The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-06

- Asst week. as you viii remember
81 ID the story stopped, leaving the
NJ Princess Alice in the strange
land, where all the old folks
were children. She was very
much startled when Howard Megargee
was SO suddenly whislzed away from hef
side Just after he wished to be with ms
sick father, the magician, but IN a mo
ment she realized what mad happened
She was frightened, too. for a moment,
bar when she thought that she held the
Took OF Magic in her hand, with the
TfishiEg-spel1 printed in plain letters, she
cencIuded that perhaps II was for the
best She knew shat she had only TO re-
peat the magic words ID be able TO have
any wish granted. and she determined 10
remain for a while in the village Of old
children to see # she could not help them,
Tor Il did seem awful to see all those Old
peopIe playing childish games, II did not
seem right
Some of them were Just Ike bad boys
at school-te1sinE others, putting burrs IN
the girls hair, breaking windows, throw
fng stones at cats. and doing ali sorts OF
mean tricks, which, Of course, one ex-
poets bad boys 70 do. Dat certainly not
old men with gray boards foot long.
and TO think Of a whole village afraid
10 20 about IL the dark made her blush
5Gr them.
she walked about the village until noon
Vatch.ea them ss their play, and then
she sat down under a tree TO rest A
woman with a pleasant face came and sat
down beside her and said:
My dolly is quite sick What SHAH ]
give her?"
7 "a. not know replied Alice. Il an
too old to remember what 1 gave M
dolly when I played with her"
Il had thought OF cod-liver OIL said
the old woman. But she does make such
4 face over that
She Hears of . WHob
aNhat is the matter with herr" asked
The Princess.
i think she is bewitched. I am almost
sure the old witch up yonder has doHs
something 10 my darling" replied ths
woman. hugging her don closely.
rs there an old witch about heTe?'
asked Alice.
'Oh, certainly. Didn't you know thai
she lived Up over the hill near the wood
/ Thought everybody knew thati'
''WH you show me her house, asked
me Princess.
NO. indeed, not I. That is, VIII not 8
rear 1t. not for the wide world But II
point Il cut 70 you from a safe distance
They say that all she has to do is 20 lool
at you ana that fixes you. It's awful q
ihiak about IT, IS Il uotg
Il don't believe in witches, replied
Alice. and / think that she is about a
real as the Buea5oos you were all s,
afraid If. win 50 and take look a
her."
The old woman got up and went to the
toy Of q little hin with the Princess an,
pointed 10 house on the TOD % another
Hill not far away
she lives there" she said, and thinl
she's 1T bosz row, but I would not s.
near If J we.. sou.
Alice went al once to the house an,
Knocked on the door. u was opened by
woman who certainly did not look ike th,
pictures Of witch at an She smiled wheI
she saw Alice. and said: Good morning
j am glad you have come have beel
expecting you all the morning. after
heard h0W you and the young LAD routes
the Bugahous fast night
They cold ne that you were a witch.
said The Princess. and came 10 SCI
what y0u really were
~Of course 1 am not "a witch, but Whei
those cid children down in the play VII
IasC once get an i0ea in their heads IT,
impossible 10 set Il oct again. They 90
the notion thar am a witch, because
co uot play 81 day as they do, but az
tend 60 uly 1ork,
.What is yot.r work. inquired Alice.