The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-12

powders on my tongue. and that made
| me lttle. And then, because he was
pussy, he brought me here for Won to
take care of me, and you know the
rest. Hello, here he comes now"
Gilbert and his father looked I'D and
sure enough. there was the wizard
coming up the road.
well said he, shaking hands with
GILBERT. Il see that the giant has heen
making himself useful. | supnose he
sun wants to become big again.
NO. Stree" said the tiny giant. "r
do not" e'''ii''
wen. then. in five minutes YOU NAV
take your last powder. It's most 10 -
Gilbert FASTENED to explain whv there
We're no more powders.
r. thought ] could trust Won Gil
pert' said the wizard in an UNPLEASANT
way. ga Az
Look here, you can trust him" said
the giant. 1t wasn't his fault at all
Ahother fellow spilled one of the pow
uers; fou must talk nicely to Gilbert.
OF else II l do get big again I'll carry
you on on my shoulder and lose Won. I
know you havn't any more powders
ana L know you can't get any. 7 want
TO remain tiny if you can do ANYTHING
10 help me, but / won't have you blame
Gilbert '''l'ii0
20, that's the way, it is, is it?" said
the wizard. We'll, is he a help to Won
Gilbert? Do you want him to live with
you?" '-'
Sure" said Gilbert. why. he's
helped us with the hying, and he eats
hardly anything, and after he's worked
hard all day he plays in the evening by
showing us boys how strong he is. I'd
miss him awfully if he went away"
asked the wizard.
Il didn't spill lit. Jack Sherman
spilled it in the swimming hole"
We'll, I've got to drain off the pool
and get the powder and give it to him
and he'll be small forever. But l must
hurry up, or he'll be a giant in spite of
his wishes"
The wizard FASTENED away to the
pool, and the giant went after another
load of stones, and Gilbert and his
father went on with their work.
The wizard walked to the pool instead
of wishing himself there, and that took
time. And while he was draining it the
factory whistles in a neighboring town
blew for II, and the next minute Gill
bert and his father just escaped being
killed by huge stone that dropped cut
of the air right by their side. Then
they heard a roaring voice, and look
ing up, they saw the giant towering
up in the air and just in the act Of
fiinging tremendous stone at the
school house.
What are you doing?" shouted Gill
bert. You wicked giant; stop that?"
But at this the giant let fly, and the
stone crashed through the school house
roof. Luckily, it was vacation time
and so no one was injured. But now
the giant picked up another stone and
ahmed it at the dwelling house where
Mrs. Harding sat in the doorway she'll
ing peas.
She was very deaf. DO / hear thun-
der?" she said to herself quite uncon-
scious of her peril.
Gilbert, don't scold the giant, praise
him." said Mr.. Harding, and obeyed
his own suggestion by saying: Bet
you can't hit the icehouse."
Mr.. Harding's presence of mind un-
doubtedly saved his wife's life. for the
giant, always unwilling to let dare
go unheeded, changed his aim and de-
molished the icehouse in two seconds.
1t would be a mild way of putting it
to say that things were getting serious.
They could not hope to tickle the
giants vanity forever, and sooner or
later he would demolish the whole vii