The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-03

So she took Bobbie and Dot into
her little cottage, and there they found
kettle of nice soup bubbling on the
stove, and in minute the little old
lady had out three blue bowls and some
bread, and then she took the little dus-
ty shoes off Dots tired feet and put
the little girl into a big chair and gave
her the soup, while Bobbie sat on the
other side of the fire and ate as if he
were almost starved.
"And now" said the little old lady
when they had finished, your cousin
was a naughty boy to tell you things
that We're not true: but wait until
morning and l will show you some
thing that will be almost as good as
the things he told you," and she smiled
mYsteriously.
She made up two little beds on the
floor of an inner room and put Bob
bic and Dot to sleep, and, after she
had built great fire in her kitchen
stove, she went out to the hen house
and brought back a basket of eggs.
When the fire was good and hot she
put several little pots over the Goals,
and when they had boiled she dipped
into each q dozen eggs and then sat
down to wait. In just ten minutes she
lifted the eggs out again, and behold!
they had changed from nearly white
to all colors of the rainbow-to red,
and orange, and green, and purple,
and a deep lovely blue; more water
was then added and more eggs dipped
in; to come out in all the dainty colors
pink and pale blue and lavender.
The little old lady spread the eggs
out on a table, and with a brush she
put on gold decorations, and on one
big pink egg she wrote "Bobbie" in
gold, and on one big blue egg she
wrote Dot in gold. Then with her
great basket of eggs she again went
out to the hen house.
The next morning when the chill
dren were dressed and had eaten their
breakfast the little old lady took two
baskets from a nail and put on her
sunbonnet.
Come" she said with smile, 1--WE
will go out to the hen house. l sent
word to your mother last night that
you were safe, and l asked her to let
you stay with me to-day"
So Bobbie and Dot followed her,
and when the door of the hen house
was opened they beheld long line
of pure white hens sitting on their
nests, and each white hen turned up
red inquiring eye as the little old lady
entered.
"Get off your nests, chickabiddies,
said the little old lady with a sweep
of her arms, and every single white
hen flew off and went fluttering and
cackling through the door.
"Oh, oh, OH" screamed Dot, and
"Oh, OH oh!' screamed Bobbie, what
beautiful eggs!"
There, upon the nests of soft white
cotton were pink eggs, and blue eggs
and golden eggs, and eggs of every
color of the rainbow, and the little
old lady picked up two beautiful ones
marked with the names of the two
children and presented them with a
smile You are to have all that you
can carry away" she said.
did the hens lay them?" asked Dot
in wonder.
yes" said the little old lady, 1.-THE
hens laid them, but you must not ask
too many questions for that will spoil
the charm and she kissed little Dot
and patted her on the head.
She gave each of the children a bas-
ket, and when they had filled them
they counted their treasures and found
that Bobbie had two dozen eggs and
Dot had two dozen.
"And now you must go home" said
the little old lady. Farmer Dunn will
drive you over when he goes with the
milk"
So the children kissed the little old
lady and were driven home in Farmer
Dunn's WAGON.
Reginald met them at the gate.
"Oh, you little geese he laughed
as he climbed into the wagon, I'll bet
you tried to find Easter Egg Town.
Didn't fool you!" and he threw back
his head, and laughed and laughed,
and laughed, but suddenly he stopped
with jerk. for Dot and Bobbie had
uncovered their baskets.
Where where where did you
get those?' stammered Reginald as his
eyes fell on the beautiful rainbow
eggs.
I'm Easter Egg Town." said Dot de-
murely.
"Oh, I say" said Reginald. there
isn't any such place."
"Oh, yes" said Bobbie there is,
and we have been there"
And with no further explanation to
the staring Reggie. the two children
jumped down out of the wagon and
ran up the path to the house