Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
Mary Josephine Lisetor-
The Story of Gandora
and the Wonderful
Stick.
Dear Juniors:


Stick.
Dear Juniors:
am sending one Of the stories
wrote last year. Our teacher told us
thorne stories as a sort Of an outline
so made up a story by the name OF
Il "Gandora and the wonderful stick" and
thought that would send it to you tt
print II you cared to.
GandOra and the wonderful stick"
In the long, long ago in the time OF
Pandora and Epimetheus there lived a
was very beautiful. She was SO fair she
was admired by all who saw her. But
she was of the poorer class of people
therefore she did not go to the festivals
Iof the higher class.
Queen Vanity who was very selfish
came upon Gandora one day while she
Twas wandering about in the woods and
her mind that she would have no such
lovely person living upon the earth,
so she decided to make the gods and
goddesses angry with Gandora and
they would punish her by making her
inhuman. She thought and thought OF
a way in which to bring this wicked
deed to pass. The Queen did not know
lions but she did and planned to make
them known to the gods and godesses.
Queen Vanity's birthday was not far
off, so she decided she would have a
great festival and invite her friends to
Join in and celebrate the occasion.
There were many people there.
The day Of the great festival Can
thoughts were far away from the
things which she saw for she was try
| ing to pry into the past and find out
who she really was, for Gandora's par
ents were dead and no one knew but
Queen Vanity just who she was ESQ
Gandora thought), but this was not SO
| for the old man and woman who had
| taken place of father and mother to
Gandora knew Of it but they had been
made to keep this secret.
| When Queen Vanity saw GandOra in
! the woods she did not know this was
the girl whom she had so greatly
wronged and was planning to do so
again.
But to return to Gandora. She went
out among the flowers and sat down.
She was leaning up against large elm
tree thinking of some way to find who
her parents had been. Soon she heard
a voice and looking above her she saw
a stick projecting from the trunk of the
great elm tree. The voice seemed to
come from the stick. 1t said Break
| me off. Gandora and take me TO my
rooms right away and hide me there
! for we have not long to tarry, as dark
ness IS setting. Gandora ala as she
| was babe, but she could not sleep for
she was wondering who give the e-.H't
the power to speak. She was wonder.
| ing il 1t could have been the gous, at
she had done as she was hidden she
could do no more.
In the morning she was up with the
sun. Taking the stick from its hiding
place she put it on the floor by the
window. We'll" she said. what next
do you wish me to dor
| Gandora, SAID the SUCK, leave this
| room Tor nve minutes, then come
back" Gandora did again as she was
, hidden. When she came back the stick
had changed. 1t looked like lot or
| serpents twined together. They seemed
so natural that they looked as though
they were moving.
Now" said the stick. you are to
get your stepfather and mother to buy
you few garden seeds You are to
| plant these and try to raise small
| garden; then the things which you
| raise you are to sell everywhere.
Even to the CASTLE" sasped Con-
dora. Even to the castle" quietly re-
sopnded the stick While you are doing
that keep on the lookout and II you see
stan exactly like myself come and
tell me at once because Quicksilver has
! lost mis- stan and 1t is like me; whoever
mas this stan holds the papers which
| tells who you are"
or course Gandora was delighted be-
yond measure and promised to do as
she was told. Now said the stick,
| hide me again. but do not forget to
come to me each day ana repeat to me
what you nave done that day.
Gandora hid the stick and went down
stairs. OF course 1t was easy to coax
her. step father and mother to let her
make garden. She said she would pay
back what the seeds cost. She also OBJ
tanned permission to gather flowers
| from the woods to sell. She raised a
good garden and sold lots OF goods but
| she did her best at the castle door.
Meanwhile Queen Vanitay had
thought OF plot to'm make the gods and
goddesses angry with Gandora. She
heard that Juno had lost his dewdrop
OF diamonds. History does not tell us
how she found this out nor how she
passed the word to Juno and told her
GandOra had those diamonds but of