Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-24

side her. and up went the eagle flashing in
the golden air. oh it q glorious ride
through the great clear sky. all fresh and
new.
trees ahead of her. Those" said Bruno.
are the trees around the soda water foun-
tain Now we'll land right on the choco-
late bean tree where your umbrella is
caught So the eagle alighted the tree,
anu l.illyetta and Bruno climbed carefully
OH his back. Now" he said I'll be gone
about half an hour. and then I'll call for
you again" So he flew away
Right before Lillyetta was the green SILK
umbrella, not the least bit hurt. oh. how
glad she was to unfasten it from the
branches and carry 1t carefully down to the
ground And when she reached the ground
and looked about her she was too delighted
for words. Right in the middle rose the soda
water fountain, in beautiful sparkling spray,
and as 1t fell again to The ground it d.vineu
into five little streamlets that ran in diff
ferent directions. like the spokes of a
wheel Lillyetta and Bruno were standing
under the chocolate bean tree and at their
feet ran one of the streamlets.
oh, Brunei" cried Lillyetta Il can
drink some can't ~"
Certainly" answered Bruno. This
stream is vanilla soda water. The beans
from the tree drop into the water and flavor
1t deliciously The next one, you see Is
| lemon. favored by the lemons from the
tree above. The next is vanilla, favored by
the vanilla beans from the vines around 1t,
along the bank. and that Is delightful pne-
apple soda, aud the last is strawberry, for
YOU see how thickly the Strawberries are
growing on tie bank. All the stones in the
different streams are ice cream"
Lillyetta cIasped her hands. May 1 try
them all. Bruno she asked.
Certainly" he answered. The real soda
water fountain won't hurt YOU a bit
Drink all you want
SO Iilyetta stopped down a each sire an
let and drank the delicious soda water, bet
ter than any she had ever tasted.
All" she cried, when she had finished
Il glad 1 bought worsted instead of
soda water at the village!' Then a sudden
idea came to her. oh she cried again,
L know what III do while we're waiting
for the eagle-1 have the best idea only
you mustn't look. You mustn't watch me
at all
She ran over TO the other side jumping
over two of the little streams and found
nice coy nook under the lemon tree.
I'm going to make something" she
called to Bruno, but you can't see it until
it's finished" Then she united the package
of worsted from the handle of the green
umbrella, and took out the pink worsted
and the knitting needles and began to knit.
She could knit very WELL and very quickly,
too.
She worked fast as she could. and IN
about twenty minutes 1t was finished. 1t
was the ioveliest pink coat you ever saw.
Liliyetta tied up the worsted and knitting
needles again, and then she went back to
Bruno. See, she cried, I've made you a
pink coat, You'H look too sweet for
words
"Oh. oh" cried the little brown bear. 'Tn
be as happy a butterfly
1illyetta tried it on him and Il fitted like
the cover on pincushion, it was so smooth
and snug. She tied 1t round his chin with
two worsted strings. ending in pink tasseIs
and Bruno was so happy he jumped about
Hike little girl getting ready for party.
"Oh. OH he cried. Pm pink at last.
you lovely little Lillyetta."
And then the eagle came flying back,
carrying all the things he had bought. He
had two brooms his back and several
yards of lavender ribbon hung round his
neck.
N.Y. he cried when he saw Bruno you
are splendid. Jump on my back again and
Wen go off. I've done a splendid days
shOppngT'
So they flew off again as happily as posi-
Bile
We'll" said the eagle. now where shall
1 take you, Lillyetta?'
Il see my aunt's house now" said Lilly
trees around It. Please let me off near
there"
Very we'll" said the eagle. and he sailed
down into the middle of a field close by.
Goodbye you excellent little girl"
cried Bruno. Lillyetta jumped off the
eagles back Il shall never forget you"
Goodbye. you beautiful pink bear Good
bye, dear. kind eagle!' Lillyetta called as
she ran home.
Aunt Mehitlble was so surprised when she
heard all Lnlyettas adventures. ut is alb
solutely remarkable she said. II saw
YOU from the window flying down with the
eagle and the little brown bear, and 1
haven't been so astonished since the time I
put salt instead of sugar in the cake. Any
| how she continued, I'm glad you didn't
| lose my best green silk umbrella and I'll
| give you another 10-cent piece for another
! skein of pink worsted.'