrian, simply. "You see
before they came We were perfectly con
tented, but now father is sad because
Daisy, the cow, is gone to make way for
the herd, and mother misses her furniture
and / am miserable to see them so put
about. and the only one who Is happy is
EIoise, who has her first doll"
"Well. say, IL that fairy doesn't know
what to do with all those cows and that
furniture 1 think that we could take care
of them and still be contented. We never
had too much come to us yet
SO Adrian promised to use his influence
and when they reached the top OF the
mountain they heard fairy music. and
there was the little red fairy dancing
with lot of her sisters in glen
As soon as she saw Adrian she left her
sisters and came to him.
Say" said Adrian, lit was awfully
kind of you TO give us all those beautiful
things, but you know that we've always
been happy because we were so perfectly
contented, and now we're all in the dumps
because things are different. Now If you
want to make me really happy you will
take away all our gifts except Eloises
doll and Oh-she'd like a corn silk dress
and give them to Tommy here, who is
diseontented because ne hasn't enough.
II you're looking for my happiness just
do that. IL won't be hard for you to do"
The fairy laughed, and said: you are
certainly the queerest family / ever came
across. I didn't mean your gifts to be
transferable, bat as you seem so misera-
BILE. I'll see what my sisters say"
She Joined the group and Instantly there
arose a sound like that made by the wind
when II signs through willows and that
was the fairies talking.
At last the fairy came back. and said:
"AIl right Go home both of you. but see
to IT, Tommy. that you show you deserve
your good fortune. We never meant 1t
for you, because you've been discomfort
ed heretofore.
Down the mountain raced the boys, but
fast as they ran 1t was sunrise before
they reached Adrian's house.
Mr. Narcotic was just Leading Daisy
out to the trough, and in his hands was a
tin milk pail. He called out cheerily to
Adrian.
IT'S all right. my son. The herd Is
gone and your mother has her old furni-
ture back and Eloise is as happy as a
princess in the queerest-loOking dress /
ever saw"
Just then EloIse came out of doors i'm
her corn silk dress, and while tt was odd
/ doubt IL most boys would have called IL
pretty if they noticed II at ali. But the
main thing was that Eloise was happy
and 50 was her mother, VINO came run
ming out 10 bid Adrian gOod-Tnorning.
Tommy went on home. and when at
noon Adrian went over 20 his house to see
whether the fairies had kept their word
or not he found Tommy and his father
growing and grumbling because a herd Of
Devon cows had come 10 them and they
had wanted Jerseys.
SO 7 query very much II the fairies GIFT
did the Saunders any good. but the Mar
eottes continued happy to the end OF the
chapter.
Copyright 1850. by Charles BstteH Loonisj