The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05

not like the rest of his people at ALL
ne was kind and good and for that
very reason his people had turned him
out and would have no more of him.
Not knowing where to 60 he had en-
tered Fairyland. Naturally he had
seen the princess and had heard all
about her dress. He thought her very
beautiful, indeed. and he felt that he
would so like to see the attire that
was causing all the bother. Perhaps.
who knows, he might be able to find
out what was the matter for the
brownies are just az clever as the
fairies. only in a different way. A very
strong guard was always stationed
around the shed where the dress was
kept-not an ordinary dirty shed. but
beautifully clean one, with plenty
OF windows and the floor all paved
with marble.
The brownie prince did not give UP
the hope OF looking in: he watched
for his chance, which at last came. One
beautiful moonlight night he crept UP
unseen, and, peeping in through one
OF the windows, he saw the dress 1t
was beautiful. for it was made Of
nothing but smiles" You know how
nice some people look when they smile
lit seems to throw quite a light oven
their face, and it was this light that
had been caught and woven into the
dress. Oh. how beautiful it was. and
how lovely il looked in the soft moon
light. But Pericent could see the fault
IN It'll was too bright; when daylight
came it would look quite glaring' and
not at all pretty. Pericent crept awav.
but he thought and thought, and at
length he made up his mind TO do a.
Lord Firefly had done-to visit the
world and study the people from whom
the smiles had been taken
Pericent stayed quite long time
among them. and he noticed how
quickly the baby's smile would fade
and the tears come, and then how
quickly the tears would be dried and
the smiles reappear. And he saw that
as il was with the babies so it was
with the grownups; only the smiles
did not come so often and the tears
were not dried so easily Then he
wondered and wondered. He saw how
those who seemed to have everything
were not SO happy as those who had
not so much, and that those who had
met old Trouble on the way had the
the sweetest smiles Of all.
One very hot day, when the sun
shine was dazzling and the ground was
dry. dusty and uncomfortable. it
looked as if it never meant to rain
again; but in the night, however. the
rain came peltIng down. When Peri
cent went out the next day how lovely
everything was. The earth smelt so
sweet. and everything looked so cool
and green. Pericent jumped for joy.
for the mystery was a mystery no
longer for him. Then what do you think
he dld2 Why. as the fairies had col
lected the smiles. so he went and col
lected some tears. and when he had got
enough he flew back to FafryIand and
told the weavers to weave them all up
into beautiful gossamer veil of soft
est shades of gray. When it was fin
ished he hurried to the king. and there,
in the presence of the monarch and all
his court, Pericent threw over the
princess dress his veil of tears. and
they all cried out in astonishment
for through the veil the colors of the
dress glowed rich and soft and beau
tiful
The king was delighted and gave
Pericent high place at court
Then came another and a more i'm
portant hitch The princess said she
would not marry the old prince who
had been selected for her husband.