The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-04

tug, and the next minute he was
swooping quite blindly, till his ears
rang and his brain was upset.
His string had caught in tele-
graph wire, and every time he swoop-
ed his beautiful tail became more and
more entangled in the same thing.
Let me go. you" screamed the kite,
when he gathered enough of his senses
to realize what had happened.
Never" said the telegraph wire
hoarsely. Il love you and will keep
you for my own"
Madam" said the kite firmly, but
still somewhat softened by the compli-
ment, Il am afraid that we are of such
different temperaments that we could
never agree"
Il don't care" said the telegraph
wire passionately. IT will hold you
and will never let you CO."
There was really nothing for the
kite to do except to remain. The
West Wind saw his predicament and
laughed rudely and the black cloud
filled her hat with water and let it all
fall, plops! on the poor kite. who now
hung detected and miserable by his
tangled string.
The telegraph wire tried to enter
tain him. but soon had to stop in
order to transmit some messages that
were being sent over her. The kite be-
came deeply interested, for the mes
sages told all about the great world
the Russo-Japanese War and the
prospects for the cabbage crop in the
next village, and even about the
storm. Only, to the kites great sur
prise, nothing was said of the kites
adventures or of the loss of the gold
en- rooster.
at is queer how people always miss
the best news" said the kite to him
self.
Just then a merry voice said, "Hel-
To- cousin! Why have you stopped
f1ying?"
1t was the sun, which had come
out again, the West Wind and the
black cloud having run away to play
their pranks somewhere else.
"I thought that l would just sit
here and rest for time" said the
kite with an important air. while
you are here l wish that you would
dry me. You might as well be of
some little use, you know"
The sun laughed again and blew its
hottest breath down on the vain kite.
until his tissue paper body and his
golden sun and long tail were dry
again, although a little wrnkled.
Then a deem voice sounded from
high. 1t seemed to come from a lit
tie. white, woolly cloud that was trot-
ting along for all the world like a
silken noodle dog.
Come along, come along!" said the
voice. at am the North Wind and
1 am going on a far journey"
The North Wind reached down and
began to untangle the kite. The tele-
graph wire became so angry that
words failed here and she could only
hum like a million and a thousand
bees. But it didn't help her, for all
at once the kite was free and went
soaring away.
Now you must hold fast to me-"
said the North Wind, putting his arms
around the kite. "for we are over the
deep, blue ocean. and If you fall you
will drown and be eaten by a whale "
Indeed" said the naughty kite. Il
guess that 1 can fly as well as you.
Kindly take your hands off me-"
VERY WELL" said the North Wind,
Down went the kite. He thought
he was swooping like an eagle, but in
reality he was turning over and over
and dropping straight toward the
water. He fell and fell. till all at
once his long tail caught on some
thing. It was the mast of a ship.
"Ah," said the kite to himself, 'Tll
lust stay hero for a moment and help
them along"
The ship was running before the
trade wind, and the kite tapped mad
ly.
It guess this old ship Is pretty well
frightened at the speed that I've CIV
en- it," said the kite. Hey. there,
old ship, am 1 pulling you too fast?"
"Hellol" said the ship. why, what
is that up there? A lot OF rags, as I
livel"
Rags" muttered the kite angrily.
Rags! That's the thanks a person
gets in this world"
He tapped so hard in his anger that
he tore himself loose and off he went
again, heading straight for South
America this time. for the East Wind,
clad in yellow oilskns all wet and
dripping. had rushed down In his gray
automobile OF rain cloud and went
roaring away with him.
Then the kite saw strange countries.
He dew far over Brazil and over the
forests OF the Amazon. AZ last one
day he looked down on great noun
tains. where the Kings OF the Andes
sat. each with a white crown on HIS
head but they did not look at him.
although he swooped his best and
imagined that they would mistake
| him for "a new and beautiful condor.
Then the kite found himself at sea
again. and made believe 10 be an al-
! hatross But he did not say 10 10
the Fast wind tie ala not wish 40
BE- dropped again.
All az once the kite saw a hords