Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-27
SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. +. A. Walker.
Copyrseht. 1918. by Mcclure NcUN oApcr
Syndicate. New York City

bVh bLpG AMI IVhtGbhlN DpLL
Once upon n time there lived in n
toy shop window n dainty porcelain doll.
Her hair was golden, and it curlcd in
little ringcts all around her pretty pink
checks.
Her dress was Of blue silk, trimmed
with tiny little ruillcs of cream lace,
| and Little BOY Doll, who was made of
| worsted, and also dressed in blue, thought
Porcelain Doll the very sweetest doll he
had ever bchold.
lie told her his love one night, when
all was still in tho shop and all the toys
in the window were busy talking OF the
places where they expected to live after
Christmas that is, they were all busy
but big Calico Cat. and she was watch
ing Porcelain Doll and Little BOY Blue.
"You better not fall in love, you
two" she said. at won't do you n bit
of good Someone will come III and
buy one of YOU and then you nill never
meet again.
Rut Porcelain Doll and her lover
were not to bc frightened and every
night they sat beside cach other and
pledged their undying love, no matter
what came
1T will not do YOU any good Cali
co Cat would any every night. I'll have
seen many 90 from this window and
they never go together You better
forget each other right of now"
hut il came nj last, just as Calico
Cat had told them IL would, little
girl came in and bought dainty porcc-
lain Doh and Boy Blue WAS left he
hind
What did tell your" said Calico
Cat that night aa Boy plue sat alone
4. IrnI attnf,ut
out II told vou how u would hc.
There IA Ruhhor Doll Nou better
make love to her and forget the one
in hluc
put Pow aluc was "a true "a the
cclorz he wore and every night he would
think vt lttlo rorcclain Doll and dream
she was hcsilc him IN the window
Then ono day someone carried of Boy
Rlur. and Calico Cat purrcd to hcrpclf
as ahc washed her face that night. -
told him SO, he has gone now ahd they
will never meet again
But Calico Cat was vrrv muc h mis-
taken for that night. whom II WIS still
dark only for the light from the street
which camc in through tho window
where little girl lay sleeping. l'oy
Blue and Porcelain Doll met again
On ono sidc of the llttlc girl was Tor
ccain Doll and on thc other eidc her
lower. AMI when tho magic hour oi
rnpdrieht struck M jumped Boy llue
How did Il happen. my dear that
We are together again2 lac asked Calico
Cat declared it could never, mover happen
that We could NOT meet once We parted
~ ls lust n cat I@ov Rlue. o. she
would know that lavere such as We
could not I've parted, SAID Porcelain
Doll
Every night ! lay closc So my little
mistress and into her car. when she
was asleep. ! whispered thoughts oi
vou Thon IN the morning che would
vav she wanted little Roy Rlne n the
tov shop ui~dov. and she hognod 50
hard snmeonc bought Nou for hor
Then Calico Cat did not really
know ANYTHING about it, sad Boy l'lue
Not a thing my dear said Poreo-
lain Doll. and how cm,ld she seeing
she never had lover "a love
What difference doca that make
aaked Roy Rluo ~ he slipped ono arm
around the WAIST of his sweetheart
II ovc always finds WAY silly Roy
Pluc said Porcelain noll rs she iaid
hor golden head on BOY Blues shoul-
der
Tomorrow shall be our wedding
dav' said BOY Blue.
When the sun awokc the little ms
trr%s in tho morning there lay Roy
Blue and Porcelain Doll right ON the
pillow beside her. and she never guessed
elc had brought two fond lovers to
Crther