The new South-news., 1909-03-06

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Isf an in ihe frozen NORTH. Go th.
fand of the midnight aun. there ia q
wonderful race of nirg ioit. tnoer
as The underground people. on lhe DO.
90 people Of tho hllIf
Oh. but ihoy play Queer snflcs end
marry planks. those woo brown folk
clad in dusky suite. iusl .ho color Of
the earth in which ihrY live. Ndafinr
on tholf fcct tiny glafa filopara. and
Furry caps OF brown finished With a
silver boli uaorning each olau head.
These caps are porrpssed of magic
power, which makes tho wcnror quito
Invisible 10 mortal oyea 90. though
one often hears ON o moonlight nlcht
soft Whispering ana low rustic
while walking through n lonely for
est or over "a mnonilt meadow land
sirown with nowera-yce. though one
often gees by daylight The grass
pressed down by the tread OF dancing
feet the night hofofe--onc never nocs
The olives themselves. unless he be
lucky enough 20 ind either one of
The iiiile caps or iia silver bell. lost
by some careless dancer.
Now shepherd lad of Norway had
heard 80 much Of those little folk OF
the hills that on ono ST. Johns Eve
he made mp hia mind 20 wait for the
FAIRY folk all nieht on tho ton of a
very hish hill which wan their favor
re dancing place. "Who known. q"
thought he, Il may be lucky enough
TO nnd one Of thoir magic caps"
IA soon az the night fell. on this
maaic night of an the year. the shop-
herd stole away TO the ton OF tho hin
nm fasrr~ ~~~r ~ r'1r-v~i-~ r,~~r,r.~ :
shadow he could find waited in 81
lence for tho fairy folk Exactly az
mldnlrht the Ginning OF silver bolis
ana gay mingling OF chatter and
laughter sounded over the lonely hin
top. then a rustic through tho gfnss.
aud then n whizzing aud q buzzing
that showed very plainly that tho llt-
Tie folk were whirllng round and
round IN the dance. tumhnnr and
sporting In the moonlight. PLAYING all
sorts OF merry pranks aud tricks.
The shepherd could not see any OF
this merrymaking. you know: he
could only honr the mirth and morrl-
mont, but all OF sudden something
cool and slippery touched his hand
and one of the little folks set nm a
great rry--"Oh. my boil. my bcll'
I've lost my little silver bolli" You
may be sure the shepherd lost no
time In clipping that bell in his pock.
't. Tor of course that was what had
touched his hand as it had rolled
from the cap of its tiny owner. Now
he could see the little folk running
hlther and thithcr In the most dis
tracted manner. one little fellow
was IN great distress, He peorcd in
the hearts OF the Wild roses. he
roNed his wee finger into the blue
bells cup, aud searched every blade
OF grass. An IA vain. however. lie
could not tind his silver bell.
The shepherd IN the meantime
knowing what prize he had found
was running down The hill as fast as
he could. and never once ala he
pause TN he was safe In his own cot
tage.
He tried the magic power OF the
heN the very next morning, when he
led HIS sheen out TO pasture. and
found that all he had 10 Do TO guide
rs sscep vas to wish the way they
should 20. AID then ring the filycf
bell At once the sheep would meek
~ turn In the direction he wished
'Nyi but this saves me a lot OF
trouble and work" said he. II viii
have to be given something pretty
good before eive up this treasure. b
5. Now the poor little elf who had
lost his bell vas having q pretty hard
time. for not one wink OF sleep could
he get until Re found g. Then. toe.
by laws Of his race, he could rot
Gns e lbs npper world in the day.
time IN his true form. SO he scurrici
over the hills and through the val.
ioys OF Norway IN every form of an
imal; be few through the air. dis
Euised as bird; he crawled on tho
ground as a little green snake. he
wiggled IN the earth as wee llttlc
worm; and, In the shape OF man.
be even made his way into churches.
houses and barns. searching every
whore for his lost bell.
So passed many q weary day. and
she little eli had grown quite thin
and III, and his eyes fairly popped
cut OF his head with WEAKNESS. But
one day IL happened that In the form
OF bird he was flying low over a
meadow where fcck OF sheep was
grains. Some Of the sheep bad
bells on their uecks, which rang viii