Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
THE LITTLE DREAMER

THE LITTLE DREAMER.
Elsie was one OF those dreamy chill
dren who never seem to fit in with
the others. She preferred to play
alone. She said that the world was
full of nice little people who talked TO
her when others were net by, and
that this was the reason why she INK
ed to play by herself. Mrs. Lane
sometimes feared that the child's
mind was not quite right, when she
told such strange stories of what she
had seen and heard, but she said lit
tie, hoping that the company of the
other children would set the child
right.
Back of the farm house ran wild
lot known as the pasture" This was
forbidden ground for the children, and
therefore to Elsie's imaginative mind,
peopled with many enchanted palaces,
witches and fairy godmothers.
One bright June day Elsie stood by
the brook and listened to it's laughter
'AN ~ NJ, " uo.ienl q. INC pieae
u.ea =. n". nau III Tue o'oiuue,i ia''o'
80 ''e ieiiee ono ne"iu 'ie IAN
fir tree shake their shaggy heads and
whisper to each other of the gay
times going on beioW. Even the WIND
'.sne' % ~ p"e'eu o'ei nom lhe iahu
of enchantment into her world. The
MY piius oa'ieu w. her DIS .hey noa'-
Gu oNeiheau' en'icihs her 10 loiio%
W. cneH' nv '"e iaiu " the peautilui'
one sam uo"h vi the SOU grass pc
s,ue 'ne ie'ioe anu iooiseo up into .ie
sny' =. "as eoi. ihoescripaple piue
"nion i'.'eu hei WIN vague leelihs
VI s'eisiac.ioi' IL was SO unreal IL
'eeineu " M. hei aoo'e the earlh anu
wrap hei III ies soie hiihy ioius. Elsie
saHeu i'itehtis inuo the azure aepths
o.e' neau he SKY was SO peautiiui!
one ooliu iooh' anu ook' ana look
anu see such "ondertui Things with
out seeih ahyrhihs at an ~ quite
.ooh hef preaeh away as she looked
80 ~ ,n "s'n' ~" easy II
"ou.u De' rI''ie 'iousn.' DIS sue ias
" io'' unuei 'he ience oNei the
uoiaei' into iairy iahu' ohe would go
elie o't1e' Gnu ,ee ioi iieiseii II tnele
W.. any "i'enes VINO Carried iitlie
~, "' Ne' D's oio'hei hau
w.,
80 ' NE %ae one pesono .ne
oo H.e nei heait lei. So queer
anu "sn. 'nat IL Almost maze her
- ~ 'ne quieA'' ioi 80. every
Inns ~ iiei easeihess 10 loiiow OUT
VI. my pa'n' "n'o.i ieu ier III anu
~. nc US 'iess surely .here were
e' ,.. 80 .'e ,o'es'' eise 'iow caihe
,MeS1 .,''ie pa'hs ~ every airection !:
~. ~ Dnu-' .aiou " hei oii one sue anu
~, n e.ne'' one sd.heieu ne.
a ap lua - ''easuleis DIS she hurried
vi, o"ee, ~ ieach .he emu OF the
pa'n' anu ,''i,i .he iairs paiace. Inc
sun "inheu az iier throush the trees
anu sAo".u nei many oiishl stones
"nion io0Aeu d. II they were touched
"t.n ~
A' sue "ahuerea on she came 10
pieu over the rocks among the alders.
eu'ets 'nis Ni'e' NC near lhe paiace,
~, vas '.e iios' chafhhihs spot Oh
"i' ounu 'ne aiuers were nttie
.nou,ua ouNe,eu WIN SOU green moss
So, mn,en iouneu me ehe hhesl VeiVet.
,s, Ioui" IMAGINE that the 1alries
neiu ,nen eo'n.ns mere ior inc
.lou,u' ii'aue such ueiishtiui cushlons
W %. upon ooiueiihs the stream
80. VI WHY 'ioiets' iheir
o"ee' i,'''e iaces iooheu up tfustingiy
! - i''i'i 'ne D"iN' do she ofoppeu
hei o'hei .ieasulers ana MED Doth
So. ~ ,'"et "n' ii'',e 'hihsa.
ou'.s On. hau ieaciea 'he iaho
~ eiiei.ah'iheh. lof they Whisper
gu " her VI otner beauties 1artn-
o. one iaus'eu Josousiy as
.n1 'unipeu nom hiiioch 10 MI
'oeA' nv" '.o'''hs the slleaih Oh
s.epp,ns s'ohes' now On nm
.ei an0n. ~ "ih'ei sle had
!"npeu .ne spoos vi .he carpet pay
ms .na' 'ne'e '" as wafer pe'"eeh' put
W na'e ie"' ""'ei was inuch iaore
N.'.'ne.
~. ia'' Oh eaiiie 20 tne eha Oh inc
D out "iiiohs the MS ana pines
on'o ioie. me paiace anu tile lair'
'e' seeilieu DIS lar away as ever. Inc
suh no 'onsei "ihkeu through tne
Trees ,he ar ieit iiltie cool and the
HIS DTeatneu heavily as the WIND
"hiskea n.y.
E'sle decided .hat she must go
nome ana nunt Tor lne palace some