Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-06


page. Yours, truly,
EDITH WATTS, eleven years old
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.
Once upon a time there was king and
queen who had baby princess born. They
named it Dortterine. When she was to be
cristened they invited seventeen fairies to
bestow gifts on the princess All the fair
les gave their gifts but the seventeenth and
she said. Let the princess play wherever
she wants to except on the fifth floor" Now
as they had all given their gifts they went
strong and beautiful, but she was never
allowed to go off the fourth floor. One day
she slipped away from her maids ard ran
up the stairs to the fifth floor. Here she
began to cry and said, "Oh-I-wish-I-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." Just then she
heard noise and turning around saw a
fairy. Dear child" she said, Il have come
to give you your wish" She then handed
her baby boy and vanished. Dortterine
did not know that this brother was to
bring her trouble She ran down stairs to
the first floor and showed the baby to the
King and Queen. Then there was joy all
over the castle They named the Prince
Petru Now the fairy that gave Petru to
Dortterine was the same one that told the
King and Queen not to let the Princess go
on the fifth floor. So she made the Prince
hate Dortterine. Poor Dortterine did not
know this and she loved her brother and
trusted him. Now Dortterine was twenty
seven years old, and Petru was nineteen.
One day the fairy appeared to Petru and
said to him, "Petru, will you obey what I
say" Petru loved the fairy so he said yes
We'll then" said the fairy, Tell your
sister that you want her to take a walk
with you in the woods. This she will do.
When you get In the woods take your
sword and Stable Dortterine. For she Is
the one who will bring you trouble. Now
this was not true the fairy only wanted to
get rid of the Princess for disobeying her
A II r;1rl1S !.
Then the fairy vanished. Petru ran down
stairs to get his sister to take walk. She
readily consented to go. When they were
in the woods Petru drew his sword and
stabbed poor Dortterine. He then ran
away. Dortterine was not dead but had
only tainted. 1t happened that a neighbor-
Ing King was hunting just then in the
woods. and he passed Dortterine. When
he saw her he was struck with her beauty
So he dismounted and picked her up put
her on the horse and quickly rode to the
castle with her. She soon came to herself
and was puzzled to know where she was
Then the King told her all about it. He
then said, Shall We not marry?" Dortter-
Inc was very willing to. So the feast was
spread and everybody was invited. The
fairy gave Petru an invisible cloak and
told him to pick up Dortterine when she
was dancing and bring her to the woods
When the feast was ready the King began
to dance with his wife. Petru then put
on his invisible cloak and seized Dortter-
the woods to the fairy. The King was to
surprised to speak. When he did speak the
first thing he said was, Where is the
Queen?' Now when the fairy had Dortter-
inc she said, Il am now going to punish
you for disobeying your parents and going
on the fifth floor" So she took Dortterine
and locked her up in a dungeon. Poor Petru
when he thought of all he had done to his
loving sister he was over come with grief
and drew his sword and killed the fairy
and then himself. The poor portterine's
husband died also of grief at the loss of
his wife. While the Princess was in the
dungeon she received nothing to eat as
the fairy was dead so she died of starya-
ton. So there was the end of them all
except the parents who lived to a good Old
age and never learned what had become of
their children.
Hector was the name of our pet dog who
was very smart and proud. Every Sunday
he knew was his masters holiday so as
soon as breakfast was over he would get
his collar because he knew just where it
was and he would bring it to some one to
put 1t on. Then he would start off follow
ing his master until they came to a river
known to us his bathing beach. After
he had finished he would start for home
One day a rooster strayed into our baci,
yard and not being able to find its owner
We decided to keep 1t. 1t was very tame
but also very proud. The idea of such a
creature being made a pet of made Hector
so angry that he would not notice it. but
at last he got sick with a pipp on his
tongue and colored woman who knew a
great deal about chickens cut it off but at
last 1t died. making the dog very happy
indeed. Not long after that Hector died
leaving us pets at ALL
BY MARGARET A. BARRETT.
Age 13.
This story is called THE Dog and Rocs-
ter