The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-27

AfEATHERHEAD MAIDEN

5 hFEATHERHEAD MAIUEh
The blush of the rose,
And the blue of the skies:
These are the colors tthe story goes)-
The rose for the scheeKs,
Theb lue for the eyes.
Dame Natures hues Kris kringis
seeks.
.The Christ Child Doll that Starlight
made
sShalI always be- Kris Kringie said.
starlight" Flathead Indian legend
saws. is the fairest and daintiest little
maiden in all the owrld. She was found
one starlight night, sleeping in bank
of snow, by old Kris Kringle, who had
been out gathering pine cones. At first
the jolly old fellow thought he had dis
covered a rare snow plant, and stopped
to pluck it, when a tiny voice showed
him the supposed flower was a thing Of
life And as old Kris Kringie picked up
the mite and carried it to his h me,
where his wife was mixing gaudy paints
TO beautify presents intended for boys
and girls everywhere, even little Indian
chnjren.
II have brought you present" said
the oid man. one you can keep and not
send away. as you sometimes do when
the stock runs low
"A present. exclaimed the good dame.
"And where did you get it,"
BY this time old Kris Kringle had
placed the baby girl the workshop ia
BILE and stood shaking his miIthful sides
with laughter
ND IL tn hayE Of .lt "a
he said.
and q peal of silvery ripples echoed
throughout the room.
Found it in a bank of snow" repeated
Dame Kringle Such an odd place 70
ind a treasure"
81 truly found it there, good wife. just
as said, and now what shall We do with
it,"
Now what we shall do with it, cor
rected the dame, but what shall we CAN
lt?"
starlight" suggest edher husband, and
Starlight she became
Little Starlight grew rapidly and in al
most TO time-it may have been days,
and il may have been weeks-was as big
at the largest Flathead doll old Kris
kringle carries each year to the wee red
papooses up and down the Puget Sound.
or those he brings TO the paleface chill
dren by the big waters TO the east
in the many years gone by Kris Krin
gle had been unable TO make doll look
just right. try as he might. There al
ways seemed to be something wrong,
something out Of keeping; but what,
neither. he nor his good spouse could tell. |
~ know what Il is said Starlight who
overheard the discussion, and if you Will
give me the task 1 viii remedy the de-
feet"
BLESS your bright eyes replied old |
Kris. you may have the task, and well /
come
and 50 it came about that Starlight, 4
the little Flathead mite. brought to the |
land OF snow by an old storS, took charge 4
of all the dolls in the homo.
First she mixed pot OF carmine-the I
rosiest red ever secn-and then she mixed |
The blue. With brush she painted the /
cheeks of doh and laid it away On n
shelf. Then she took pair of baubles, |
called eyes" by old Kris. and dipped |
them in the blue. These in turn she !
placed on a shelf to dry.
Don't ask questions tonight, or Try to
peep" said little Starlight. land tomor-
row / will show YOU how the work is
done"
But you might tell me- pleaded old
Kris Il would never tell. You know |
keep the secrets for all the papas,' and
mammas in the world
But Starlight wouldn't Tell her secret.
and for the first time in his whole life
old Kris Kringle found himself wondering /
and wondering
The sun had scarcely lighted up tho day
when Starlight crept from her bed and
hurried to the workshop Yes, the dolly /
was there, safe and sound. just she
had ieft it; so were the pair of deep blue
baubles; both dry and ready to handle
Starlight knew she must hurry or old
Kris Kringle would he at the workshop
before she was ready for him. Catching
up the doll, with the pretty red cheeks.
she placed the baubes of blue i'm its head
and made them fast. Then she found
the ebony and painted a dot on the cen
ter
oh such eyes she exclaimed as She
clappej her hands with glee Such pretty
eyes-and rosy cheeks. too. just like all
the dc.Iies shaan have hereafter" Old
Kris Kringle was coming Starlight could
hear his step on the frosty snow. Il will
hide she said to herself. and see what
he will do"
4 moment later Kris Kringle came In.
swapping his fingers TO throw off the cold
ana filling the workshop room with
merry whistle. Before him. on the work
shop. table. reclned the wondrous doll.
The old man stood in silent admiration
and then gave ont a still louder whistle
and ran out o. the door as fast IS h
short legs would e; him. Nor iii he stop
till he reached his home
Come, good dame; come quick and
see he called. and back he ran to the
workshop door.
Dame kringle. aware Of the Jolly moods
of her husband. and ever ready 10 please
him. hurried after.
Old Kris stood at the door waiting. his
face wreathed IN smiles
It's the ocll,'' hec ried. forgetting that
he had boosted to Starlight he could keep
q secret. and they entered arm I'm arm.
Starlight sat wit hthe doll in her lap,
the most joyous little mother on earth.
And ever since then. the Fiatheai In
dian legend says, Starlig hi mikes the red
aid blue for all the dol.ies in the W ria
Eugene O. Mayiiield in the New York
Herald.
THE pEcALoGUE OF HEALTH.
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