Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-11-03

to wash them, too. for she Is enjoying
herself ever 50 much and won't mind a
few extra things to wash, I'm sure"
The fairies thought Bogmyrtle's sug-
gestion u capital one, and acted upon it
at once, and very soon they were having
such fun among the flowers.
II wonder how all these rose leaves
got among my dollies' clothes" exclaim-
ed Kathleen. Il am sure didn't put
them there myself" and she picked
them out and threw them away, little
dreaming that they were the fairies
pocket handkerchiefs.
So when Stargleam and Moonbeam
came, hoping to find them washed and
ironed, they were not there, of course:
and as they knew that the Queen would
be very angry when she heard what
had happened, they were obliged to go
In search Of new ones. But the roses
were nearly over, SO they had to prom
ise to give the rose bushes who sold the
rose-leaf pocket handkerchiefs ever so
many dewdrops as payment. and they
both determined not to take Bogmyr-
ties advice any more, but when they
had any work to do to stick to 1t until
it was finished, and play afterward.
Tommy's Surprise.
One night after Tommy was ready
for bed and had on his clean, white
nightgown, he climbed up in mammals
lap and asked for just one story more.
Mamma drew her chair up by the CRATE
and held Tommy close in her arms,
and he reached out his two little bare
feet to the fire. The big Goals shone
out and made the room warm and
light, and Tommy was very happy, and
waited as still as q mouse for the
story to begin.
"A very long, long time ago." said
mamma, "there was beautiful grove
Of big, big trees. Their tops reached
up higher than any trees you ever saw.
and their branches reached out farth-
er. Every day they drank in the sun
shine and grew bigger and bigger.
Everything all around them was very
bright and pretty.
but one day the wind began to
blow, and the rain came down more
and more, till the lakes and rivers
spread over everywhere and covered
the trees all up; and 1t kept laundering
and lightning. and the ground shook 80
hard that some mountains were shaken
all to pieces and great big stones sent
flying into the air.
'.rhe grove Of big trees had all been
blown down, and a great mountain Of
dirt was heaped up over them. How
do you suppose the trees felt? They
were damned in tight, and squeezed
hard under the big mountain, and 1t
was dark, very dark in there. And
suppose they thought, We can never
work any more; we will never see the
sunshine again.
"And there the trees stood for years
and years and years-oh. a great deal
longer than any one who lives upon
this earth can remember. But one day,
way down in the ground under the
mountain, came a great crashing, tum-
bling, rumbling, grumbling noise. and
next there was big hole in the noun
| tain that reac hed clear down to where
the trees were, and the sun could shine
in on them once more!
"But II you had looked in there for
the trees you never could have found
them, for they had all been broken up
and jammed tight together and turned
black and hard till they looked more
like big black rock. And when the
men who made the hole saw the shin
ing stuff, they said:
"'Here 1t Is. here it Is"
"And the black. shining stuff said:
"'What's that? what's that? Oh
light! it's daylight! My! Who ever
thought we'd see daylight again? Why
we've been shut in here years and
years and years! We want to get out
and look around
But when 1t went to move 1t was