The Washington times., 1911-11-09
FOR LITTLE FOLK JUST.BEFORE BEDTIME
The Sandman S S Stories
THE IMAGE OF SNOW.

front of it. and when he sat down
hre sprang up In the grata.
When he was warm he went into an
other ROOM where he found table
spread for his dinner. A chair moved
SO he could sit at the table and as he
ate, the dishes we're removed and others
| were placed before him filled with food,
but not person was to be seen.
He could still hear the music, and he
| listened to find, IL he could, from where
| 1t came He went into the hall. but 1t
was not there; then he went to the end
| of the hall where there was a door. He
opened 1t and the music became louder.
He went down the stairs and found
himself in the most gorgeous room; the
walls were beautiful pink like the
inside of shell, the floor was green
| like mass ofsemeralds, the lights came
| through huge diamonds which studded
| the walls. b
The Prince STOOD spellbound by the
beauty Of the scene. but the music drew
| him on and he went into another room.
| The walls Of this room We're Of pearl
| and the floor of silver and around the
room were hung beautiful embroideries
| of silver and white.
But the music drew him on to another
| room. Here the walls were studded
with rubies and topaz and the light
| coming through the topaz filled the
room with the most wonderful lights.
The Prince had not found the music
| and he went to door leading out Of
this room. but 1t was locked. He felt
how should he get into this room?
Then he remembered the gold key in
his pocket. He put 1t in the lock ard
it turned. The door and the music
| ceased. but tie Prince started and
J stepped back, for cold blast chilled
him.
The floor of this room was of opal
| and the walls of dazzling white like
| frost on the windows in winter. The
| Prince waited few minutes and then
he entered and looked about the room
At one end Of the room he saw a
couch of white fur and on it lay a girl
preached her he felt the cold increase.
and when he was by h " side he saw
that it was an image of snow;
in love with the cold image. and he
took 1t in his arms.
II will carry her into room where
It Is warm" he said, but the image
was so cold he had to put it on the
couch again.
He rolled the couch into the next room
and as the warm lights of the room
fell upon the image, color came into
| the face.
Then the Prince rolled the couch to
the next room and the image moved. He
was so encouraged that he moved the
couch with the now living girl to the
room he had first entered, and she sat
up and opened her eyes.
II have been waiting for you." she
told him. Il was turned into snow by
Snow and Ice, because I would not
marry her son, who was an iceberg.
He had the head of a mortal, but HIS
body was ice.
The witch turned my home and
; everything around 1t into ice and snow
thinking no one could reach me. My
fairy godmother has been trying to re.
lease me, and when she saw you in the
forest she hung the key to my door on
| the tree and told me YOU would find
the path, and the music would guide
you to the room.
The music came from the walls OF
my room ana only stopped when the
started II when she locked me in the
: room, but she left the key in the loch
and the fairy found it."
OF course, the Prince married the
Princess, and the next dav the snow
, and ice disappeared and the mountain
was covered With beautiful trees and
| lowers.
! (Tomorrows story: Billy snlps."D