Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-09

something splendid to deserve them.
Please, fairy queen, when may
I have my wings?' she would ask
the beautiful queen of all the fairies.
when you have earned them,'
the fairy queen would always say,
and one day she added quite GROSSLY.
Now do not come to me again until
you have earned them. I am tired
of hearing you ask the same ques-
ton over and over again.
Silver Bells eyes filled with
tears. She turned about and ran
away to her favorite rose bush, and
crawled into the heart of q rose and
cried, drawing the petals all about
her.
"'Here is q beautiful rose, all
dewy In the middle of the day. How
queer, suddenly said human voice,
I think I'll pick it.
"Silver Bell trembled with fright.
The drops the human woman
thought she saw were Silver Bells
tears. Silver Bell thought that IL
she picked the rose and carried her
away she would never, never be
able to find her way back to Fairy
land.
"'what shall 1 do? What shall
! do?' she wept.
"'Did you hear something?' one
big human person said TO the other,
and the other said, 1T is the sum-
mer breeze rustling in the trees
And she added, DO not pick the rose.
1t is only a bud, and will be far
prettier tomorrow
"'very well,' said the first big
human person, and then they walked
away.
silver Bell waited, her heart
beating very fast, until their foot
steps died away. Then she pushed
the petals of the rose apart and
cautiously peeped out. Nobody was
in sight, SO she jumped to the
ground and ran away as fast as her
tiny feet could carry her.
Pretty soon she met jackie
Greenleaf, the jolliest little boy
fairy that ever danced on the grass
at midnight. lie"
"Oh, do they truly dance at mid
| night, mother? I've always wanted
to know for sure" said Dorothy
eagerly.
II think they do said mother
| Dear with a smile, pushing back
the curls from Dorothys forehead;
whats your hurry, Silver Bell?
asked Jackie Greenleaf, standing In
her way, his arms stretched out to
keep her from passing.
Silver Bell sank to the ground
quite breathless. Then she told him
all about her adventure.
Suppose she cried in scared
tones, that the lady had picked tht
rose with me inside of it. Wha1
would I have done?'
Jackie Greenleaf's gay smile
faded.
| "'She'd have taken you home allt
put you in q glass of water anf
pretty soon the petals of the rose
would have oponed wide and shs
would have found you. And sht
might have taken you for a bug ant
stepped on you.' And Jackie Green
leaf grinned wickedly as he saw
Silver Bell turn pale and shiver.
Its because you're such yer,
tiny fairy, and have no wings n
said: IL YOU were big and could fl.
YOU wouldn't have to be afraid o
the biggest human on earth.
silver Bell sighed deeply.
1.-The fairy queen says that
must earn them she said sadly
what can l do?
"Jacl<ie Greenleaf sank to tn
ground and stretched hifnself ou'
Mine began to grow the day
helped a little girl to find her mothe
when she was lost he said, 'bu
they stopped when pushed n
into a spider web. The spider cam
along and gobbled him up, and tn
fairy queen said my wings were nc
TO grow until I atoned for m
wicked act And Jackie Greeniea
looked quite sober as he kicked hl
toes against the ground.
"Silver Bell sighed again.
"'If we could think Of somethin
good to do she said wistfull.
your wings would begin to grov
again and mine would grow. to
TRY hard, Jackie Greenleaf. Your
older. than / am. and bigger AM
Silver Bell covered her tiny fair
face with her hands and began
weep again, little fairy tears III
dew drops.
".Herei here. Don't do that 1
think Of something cried Jack
Greenleaf in alarm"
f-ra he continuedl.