Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-09-15
cARA's CLOUD CASTLE.
Copyright. 1915, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)

Copyright. 1915, by the Mcclure News
paper S~yndicate)
Cara, dear, 1 wish you would de
liver this gown for me this afternoon"
sighed Mrs. Benson one sunny October
day. as the girl came in from school
and dropped her books on the sew
ing table. Il have promised 1t to Mrs.
Brown before dinner time"
Cara jerked up the package GROSSLY
and set out on her way across the
field. AS she went she grumbled to
herself about her fate. "Other girls
have so much better things tina I do"
she muttered.
It is easily to be seer that Cara was
a selfish girl. Her mother worked
hard to keep the girl nicely dressed
and at a good school, where h was
learning to be a teacher. but the child
did not appreciate this.
It was dusk when Cara rang the
bell at Mrs. Browns and was shown
into a beautiful parlor. On the
polished floor were priceless rugs,
handsome portraits looked Town from
the walls and richly carved mahogany
furniture was scattered about the
room, which bore every evidence of
came softly in through the open win
dows, which looked out on spacious
grounds and beds Of flowers. Cara
took a seat in a big cha before a
cracking fire with a sigh Of content.
"How beautiful the clouds look"
how dull is my life. What chance
have l to do any great deed or make
hny famous name. Up there the
clouds loo 80 delightfully."- far away
from trouble-like great castles of
fairyland, hurrying toward the sun
Cara was surprised to feel her chair
floating. Very softly it rose in the
air n drifted out of the window.
up, up till she saw she was approach
ing a great cloud, snowy white. which
was rolled up into the appearance
of a castle. On h walls appeared
the evening flush which seemed to
sweep h heavens. As the chair
touched the shores Of the pink mist,
a fairy sprang down from the wall
to greet the girl.
so you are Cara?" said the fairy
kindly. Welcome to Cloudland castle.
thought we would bring you here for
a few hours" Then, taking Cara's
hand. she led the girl over the mag
nifcent palace. Its furniture was Of
gold, mirrors formed the sides of the
rooms and fountains of Jewels sang in
its snowy courts. In room the girl
was surprised to see hundreds Of
fairies sitting before a large loom,
which is a machine on which cloth Is
woven. The sprites were very busy.
singing as they worked in the differ
ent colors. some using black, others
white, many gray. violet, gold and
crimson.
"This is the room in which the
threads of life Of you mortals are
woven" explained the fairy: Here
in this castle in the clouds we live and
watch the people Of earth. Their
lives are the web which we weave.
You see the dark threads for those
colors Of the gentle and kind"
Cara looked to where the fairy
pointed and saw above a small frame
the name of Cara" Eagerly she
examined to see what threads the
fairies were weaving into her life. and
sadly she recognized black and gray
as the most conspicuous colors. She
hung her head in shame.
The fairy led the girl to h edge of
the cloud castle and told her to look
down upon earth. Strange to say. she
could see right down through the
roofs of houses. Around the table in
some rich homes were gathered
groups of quarreling, unhappy peo-
pie. while in some poor cottages were
the smiling faces of contented parents
and children. At her own home she
saw her mother patiently mending q
dress which the girl had torn the day
before and selishly left for her
mother to fix.
Cara's Eyes filled with ears.
II have learned the lesson" she
; said in a voice trembling with pain
II have been signing for wealth to d.