New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30

For few moments IN queen S5d s g be very n6 M
line nd hen talling notes the whole dime But
when the fairy horns sounded for the christening
her anxiety 70 see If the tabecot been pTop
ery laid and no one, knives anu forks haa RttIi
forgotten And the king thrust the notes he had
taken while the goblin was talking into one OF the
OF he good things his servants had before him
quite forgot what lie had done with them. II, had
6i e ',,rl,ats .bb1nlJ he AT ono. brhea1ed Ana a.
he rarely had time to go through all the Up him
self more than once in seven years, when ne had
his face washed. many valuable things in the king
dom would find their way into these private little
hiding places ana never ma then way out aSalL
SAYING ali around the world when anything was
BILE. needle In a oaystack or a new lesson 0o23h
ttat naughty boy did not want TO study, on
goes through his pockets
any OF the things for which he had sent his ser
back quietly in their places ana LEI the searchers
find them the next time they looked in that dire
Ciriseda about seven years old. her father
I"uh h t a9ea 0'eS ne M course e The Queen
he had found Them but pretended 10 have sudden
S fo the i tbnrsanGtb line what Siee and wonder
full man she had FOR a husband. whereas IL was
entirely due to his pockets @nd his habit OF taking
Now, all The seven years OF her lifs Gri.e!ds had
haG the tinE black Keys oi the Tldnisht, aoweTs
for paythings. Though they were SO small no one
else could possibly see them she had cut her teeth
them and carried tfTm about IN HeF tNNDbN
wonder what was in the how and why and when
And then without any teaching in the matter she
holes and as fast they opened she looked through
all the curious things inside until she began to
know about great many things that her father
and mother had no idea she had ever heard OF.
She knew how TO change her face En- and indeed Led
mat lived on the other side Of the World. She
ST o ana 70 IA h 6e nh fG mG and e
would go out IN the forests and hold long CONVEX
that i roamed The Wider parts Of the new world
Now, the COLLINS had never forgotten how their
se!da's Christening and worse still how their ad-
mined to make use Of what their little girl friend
had told them and give the seif-satisiied King and
queen good lesson II was about this time that
the king discovered the notes he had so carefully
done none Of the things the goblin had told her to-
and also that the goblin had spoken OF thelr
two hundred and sixty-hfth name OF the tour
million nve hundred and twenty nine that had
been given the little girl at her christening and the
very one the king liked best. ,,, .,,i,,. 900,
are" said the king. you VIII take the hint and
to cali t the e Chd GT rise r T ThiS VIII am
very troublesome Of late. Why. l even found one
heard I'd Of insult to a person OF my rank
And so, as the queen felt really very humble ,.
Ana the little girl herself. who had heard much
something she could do to somehow undo
denly she remembered that goblins could not dance
and that OF course was the one thing they were
most anxious learn to do. So in exchange for
their promise not to bother her father and mother
any she resolved to give her nights TO
dancing lessons for all the COLLINS that would
come to her Night after night from m &c set
centre Of hundreds of black and white goblins
some with long and with short wings
Always the sands they danced, down by the
river bank, until every goblin In the world had
learned to be good he learned to dance. And
every one has become accustomed TO sand
dancing that now you can never md COLLINS except
near river bank seashore. where the sand is
fine and white. They never in high mountains
grassy slopes, but any one OF us may catch
them at their games on the sand if only we can
creep from homes through Il bubble In the
window glass. a knothole in the garden wall ana
Il crack in the farmyard gate, did Griselda.
People who have to latcheS and doorwayS
always very much too stupid ever to gOblins
anywhere. and must just content themselves
with reading stories OF them and looking at their
pictures here in the paper.