Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. r. A. Walker.
Copyright 1918. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate. New York City.
WAX DOLL AND RAG DOLL.


Once there lived in playroom n
little WAX doll. Her face was very fair;
pink cheeks she had and blue eyes, and
her hair curled in little tight, short curls
all over her little head
She wore an under-dress of pink
cambria, all shiny, and over it a dress OF
white old-iashioned thin goods, trimmed
with tiny satin ribbon.
Her shoes were of white kid, with
tiny little peail beads for buttons, and
her stockings were Of silk.
Yes. Wax Doll was old-fash,oned..
looking. for she belonged to lutte g'r'
of the long long ago days, before they
had such big and handsome dolls as
they do now.
In the same playroom there lived
with Wax Doll big Rag Doll Boy
He was much larger than little Wax
Doll; his face was big and round, ms
eyes black painted ones and his checks
were red
His stockings were white and hls
boots were of black silk; his trousers
checked brown and white and his little
iacket was cut short and made OF black
velvet he wore turned-over collar ot
muslin and black bow
OF course. vou are thinking that
Wax Doll and Rag Doll Boy fell in love
and lived hapu,y IN the pIavruon all the
lime. hut while YOU have part of the
story right. YOU have not guessed the
ending. For strange as II may. seem,
little Wax Doll and BOY Doll did not
meet in all the years they hved IN the
plavruom
| will tell YOU why Wax Doll be-
longcd to n little girl who kept her TOYS
on one aide of the playroom and kag
Doll Bov belonged to little boy who
kept all his tovs ON tho other side
but Wax Doll and Boy Doll Tell IN
love and thev looked at each other ard
sighed. for they both thought they were
destined never tn meet because the little
bow and the little girl never crossed the
hig black line painted on the floor of the
playroom. and so their TOYS never met
Then the little boy grew up before
the little girl and Rag Doll Boy was
sent 10 the attic, and Wax Doll sighed
for many days. for she Thought then she
had lost h,m forever,
Onc dav. long. long after Rov Doll
had lett the plaNroom, the door oTTned
and some one came in with basket.
hooks and toys aud games were
carried away and the basket was filled
again and again. poor WAY Doll wonder
ing what IT all meant
At last Wax Doll was put IN the
basket anil her little chair and bod. q
box of blocks and some other TOYS were
nut on tor Of her. and only one arm
stuck from the basket 10 show that she
was There
Suddenly = Young lady came in oh.
cannot let her go'' She said pulling
WAY Doll out ~ the basket She was
my first real nice doll Put her IN the
attic want to save her
Then up 10 the attic she took Wax
Doll and her chair and put them in one
corner Of tho Ing room
Wax D,ll WAS wondering what would
become of -hcr when she heard some one
saw BETTER 10 meet IN cur old age than
never 10 have mot my dear Md
there right beside her. sitting on a box,
was Rag Boy Doll. smiling Al her
"Oh. was So frightened she saId
II wonder why | was brought up hrrr
Niv dear. thev have grown M that
little hoy and girl who used ~ play with
us. said BOY Doll and now VIC are q
llvc here
IN is very nicc and quiet and have
not minded 1t. only that thought
shou ID never SEE YOU again, hut II sccms
wc are 10 bc kept out of all tho TOYS,
and here VIC shall live and ho happy,
for we shall he married, shall We not, my
dear
Wax Dolls facc was not rs fair IS It
once was. h,rt to Boy Doll IT was beautiful
for the eves Of love sec no fading
And So there they lived. happy that
they had mot after all those years, anc
thev found that their love was all the
Swccter for the waiting