Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26

| agafn-not In her own pink dress. hut IN
fairy clothes, all white and fluffy with cob
| webby lace-the Beautiful Princess asked
If she would like to eat some luncheon.
Ellen truthfuiiy and politely answered:
/ Yes, mann"
! that gifttered and glass that flashed, and
l Dig bowls OF red roses reflected In miniature
lakes. In one particular it did not come up
/ to the standard Of the red book.
Il thought fairies had dishes Of gold, %
| Ellen remarked critically The Princess
smiled and spoke to a tall creature in q red
plush coat Immediately large gold plate
was placed in front of the little girl Well
pleased. indeed. Ellen then proceeded to eat
more good things than she could remember
afterWard.
As they left the table Ellen was delighted
to see approaching her charming little
elf. all long golden ring1ets and stiff white
skirts and white silk stockings and little
white kid slippers with pink rosettes.
Ellen ran forward with oufstretched arms,
but instead OF kissing the sweet creature
as she Intended she bumped her own nose
against mirror so severely that She al
most erted-onfy she could not cry in fairy
land Her mistake was so funny that she
really had to laugh and the princess had to
what would you Hike to do next?' the
Beautiful Princess asked. IF you please
should like to see the Fairy Prince" Ellen
answered.
The. princess sighed md said that the
Fairy Prince was not at home. but away
off on the other side Of the ocean. She
took a leeket from her neck, and the little
girl stood on tiptoe to look at a picture Of
the prince.
Ellen thought a fairy prince should have
yellow waving locks. blue eyes, pink cheeks
green velvet coat and hat with a
not at all like that Ellen did not wish
to be impolite. but she could not keep
from shaking her head and saying Moor
as she looked.
The Beautiful Princess did not seem to
mind. She laughed a little laugh and raised
the locket to her lips, kissing the picture Of
the lean. lantern-tawed prince very ten
derby.
Ellen soon forgot her disappointment
about the Fairy Prince. for the next place
they entered was so enchanting it almost
took away their breath. 1t was the rose
bower of the Beautiful Princess herself.
and there were red roses and pink roses
and white roses and yellow roses
blooming everywhere, and the most beau
tiful roses of all on vines climbing oyer-
head. There were birds singing and foun-
tains making musical murmurs and trie-
king in little silver streams over green
moss. ---..-
At first Ellen was too pleased to speak
membered the doll left in a heap on the
steps
murmured when she found her voice.
II was III CHtS WOhUcFluf ptdCtp HI TIE
thick greenery. that Ellen caught sight
of the fairies turned to stone. They stoeet
there. the poor things, all ready to move
when the word should be spoken. The
Ellen did not know what that meant, but
the red book had told her about the fairies
that were turned to stone.
"a wicked ogre said spell over them
to last a hundred years and day., she
recalled as she wiped away plying tear.
when the Fairy Prince comes home you
will tell him to kiss them all and break the
spell, will you not. Beautiful PrincessF"
she asked. The princess said she would
speak to the prince about it.
When the little girl began to feel tired the
Beautiful Princess offered to rock her to
sleep
mo, thank you, ma am" said Ellen. Il
guess you would better take NE home now.
My mother will be through working and
she will want to sing to me and put me to
bed for my nap.
SO they got into the carriage again-stiIl
a golden chariot-and, though she diu not
intend to do SO, the little girl leaned against
the Beautiful Princess and went to sleep.
Meanwhile Ellen had been missed in Lit
tie Bean street. The child's mother asked
her neighbors In the tenement If they had
seen anything of her Ellen. Then. finding
Rag Polly alone on the steps, the mother
grew frightened and ran all through the
house and up and down the street calling
and looking everywhere. The policeman on
the corner helped her In her search and
other policemen were nOtfueO 10 De On tDe
lookout for the lost child. At last Ellen's
mother herself went to the police station to
ask If a barefooted, bareheaded. yellow
haired girl in a pink dress had been found.
The sergeant said that a lady in car
rage had turned over to the authorities q
little girl found wandering alone on c.
street. The child was asleep in the inner
office on the sergeant's desk. Ellen's
mother looked in. trembling with hope and
fear. When she caught sight Of the lace
trimmed skirts, the white silk stockings and
the pink rosettes she hurried away. blinded
by tears mo, nor she said. my little
Ellen was not dressed like that"
But as she went on searching up and
down the streets she could not keep from
thinking about that little figure in white on
the sergeants desk. Those fat little legs
stuck out exactly like Ellen's legs. So she
went back to the police station and Johnnie
went with her. This time they went right
up to the desk, and when they saw the yell
low curls spread out over pile of papers
not all the white slippers with pink rosettes
In the world could fool them.
So Ellen. who had been to Fairyland, and
who had fallen asleep in the chariot of the
Beautiful Princess. awoke. thankful and
glad, in the arms of her own dear mother
with her brother Johnnie hugging and kiss
ing her siIk-stockinged legs, which were all
he could reach at the moment