Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-09
Prize Story


n Being very tired and exhausted
she fell in heap, and the Brownies
put a magic slumber on her. She was
carried down a squirrel hole into
large hall and placed upon a chair
while the Brownies went to work in
the hills.
When Tressie awolte she rubbed her
eyes to see if she had been dreaming.
But no, it was true, and she called.
Uncle Frank, Mamma, Papa!" No
one answered, and soon she heard
voice say, What will you have?' "A
piece of candy and some nuts" said
the child While Tressie was alone
she thought, Now I can have all the
chocolates 1 want"
Looking up, she saw a number Of
chocolate people coming in with trays,
also of chocolate. As she started to
bite little girls hand it said Don't
eat me, the chairs and tables are
made of candy" So Tressie ate a
chair, two tables and a chocolate
bookcase.
Finally she said Il am awfully
sleepy. please give me a bed to sleep
in" Lo! She was placed in a choco-
late bed, with pillows and covers OF
the same material. In the morning
she found tray of chocolate bread,
some cocoa. and a box of chocolates
for her breakfast.
Tressie was rudely awakened, and
some one said, "Why, TTessie Golden
head, you are smeared with chocolate
and three boxfuls are on the floor"
'Oh, mother! The Brownies treated
me dreadfully and gave me only that
horrid horrid chocolate" said Tressie,
"Ah little one, you have learned
lesson" said Uncle Frank. Would
you like this?" As he spoke he Of
fered Tressie a large slice of buttered
bread which she took eagerly After
that Tressie did not crave so much for
chocolate. ESTELLE REICH.
633 South Sichel street. Al, Griffin
avenue school, II. J. c. No. !, age Is.
'Oh, please don't" she screamed. Il
won't eat you; / won't eat you"
But they kept on abusing her, despite
all her efforts to drive them off.
Finally a little pug dog said in
gruff voice: Come on. boys, she won't
eat us; let her alone" But the
Brownies kept on. In a few minutes
they suddenly ceased and jumped back
in their places in the box.
Tressie put the lid on, saying: THAT
is the queerest box of candy ever had.
I'll give it to Mary Atkins. She likes
candy about as well as anyone She
pinned a card on it that said ITO
Mary from Tressie."
Tressie then said to herself: 81 have
a good new year resolution to make"
She will leave it to Aunt Laurie and
the Herald Junior nieces and nephews
what the resolution was.
EVELYN WELDON.
Griffin Avenue school, AT grade. Age
II years. 652 South Workman street.
II. ]. C. No. l.
Again she screamed and loudly called
her mother and uncle. But they never
came and the Brownies kept on their
humping.
At last she cried, in pleading
voice, "Oh, please leave me alone. L
never want to see anything like you
again.
But the Brownies We're having too
much fun to stop at that appeal and
kept on.
what is it? Aren't you enjoying
yourself Why look, there's a dear
little Brownie bird in your curl"
1T isn't DEAR cried Tressie, jump
ing up but fell down again with a
she cried.
You must have been asleep" said
her mother, ''come, eat some more
choice
But she didn't get to finish Don't
talk about-oh-chocolate cried the
unhappy child Il never want any
more" MAYO HAMLIN.
Twenty y-eighth street school, grade
AS, 522 East Jefferson street.
oh, my, why did [ ever do that?
guess next Christmas 1 will hate to
look at candy. After that she went to
bed and felt dizzy and had headache.
She got worse, SO she called her man.
ma and she didn't know what to do
with her, SO she went and asked her
husband if he knew what to do.
He said: Il guess we had better call
the doctor. In the meantime she was
getting worse He told the doctor to
hurry as he had a very sick child. 1t
took him about five minutes to get
RIA L,