The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-04
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r fn0Il, DOT person goes nome TO IlINQ
LOOT her husband falls off der dock
und vhas drowned. Dere vhas q car
riage at der door, und in dot carriage
ivhas member of der beef trust. He
vhas come to ask her to marry him,
und to say dot he vhas worth S10,-
100000 und would make her life
perfect paradise on earth.
| She ShumpS into der carriage und
goes AWAY und vhas wed. She vhas
no longer feefty years old, but thirty.
She no longer has gray hairs und
wrinkles, but vhaS SO handsome dot
all dry goods stores make her a dis
count of 10 per cent. In one year she
goes to Niagara Falls und ten cir
cuses and feefty theaters. She has
ten carriages, a hundred dresses und
| sixty servants. She goes by der races
und bets $1,000
"Und vhas dot leetle gal in der for
est fairy?'' asks der womans.
She vhas, und What she does for
one womans she can do for another.
You don't have to go out in der for
est. Shust sit down at home und be
good und dot fairy can find YOU"
| Und when dot womans goes AWAY
| she vhaS smiling und humming to
| herself und more happy den for six
| months. She knows it vhas only
story, but it cheers her oop and brings
new hopes.
Dot same day leetle girl about ten
years old comes in to get her mud
der's shoe fixed. Her hands und face
vhas dirty und her dress ragged. She
VhaS mad dot she have tc bring der
shoes. und she won't talk to me.
wait five minutes 4und den I begin.
"One time dere vhas a leetle girl
und her name vhas Nancy. She vhas
| der daughter of poor parents, und she
wears old clothes und neffer goes on
a Sunday school picnic or rides on der
merry-go-round. Her ladder don't
| care for her, und her mudder give her
ash many ash ten cuffs on der ear
every day.
Dots der vhay it vhas NIT mel"
says der leetle girl, ash she shakes her
| head.
Dis girl dot I tell you about. she
don't like it a bit. but What can she
do? She cries and cries, but dot vhas
no good. If her ladder finds her weep
ing he swears at her, und if her mud
der finds her she gives her 10 cuffs
und a slap. She is not old enough to
i get married. und if she runs AWAY
der police bring her back"
Just. my case, old manSi" says der
girl NIT der shoe, but you can bet
your life I'm not going to put up with
it much longer!'
Deere vhas no happiness for der
girl in my story, und every night When
she goes to bed she wishes she vhas
dead. One night she vhas going to
eat some pounded glass, but a Ieetle
old womanS NIT a kind face suddenly
appeared at her bedside und said:
''Stop my child. Don't you know dot
pounded glass Will send you to der
graveyard"
'''But der is where like to go!'
Foolish leetle girl. I have known
all about you for a year. 1 vhas a
fairy, und your sufferings vhas oafer.
Here vhas a box Of cold cream und a
looking glass. When I vhas gone rub
der cream on your chin und look into
der glass. If you should ever vhant
to see me again telephone to 20. X"
on Jay street."
''Und What more happened?' asked
der leetle girl, nit der shoe.
"Vhell, Nancy rubbed der cream on
her chin und looked in der glass, und,
behold, she vhas changed into one of
der handsomest und sweetest girls of
10 you ever saw. By her bed vhas 20
beautiful dresses, init hats to match,
unda der diamond jewelry made her
cry out nit pleasure"
Dat vhas a jolly. But go on"
Nancy vhas looking at der dresses
und diamonds When she suddenly flies
through der air und bring oop in a
palace. Her husband .vhas dere. He
vhas a beautiful man, wild no bow
to his legs. Dere vhas gold and sill
yer, und fried oysters, und ice cream,
und angel cake. Dere vhas horse und
carriages und servants, und der vhas
no baker to come along und say dot
if his biz wasn't paid oop he would
cut off der bread. It vhas sl1ust hap
py happiness und Nancy lived to be
one hoondred years old und enjoyed
herself every hour
"Und do you think dot may happen
to me?' asks my 1eet1e customer.
why not? If it can happen to one
leetle girl, Why not to another?"
Dot vhas so. Do you belief dot old
woman fairy will come tonight?''
II can't say, but you must be on der
watch"
You bet I was on der watch. und
shall tell you What will happen if I
was changed oafer und get all dose
things: 1 tell ladder and mudder and
der old crowd to go to der tayveI and
be hanged TO 'em. und if dey ever come
on my street I'll whistle for der notice
und der hurry up wagon!
"Goodby, old mans. Dot story of yours
vhas all sour milk, and I don't belief a
word of it, but you have a kind heart,
und I thank you all der same"
Und she. goes avhay whist1ine md
skipping. und know she half believes
dot some good thing is going to happen
to her.
Half an hour later a fat womans
comes in to get a cement patch on a
shoe- My, but she vhas fat! She vhas
so big she can hardly get in der door.
When she tells me what she wants und
sits down begin:
zone time dere vhas a good womans
NIT sorrow She vlias sooch a good
WOiIldLS uOl everybody likes ner, Dut
dot sorrow vhas ever at hand to bring
tears to her eyes
Was you telling me fairy story?"
she asks.
Yes
''Vhel. dot vhas all right So der
womans had sorrow, eh?'
'She did. 1t vhas der sorrowest sor-
row in der world"
''Vhen, trot it out and let's hear what |
it vhas- Did she have drunken hus-
band?"
NO.