Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-01
SANDMAN STORY
By Mrs. y. A Wake.
Copyright iols. by NJ Hire Newspaper
Syndicate. New YORK Citv
THE ENCHANTED CASTLE
RARG Ill

The EN(HANIED A. l IL
PART Ill.
lTilda stood still. not daring to move
" h9rdly breathe fer fear II all would
vanish
The walls hurg with pale rose shade
over which fell in full rippl,s rich cream
colored lace, with little roses, caught
here and there all over the wall.
In one corner of the room was a tall
lamp Of gold with a lace shade, when
she'd soft light GROUND
\ dear little bed draped IN lace and
rose stood in another corner and soft
from under n shade of crystal and r :
colorcd ncads fell upon a dairty dress
ing tn. lie drapcd like the bed in rose
and creamy lace.
Little roses like these on the walls
caught the lace here ard there in soft
fcStootS and on the tatlc were beautiful
gold and ivorv boxes and a mirr, ard
rush and comb.
Bottles of crystal filed with rich
perfumes stood at each eEd cf the tai le
and over the char Of ivory and gold
was thrown dainty silk and lace gown
and to this the fairy PORTED with hCr
wand after lnc and said. Put II On
As She spoke She touched iiilda with
her wand and of flew hcr old tlCthcS,
shoes and stockings and in their place
appeared dainty laccs and silk and pretty
satin slippers
Poor little Hilda Was Specchlcs~ now,
She could only look IL herself in the
long mirror hv the side ot the table
tt last She pinchcd herself Yes. it is
really l. She said, "out Of course, am
dreaming: | am not awake
"Oh. YES. You arr SAID the talrN.
You are quite awake and all his IS
Yours and do YOU know why all this
good fortune has come To you?'
Eilda replied She could not think
Vi any reason why the Queen OF the
Fairies should have sent her 50 many
beautiful things ard have been 81 good
y will tell YOU said the ii;tlc fairy.
'It is because vou have never com
plaiued or found fault with your sad
life and al the hard work you have had
to do
You have always been good and
never felt angry even II your aunt
md uncle who have treated YOU So
unkiudly and because YOU have ~
ways thought kindness and good. good
has at last come to YOU, which YOU can
sec and feel
but there /. another reason and one
Rlich FIRST attracted the attention ~
the Fairy Queen She found ven were
kind to old people for You one day gave
q cup 81 water to an old hcCgar who
came to the ,tocr and whom your aunt
sent away without foed
You ran down he road when your
aunt was not looking and gave the
,cggar Your bread which wA~ all You
had ior Your dinner
but how did the Queen know about
thr bcggar2 asked Slilda None Of
YOU could have seen nc, for il was IN
the day time and the sun was shining
hrlghti,
oh. We have many messengers. my
dear. said tie fair, The birds tell
Is many things and We always know
what Is happening, night II day
But there j. something cl>c fef yon
to know because Nou are Kind to "ld
people the Queen has chosen Nou a.
live here with dear old lady and he
her crandchild. open the door behind
the screen
FiiIda had not seen this door hut
now She opened It, and in the next room
~ the window, reading sat a sweet
looking old -voman, and when She SAW
Ililda She smiled and said, II timc tor
,ur drive dear Hurry and dress
Iliida did not know what to say. -
sle went hack to her room, and on tho
aack of char the little fairy WAS perch
ID and on her lips She laid one pink
NIGER. while she pointed TO a door with
her wand
Eiida opened the door and found II
xa> clothes closet with more dresses
ana hats ard wraps and coats than She
thought were III the world but when
,hc turned again to ask the fairy what
Snc should put On The little creature
had disappeared and never again did
lliida see her
Hil,a lived with hfr grandmother
oai her grandmother laughed when
ne heard the story and said You
are the only fairy | ever saw my dear
But Hilda knew that II was al true
and she had often wished to ask her
grandmother where She lived before
the FAIRY Queen brought her Ia the
Enchanted Castle = live as the fairy
brought her.
And She often walks in the garden
and looks al the tall tree on top oi which
9iie stood with the fairy on that wonder
duI night and saw for the first time the
Enchanted Castle
She wonders too where the unkind
aunt and uncle are but she thinks that
Is the magic part of the whole story, for
fairies always make the bad part dis
appear and never, never return.