The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-05

Jack and Grace were in the nur- sery playing with their toys. when suddenly they were startled by a tiny voice calling out 'tGood-bye!" They looked up quickly, and to their surprise, their little tin a1rsh1p was slowly rising from the floor. In another moment 1t sailed across the room and out of the top of the win dow. which was down a little to let in fresh air. The little airman at the steering wheel waved his hand as the. airship. disappeared Jack rushed to the window.
 A Note Drops Down.
 ..Grace. Grace!'' he shouted. ''did you ever hear of such a thing! Come on. I'm going to run outside ana see where it goes Both children hurried down stairs and kout on the sidewalk. Sure enough, just over the top of the inext house they could distinguish their Xmas present ascending high CT and higher into the clear blue sky.
 Just then something duttered at thetrFfeet Jack stopped down and picked up a piece of paper on which was written:
 s.sorry-I didn't have time to tell you as the airship was under way and didn't dare make 9 turn inside the room. but if you both will come up or the roof, will come back and tell f you something lovely"
 ssLet's,'' exclaimed Grace, who had read the note over Jacks shoulder; and in another moment both children were running up to the attic. After some difficulty, they raised the little door fn the ceiling and stood upon the roof. Sure enough. just overhead and about to descend was an airship. But, goodness me! it was a regular airshfp just like the kind they had seen in pictures, and not the little hut 7 few minutes before seen sailing out of the window and up over the next house. Nor did the man who now a1ighted from the airship look any, thing like the queer little painted one. ssHello!" he said, in a very friendly voice: sswou1d you like to take g. sail g.
 Jack helped Grace in, and before long theywere flying above the clouds, which looked like huge snow banks below ,thenas white and fluffy. Every thing was blue about them. and the air. seemed full of perfume.
 s'Isn't it lovely Jacki9 exclaimed Grace, 'tI'm so glad I camel"
 es'So am sI,'z replied her brother, t'out T wonder where we are going don't see the earth any more; we must be going somewhere. Where are you taking us, MT. zAirman ?'' he called out, and he and Grace waited anxtousIy for the answer.
 'sNowhere!'' answered the man.
 Dent you know where Nowhere
 swell not exact1y.'' replied Jack. i've often heard of it, but I've never been there"
 Just then the airship swerved to the right and in a few seconds landed gracefully on the broad steps of beautiful castle. Everything was blue, even the tall chimney, which on earth would have been red, was built of blue bricks. The. Airman had hardly turned off the power, and the big airship was still quivering, when the castle door opened, and a beautiful princess, dressed all in blue, came gra- ciously forward. The only thing about her that wasn't blue was her long flowing hair, which was of the most wonderful golden hue that Grace she said in a sweet voice Come in. Have you come from very far away ?''
 we don't know, Princess z answer ed Jack, lowing politely, while Grace made pretty courtesy; we really don't know how far we have come. nor Just where we are-'' The Blue Princess, Greets Them.
 Well, I'll tell you them answered the lovely blue Princess, taking them each by the hand and waking between them through the open castle door; 'tat least, I'll tell you where you are and then after that you can tell me where yo1l came from. and then we'll know a little more about each oth- er'A
 'fHow beautiful you are,'' said Grace as they all three sat down on a big blue soft in the big blue hall of the stately blue castle.
 Am, I dear?'' said the Princess looking at Grace with smile, land why do you think so?'' s'f never saw such wonderfully beautiful gold hair exclaimed Grace, adniring1y, gradually getting over her bashf hfulness
 The lovely Blue Princess laughed. | When I was a little girl,'' she said, l taking hold of Jacks hand so as not 1 to leave him out in the cold, "the l Sun Man told me if would comb my hair every morning for a whole year, 1 at break of day, when he first got up, 1 that my hair would turn gold. And 1 so every morning for a whole year I got up at peep O. day and stood by the east window and combed my 1 hair.''
 What Woke Grace Up.
 'tAnd it did, said Jack, speaking for the first time since they had entered the Blue Castle. stWhy don't you 1 try it Grace, you love gold hair so much, and he gave her braid mis- chievous pull behind the back of the l Blue Princess
 Grace gave a little scream. Don't, Jack-and then, to her surprise, she found herself with her arms around her big new dolly in the big arm chair 1 in their own room at home. She looked over to where Jack was busi1y engaged with his train of cars. ''I must have been dreaming Grace ex- claimed and as she looked at her T golden haired doll, with the beautiful
 blue dress. she laughed and said: l 70 dolly, I guess it was you l
 dreamed was the beautiful Blue Prin- l cessi''
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