The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-27

buy them at the fish market for my
self"
Frank looked his amazement, the idea
of a wizard going to q dreary old fish
market for fish, instead of clapping his
Z hands.
Come along" said the wizard. 1--WE
will go to headquarters for them"
Frank walked right through the wall
of the house after him, and few steps
brought them to the brook, where the
wizard snapped his fingers and gleam-
ing, spotted trout leaped out of shad-
owed pool, it's bones fell from it, and in
I side of minute it was lying on the bank,
broiled to a turn.
The wizard picked it up and he and
Frank returned to the house, where the
boy ate and ate until there was nothing
left of the fish but its eyes. nose, ears
and tail. Then he gave a sigh, pushed his
| plate from him and said:
II guess I'm tired of eating"
| "Well, it was about time said the wiz
ard. II haven't another thing in my
| larder."
This struck Frank as funny, and he
said Il should think that you could get
anything you want by asking for it.
THAT shows you don't know" said the
| wizard. Pm allowed to wish for GER
tain number of things every day, and a
| day is all 1 can get without the trouble
of fishing with a regular hook and line.
You see, the state of Connecticut protects
| its trout. If l could wish for all the fish
| in the brooks, where would you come in
| when you wanted to go fishing? Now, 1
don't want to hurry you, but If you want
| any fun outdoors, you'll have to get to
work right away, as it's most your bed
| time"
Most my bedtime?" echoed Frank
''Why, I'm only just through break
fast"
well, my time and your time are diff
ferent You can read book on thun-
der cloud or listen TO my band of cricket
| musicians that play all the popular airs.
Cant L have both?" asked Frank, boy
like.
! mo, you must take your choice"
Frank would have liked to hear crickets
| playing The Star Spangled Banner on
their hind legs, but he was more anx-
ious to see how he could read a book on
the clouds, so he chose the story of Sind
bad from 1.-THE Arabian Nights"
They went out of the hut. Up 20 the
north was a great bank of angry look
ing storm CLOUDS. The wizard covered his
head with his cloak and made strange
motions with his hands, and there, on the
black cloud, appeared a page of golden
| letters, much as pictures appear on a
! magic lantern Frank had no trouble in
reading the story, and as fast as he came
to the end Of a page a new page APP
peared. When he had read five pages, he
said. Amy pictures?" and In a second q
most gorgeous picture in the most vivid
colors was cast on the black cloud by the
wizard, and Frank clapped his hands in
delight. He could have wished that the
story was five times as long, but all too
soon he came to the end of It, and with
a final picture of Sindbad, carrying the
Old Man Of the Sea on his shoulders, the
clouds suddenly melted away and showed
the clear blue sky.
Dinner time. old man. Good bye
said the wizard, taking up his station at
the door of his hut once more.
Untn this minute Frank had not once
thought Of his pony, but now the beast
galloped out of the woods and stopped be-
fore him.
Come again some day." said the wiz
ard.
Il will II papan let me- What are
you going to think about now?"
But, the pony gave a jump, and the
next minute Frank was dismounting at
( his own door, the bell was ringing for
dinner end he found himself q ightfuliy
hungry and quite willing to eat ordinary
food prepared in the ordinary way But
\ he had so much to tell his parents that
his dinner was cold before he had finished
] u. And n his father allows him 60 visit
the wizard again IN tell you all about IL.