The Washington times., 1912-09-14
FOR LITTLE FOLK JUST BEFORE BEDTIME
The Sandman's Stories
A REAL LITTLE FAIRY.

tor said she, must have 1t or she would
not get well
Molly's mother came back with the ice
and made q cool drink for Anna and
put some fruit on dish by the bed,
then she had James bring in box from
store and wrap the Ice in a paper and
put 1t In the box.
"oh! this is just like fairy story"
the fruit. II was just wishing that I
could have something nice and cold
Thank you so much. And IL 1t isn't too
hot up here / wish you would come
again some time," she said to Molly.
Molly told her she would come the
next time her mother came.
Molly did not have much to say dur
Ing the ride home, but when they were
! suppose II Anna could be in a place
get well sooner" ..
%. expect she would" her mother re-
How can I be a. good fairy to her.
| mother?' asked Molly. She knows me,
snd. and Il give her anything she will
II will tell you a plan, and IL you
wish you con be a good fairy and Anna
will never know the name of the fairy"
said her mother. ..
! You have a dollar week for spend
| ing money, and you have SIS saved.
Anna needs good, pure milk and cold
drinks; you can furnish that for two
weeks, and at the end of that time I
know where she can go in the country
and be boarded for IS a week. Do You
wish to hear the rest?" her mother
asked.
s25 am saving for my watch and fob,
| and father said he would give me $25
more II saved it,
Il know that" her mother replied;
/ am just telling you how you can be a
fairy. Do you wish to hear the rest OF
my plan?"
Molly hesitated, and then she said:
| Yes, mother. please tell me the rest
"I thought you might tell your father
you had saved the $25 and ask him for
the SIS he promised. Then, without say
ing word to anyone, we would order
Anna, and will see that she has fresh
eggs. and I will get the woman who
lives on the floor below her to cook her
day, which will have sent there. and
while she is gaining strength we VIII go
to fathers office and get his stenog-
rapher to write letter Tor us on the
typewriter telling Anna that fairy
heard her wish for the country and In
the envelope is the money to pay her
way, and that the same fairy was send
ing all the food to give her strength. nh
so that she would be strong enough
"oh. that will be splendid" said Mol
~, who had quite forgotten the watch
In the excitement Oh DelhB ldiS,
when her father came home she asked
for the money, which he readily gave.
Two weeks after this Molly went
! again with her mother to see Anna,
who was going to the country the next
, | week.
Il am so glad you came before went
awav.' said Anna, ''for I wspted to
tell you about real fairy l USED TO
think they were only in story books. put
| I had a letter from one. Do you want
, to read it,
.. Molly said she did. and Anna handed
her the letter Molly had sent. OF
course she read 1t. and Anna said: L
, shall always keep that. for do not be
Neve there is another little girl who
can show a letter from fairy. They
must be verv happy little creatures. be
cause they do so much good and make
, so many people happy. Just think,
Anna continued, ''if It had not been for
that fairy should have had to stay In
! this hot room and perhaps I should not
! have been here when the cool weather
came" a.,
4, Molly leaned over and kissed her. II
! am SO glad. Anna" she said. "and !
am sure being a fairy was the very
, incest thing in the world. Good-by. i
: hope YOU will be strong and well the
, | next time I see you, which Will De as
soon as YOU return from the country.
, for I want to hear more about your
fairy don't believe she will stop be-
/ ing nice to you just because you are
4 we'll"