The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

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had the heavy sort of food that one gets
in London restaurants of the third class.
And she might have had nightingale's
tongues and honey drops from the flowers
and breast of humming bird if she had
chosen.
Still she was willing enough to oblige
Robin, of whom she was very fond. so
she nodded her head and smiled at him.
How are you going to get word to the
boys and girls?" asked Cinderella, who
was delighted with the scheme.
She had had such hard life
thanks to her step-mother that she loved
to do what she could to make other peo-
pie happy.
why. we can make town criers of the
giants. and they can go about the streets
shouting out the news" said Robin. who
was generally able to suggest a way.
While this conversation had been going
on the two urchns had been going off. so
Robin sent Nimble Jack after them with
orders to bring them back.
When they had returned to where the
party stood, Robin said: Want to go to
the country and ride horse back?"
wy, yes" said the one who had first
spoken. lave yer got 'orse about yer
clothes?'
Next thing to it," said Robin, winklng
at the fairy.
white bus was coming briskly to-
ward them. 1t was drawn by two sleek
looking black horses. AT sign from the
fairy the. harnesses disappeared, the
horses left the bus and the driver found
that lever was in his hand instead of
the reins and his bus was now running
by electricity.
He didn't like 1t bit and grew very
red in the face, but the fairy made him
StaV
she did not want to tie up London traf-
fc 1t was very funny to see him
growing to himself and shaking his head
and saying whoa" every time he saw
any one waiting for the bus.
The two horses came up to Robin, and
he stroked their soft noses and said to
the boys: "Chmb up"
They had never been on horseback be-
fore, but boys learn easily, and they
scrambled up with as much assurance as
If they had been cavalrymen, although
they lacked a cavalrymans grace. When
they had mounted they let out two war
whoopS that caused staid passersby to
turn around and stare.
You are to spend the day in the coun-
try and hundreds of other boys are 10
follow YOU" said Robin. Now, behave
yourselves and don't hurt the horses, be-
cause tomorrow they'll be back at work
if any harm came to them"
The two boys grabbed hold of the
names and started for the country on a
trot. 1t must have been instinct that
led them, for neither boy had ever been
outside of the city before, but In cou-
pie of hours they found themselves at a
place called Kingsbury, in the loveliest
kind of country, and there they dis
mounted and lay on their backs in the
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perfect joy.
The two giants lived In house on Rus
sell Square. The floors had all been re-
moved so that the big fellows could
stand up without STOPPING over, and the
roof had been fitted with hinges so that
when they wanted to go out they could
just lift it I'D and step over into the
street. They had been so we'll treated
since their arrival in England that they
we're always good natured now; and they
made no objections to walking around
and acting as town criers.
Such voices! Their heads were on a
level with most of the cornices of the
houses they passed. and they held their
huge hands to their mouths and roared
out:
"Oyez, oyer, Oyer! All poor boys or girls
desiring a day in the country will please
come up to the Law Courts and choose
their horses"
They walked through alleys that were
so narrow that their shoulders rubbed the
walls on either side of the street, and
they were followed by a mob of poor
children. Robin aud the godmother and
Cinderella stood in front of the law courts
and as each bus passed, the horses were
detached, and the driver went storming
up or down the street running an auto
mobile against his will, and the children
mounted the horses and, guided either
by instinct or the fairy, put for the coun-
try.
That part of London was a queer look
ing place that day. 1t looked like the
year 1921; all the buses running by cleo
tricity and not a bus horse in sight.
But the children had the maddest, mer-
riest day you ever heard of. They dashed
through the quiet lanes of Kingston and
up over DOLLS Hill and the sound of the
horses hoof beats was exactly like-like
horses hoof beats.
They dashed on for miles and miles
until they came to a wide common. Here
Bill and his friend and all the rest dis
mounted and played all sorts of city
games in the grass while the horses
rolled about and whinneyed with delight
and kicked their heels and pranced.
When lunch time came each child sud
denly found a brown paper bag in his
hand filled with sandwiches and hard
boiled eggs and American peaches. Some
of the children had never seen peaches,
few of them had ever eaten any. and none
had ever tasted any as delicious as these
Delaware ones from Delaware F'airyland.
While the children are eating want
to tell you funny thing about the auto
mobiles. You would suppose that the
Londoners would have been delighted TO
be riding about in easy going automobiles.
But they were not. They said 1t was an
outrage to change anything so suddenly;
that they liked to see the horses trotting
along, and liked to hear the clack of
their hoofs and hated to go so fast. and
were sure some American had caused this