The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-15
Sand m an
Stories
BY Mrs. 3. A Walker.
Copyright. 1915. Mcclure News
paper syndicate
Sweetheart-PaTt I.

cottage un the Sid' ot mountain,
and one night the Stork came while
they slept and brought 10 the peasant
and his wife a dear little baby girl.
So dainty and sweet looking was the
new baby that her parents named her
Sweetheart aud the fairy queen and
little fairies pccking in at the window
one night saw the dainty little Sweet
heart m her cradle and she was so
beautiful the queen told the fairies to
enter and give the baby a blessing
'Oh what blue eyes she hasl" said
one fairy for the baby opened her big ,
eyes as the fairies touched her with
their wand, hut she did not cry--babies
never ,ry when they see fairies, for
they see lar more than grown-ups think
or know about
She IS as dainty and pretty as
/ king, daughter should be-" said an
other fairy
"Ict Il, max her a kings daughter"
said another fairy; I'VE can cast that
charm over the lie as we'll as any
other"
"Yes, that will be splendid The
dainty little girl shall become a prin.
cess said all IN. fairies together. wav.
/ ing their wandS as they spoke, and QUE
they went leaving the baby asleep, and
little did her parents know what had
befallen her.
Sweetheart grew 10 be a beautiful
young girl, but she lived in the cottage
with her parents and was still the
daughter OF poor peasant, for the
fairies set no time for her TO become
a princess
One day while Sweetheart was works
ing IN her garden among her flowers
she saw a funny little creature she knew
at once was goblin
Come with me-" he said, "and I win
show YOU where the prettiest flowers
IN all the world grow
Sweetheart loved, next TO her parents,
the flowers and so without waiting Ia
tell her parents where she was going
| she followed the goblin into the woods.
Along the path he led her until all Al
once Sweetheart found she was in the
midst OF the woods and a place she
had never been before.
But Just as she began to be fright.
ened the goblin said. Here W. are"
and opened the gate to a garden where
stood a funny crooked little house. 50
crooked that il looked as If it might
tumbl. any minute
But the flowers that grew in this gar
den were so beautiful and gorgeous that
Sweetheart forgot all about the little
house, and the goblin, too. for when
'he looked for him he had disappeared.
Sweetheart began 10 think about go
ing home after she had seen all the
flowers, and she was lust going out of
the gate when a funny, cracked yoic.
said, Whittier away, my pretty"
Sweetheart looked around and in the
door OF the crooked little house stood
a funny, crooked little woman with 4
crooked stick IN one hand, on which
she leaned
Come in, my pretty" she said To
Sweeheart "and | will show you more
flowers"
Sweetheart went in the crooked house
and there she saw in many pots beau-
tiiul red and white and pink poppies
growing, but the poppies were the only
things IN the room that were standing
straight all the furniture was crooked,
the legs OF the table and the chairs
were bent and crooked like the funny
crooked little woman.
Sweetheart stood looking at the flow.
erS, and all at once she felt very sleepy.
She Swayed and nodded, and so did the
poppies, Tor the crooked little old wom-
an was grooming as she stood behind
Sweetheart, and waving her crooked
stick over her she crooned
Go To sleep, my pretty sweet,
This is the magic hour;
When you wake the prince you'll meeA
In your flowered bower.
Down went the poppy blossoms,
closed in sleep, and down went th4
head of Sweetheart, with eyes closed.
The crooked little old woman dropped
her crooked stick and caught Sweet.
heart in her arms and laid her on Z
little bed in the corner OF the room that
stood on four crooked legs.
Ont from behind the door jumped the
goblin Give me tn doughnut YOU
promised me it | brought the pretty
girl TO your garden" he said hopping
about the crooked little old woman az
she walked toward the pantry.
From a crooked jar, the crooked lie.
,letvpr''" '~oka.ys I'd dopvh-
nut an brown anu toslJ auu covered
with sugar
The little goblin took it on his shoul.
der and went out the door Don't YOU
harm her, Granny Crook" he said.
you promised no harm should beiall
Sweetheart il | brought. her to YOU
Now see that you keep your promise.
or ! will see that my brothers find
way TO punish YOU"
"Ill not harm the pretty dear" sadS
the crooked little woman have no
tear
Tomorrow | will tell you what hap
pened TO Sweetheart in the funny little
crooked house.
Continued tomorrow
| Copyright, 1910, by the Mcclure News