Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-06
SHORT STORY FOR
EVENING HOURS
The FOUR.LEAF COVER


out to play, and the two little girls sat
down on the stone wall on the other
side of the road. and considered what
they would do next. Penelope's rag.
gcd tangled mop of a Skye sat on one
side, and wagged his fringy, fuzzy tail
some of the time. and Priscilla's tidy
little Boston terrier sat on the other
side. and wagged his funny, stumpy
tail all the time. Then a middle.siLed
Girl came along. and she sat down on
the stone wall with Penelope and Pris.
ella. This was Margaret Ainslee Sher.
idan, and Penelope and Priscilla felt
very proud to sit on the same stone
wall with her.
Didn't you ever find four.leaf
clover. Priscilla?' asked Margaret,
and didn't you ever find four.leat
clover, Penelope? Why, I've found
bushels and quarts of them!" And
then because Margaret was a good girl
and meant always to tell the exact
truth, she added quickly. AT least |
found three in one day. and I've often
found one at a time"
They mean good luck, don't they?"
asked Priscilla.
yes, ever such! After ! found one
once. Aunt Helen sent me set of gold.
band china dishes: and I've no doubt
something happened the other times.
II | had only thought TO remember"
"Oh, my" said Penelope and Pris.
ella, together.
Il wish could have some good
luck" said Penelope, rather dolefully.
Il tore my red dress yesterday, and
this morning lost my handkerchief"
why don't you get four.leaf clov.
err" suggested Margaret. Il will tell
you where they grow. The surest way
Is to sleep with the clover under your
pillow; and then. when you dress in
the morning, put II In your left shoe
the left, remember-and you'll have
good luck all day."
Eyes, let's" said Penelope and Pris.
ella In chorus again.
Then Margaret told Penelope and
Priscilla just where four.leaf clover
grows on the sunny slope OF Reservoir
hill; and she jumped down from the
stone wall and went up the road, and
Penelope and Priscilla jumped from the
stone wall and went down the road.
The tidy little Boston terrier and the
ragged, tangled mop of Skye chased
along for a few minutes and then de-
c'ded they would 20 home. don't
know what the dogs did after that, but
Priscilla and Penelope went to Reser.
Voir hill and hunted and hunted, till
Priscilla found little one and Pene.
lope two splendid four.leaf clovers.
Penelope and Priscilla were sorry
that Priscilla could not find two. be.
cause they always liked to have every
thing perfectly fair; but II she could.
Mt she couldn't.
And any way" she said. cheerfully,
maybe little four.leaf clover Is Just
as lucky as a big four-leaf clover"
"oh. Of course" said Penelope. po.
litely; "but two's luckier than one"
''Oh, course" said Priscilla.
Then they ran home and told their
mothers all about II; and when they
went to bed that night each put the
cluster OF magic leaves under her Pill.
low.
In the morning Priscilla's mother
came TO Priscilla's door and told her Il
was o'clock. Priscilla was awake;
and she jumped out of bed. and put the
clover in her shoe.
Now I'm going to have good luck all
day" she thought; and she dressed
quickly and went down to breakfast.
She looked over her arithmetic exam
pies, for two were hard ones; and then
she thought she would practice.
Il want to be all ready for my good
luck when II comes" she thought, as
she began to play her fiye-nnger exer.
cises.
"Will You please post this letter for
she kissed her goodbye before she
went to school; and Priscilla promised
faithfully to remember.
When Priscilla went out the front
door Dr. Harris was driving by, and he
called out:
Want to ride, Priscilla? am going
your way"
Priscilla wished to ride, but she
wished to have Penelope ride, too. So
they stopped a minute In front of Pen
elope's house, though the dootcr said
he could not wait. Then Penelope's
mother shook her head to them from
the window, and they drove along"
IL think Penelope's father Is going
to take her with him." said Priscilla,
"but II seems funny to go TO
school without Penelope" When they
reached the second street. the doctor
turned.
We'll go this way" he said. ut
will be much nicer, and you have time
enough for It,"
But Priscilla remembered the letter.
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