The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-10-02
The
Sandman Story
For Tonight
Cubic and his wife Nella lived Il

Cubic and his wife Nella lived II
little house near forest where
fairies were said to live.
| Cubic was not fond Of work, and nt
was always telling Nella that she hat
nothing to do. while he had all the
hard part and got nothing for his
work.
Now Nella was the one who really
did the most work. She MIXED the
cows, made the butter, took care OF
the house and went to market. and
besides all that often had to do par,
of the work outside, as Cubic was
very fond Of going to the village tav
ern and talking with his cronies.
One day Cubic started out in the
morning to NOW the meadow that was
on the road to the village. and when
he was partly finished with his work
one of his friends called to him to
come to the tavern with him. you
can come back in time to finish your
work." he said, "and Nella will never
know that you have been away
After wasting his time at the tavern
until sunset, Cubic started for home.
grumbling all the way about how
Nella would be sure to scold, and he
never could have any pleasure and had
to work so hard, while Nella had moth
ing to do and could sit around the
house.
"Ill just sit down here a minute
and rest" he said to himself; so down
he sat under tree, still talking OF
his hard luck.
II Just wish we could change
places" he said. "Nella would soon
see who did the work and l guess
then she would not nag me so much;
yes, wish l had no more work to do
than she has
But Cubic got no further with his
wish A funny little creature dressed
in red and green, with a pointed cap
on his head and pointed shoes on his
tiny feet, bopped up in front of Cubic
and said, "All right, Cubic, you shall
change places with Nella and do her
work and she shall do yours
Cubic sat up straight and rubbed
his eyes, "Who are you?" he asked.
"a fairy? l always heard they lived in
the forest, but I did not believe it"
mo, l am goblin" answered the
little creature, "but the fairies do live
in the forest, and they are helping
Nella to have better husband. SO
they asked me to take you in charge.
Come along; you are going to do
Nella's work." Cubic never knew
how it happened, but he found him
self in the kitchen of his home cook
ing.
First, the fire would not burn be-
cause the wood which Nella brought
in was not dry; she left 1t out in the
rain. instead Of bringing it in the
night before. as she should have done.
Then there was no water in the pail,
and Cubic had to fetch it from the
WELL While he was gone the bread
burned, and the coffee boiled over.
Nella, when she came in to break
fast, found fault with the food and
she had worked so hard that she was
going to take rest, so Cubic had the
chickens, the horse and the cows to
feed. besides all his own work to do.
When it came night Cubic was
never so tired in his life, but still he
had to milk the cows and wash the
dishes, while Nella sat out in the cool
garden and smoked her pipe, which
Cubic thought very strange, for he
had never seen Nella smoke.
At last all his work was done and
Cubic was so tired he did not stop to
take off his clothes-he just fell into
bed. But instead of touching the bed.
he seemed to 90 right through it and
keep on falling and falling. And then
Cubic jumped. He opened his eyes
and looked about. 1t was moonlight,
and Cubic saw that he was still under
the tree where he sat when the COB
lin appeared to him.
HUH" he said. 81 guess I fell
asleep and dreamed it. I don't believe
there are any fairies or gob"-
WHO'D, WHO'D, whoo." said someone,
and Cubic grew frightened.
WHO'D. whoo," came again.
well, anyway, l don't believe in
fairies as much as in goblins," said
Cubic, because I never saw a fairy
and l have seen goblin. OF course.
know there are COLLINS.
Cubic looked all around, but no one
did he see and no more sounds did he
hear, so he started off for home.
He crept into the house very softly
so as not to awaken Nella, and went
to bed.
The next morning, without being
called, Cubic got up and built the fire,
brought in pail Of fresh water and
put the kettle on to boil.
When breakfast was ready he came
In with an armful of wood and after
breakfast filled the water pail and the
wood box, and not once did he grum- ,,
BILE about all the work he had to do.
Nella never knew what happened to
Cubic. but she was satisfied that he
was a better husband than he had ever
been and never talked about how lit
lie she had to do and how hard he !
had to work again.
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