Williams news., 1915-03-11
THE MAGIC SHOES
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A loiS IlluC dSO IWO SloIClS, WuoSS father and mother were dead, lived alone in a house on a country road.
 One sister was very bad, for she took all the money the father and mother left to support the little girls and gave the other sister very little. She would give her bread and cheese and cup of goat milk in the morning and tell her that was all she could have that day. But the other sister was very good and did not complain; she would go into the fields and gather berries when she was very hungry. One day little old lady knocked at the door of their home, and the bad sister opened the door. will you please give me a cup of water, my dear?" said the little old lady.
 "No, will not" the bad sister re- piled. "Go away; we do not want any beggars here" And she closed the door on the old lady.
 But the good sister heard her, and ran to the door. q will get you wa ter," she said. "Sit down under this tree till I get some fresh from the we'll" And she led her to a seat.
 N'You should not speak so unkindly to old people," she told her sister. You will bo old some day yourself"
 fThat time is a long way off," re- piled the bad sister, tossing her head.
 After the little old lady had drunk the water, the good sister brought her some cheese and bread and the milk she had saved from her breakfast. This is all I can give you,' she told her, but you are very welcome to it."
 The little told lady thanked her and ate some of the food. But when she had finished there seemed to be just as much left as the good sister had brought to her. Then the good sister saw that the little old lady's shoes were old and worn on the soles, so she went into the house and found pair that had belonged to her mother, and put them on the old lady's feet.
 When the bad sister saw what she had done, she was very angry and said:
 What foolish girl you are. Those shoes could have been sold for money" But the good sister did not notice her, and bade the little old lady wear the shoes. The old shoes she threw into the road, but the old lady told her to get them and keep them, and if ever she should be in trouble to put them on. To please her the good sister picked them up. The little old lady thanked her again for her kindness, and told her they should meet again.
 r1,hi1 hn hol cit orrin a man who was as selfish and greedy as herself, and they treated the good sister very badly. One night they told her she could not live with them any longer. The poor girl went to her room to gather her few belongings, and in the back of the closet she found the little old lady's cast-off shoes. Then she remembered what she had told her, and feeling that she was in trou- ble now, she slipped the shoes on. To her surprise they just fitted her, and She walked along the road with her little bundle under her arm, wonder ing where she should go, when she noticed she was in a very beautiful park. A little fawn ran up to her, and she gave him a piece of bread which she had in her pocket. He ran along beside her, and soon they were in front of very handsome mansion. Then the good sister noticed that she was not touching the ground, that she seemed to glide on the air. She glided or flew up the steps of the big house, and as the door opened beautiful lit tie girl appeared and took her by the hand. Come" she said, " my grand mother expects you"
 The good sister was very much sur prised, but she did as the little girl said, and soon she was in brilliantly lighted room, where table was spread with all kinds of dainty things to eat. and there at the head of the table sat the little old lady to whom she had been kind. But how differently she was dressed! Her hair hung in little white curls beneath dainty lace cap, and her gown was of heavy black silk, and upon her hands were beautiful jewels.
 "So they turned you out?" asked the old lady. Well, the shoes brought you to me just as I intended, and now you never will be treated unkindly again, for you are to live here with my granddaughter and me-"
 Then she told the little girl to take her to her room, and there the good sister found a nice soft bed, beautiful furniture, and everything girl could wish for. In the closets were lovely dresses, and there were shoes and stockings and hats. And she lived with the little old lady and her grand daughter ever after.
 One day when she was riding in her carriage, drawn by four beautiful white horses, she suddenly came upon her sister and her husband. They were sitting by the road, and the sis ter was crying, The good sister had her cOachman StOD "What are YOU