Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25

no larger tnan q dOllS. lie was pushed
into a chair and told that he could
only have eight pOmegranate seeds for
his supper-one to be served every five
minutes. Poor Jasper had to make the
best of it.
When the servant brought the third
pOmegranate seed he also brought with
him a silver cup full of water which
was no larger than a thimble But as
Jasper sat looking at the cup he saw
pretty little face looking out of the
water at him.
TT must be Good Resolution, -
thought Jasper. So pretending to
drink the water he whispered softly
in her ear:
please take me home, Good Resolu-
tion, please do"
AMI then came the reply ever so
softly, "Have patience and will"
Then Good Resolution took a tiny file
and deftly filed the links apart, so that
the chain fell upon the floor with a
crash. Then waving her wand in front
of him, said:
you are free. In five minutes you
will be safe at home"
AS she had said, so It happened. And
now Jasper goes to school as good
boys should and minds his father and
mother. MARJORIE KNECHT.
110 Washington street, 2edlands,
Cal, r. H. s., grade 10.
"This is your CASTLE" said the elf
"I am going away to find some more
children. In three weeks 1 will come
back and bring them with me; then
we will start out and be as bad as
possible"
Jasper entered the castle and found
an old man who was to be his servant.
After saying 4 few naughty words to
the old man, Jasper began to get into
mischief.
And oh! such a lot of mischief he
did get into He went down to the
pond and threw sticks at the frogs,
and pulled off his shoes and stockings
and waded-a thing which his mother
had always told him not to do. es-
pecially after sundown. When he
stopped wading it was quite dark, so
he decided to go home (the castle was
to be his home until Mischief's return).
Early the next morning he got up
and began to get into mischief again.
He pulled the cats tail and tied can
to the dogs tail, threw stones at the
birds, and did everything that was bad
But by the third night Jasper was
tired of being such a bad boy, so he
went to the servant. whose name was
James. and said, James, can you tell
me where I can find the kind fairy
whose name is Good Resolution"
James thought a few moments and
then said: "Good Resolution is always
with you, but you cannot see her. If
you make resolution that you will be
good she will help you"
"You see," Jasper explained, 'I want
her to take this chain from my neck. ="
"If you would make a resolution
that you would not do a bad thing for
a week she would probably take 1t off"
So Jasper made q resolution, but 1T
was impossible for him to keep it.
But he made another one at the end
of the week, and 10 one morning he
found himself at his own home and the
enchanted chain had disappeared.
Your niece, MADELINE EVANS.
Palms, Cal.
Over the door of the place there was
a sign, "The Palace of Mischief"
"Here!" shouted the ell gleefully
"you may do all the mischief you
want to-"
Jasper was so tired by this time
that he lay down on the carpet. But
the elf gave him no peace.
"Get up, get up; you must COME and
see all the fine mischief there is to
do"
Jasper awakened with a groan, for
he had to obey. But when he saw
what was in the largest room in the
palace he fairly jumped for joy. His
wish was granted at last.
There stood a little fairy Jasper
made a dive at her, but she disap-
peared.
Jasper you made a mistake that
time. That was not the fairy. That
fairy was not hard to find. The other
is,'' cried the naughty elf Jasper
turned away, looking dreadfully dis
appointed.
He was delighted with tie strange
palace. 1t was different from any
other of which he had ever heard.
He took impish delight in teasing
the servants who waited on him, for
Mischief told him the palace was his.
The elf tantalized him very much
until one day when Jasper was get
ting desperate-for he didn't enjoy the
mischief. so much as he used to--the
elf said: Jasper, I'm going to war
with the fairies, so you be very mis-
chievous while 1 am gone"
While Jasper was moping around
and wishing with all his might that
IL. H. Il