The Red Cloud chief., 1920-10-14
Aladdin's Lamp
BY CENEVIEVE ULMAR
20. 1870. Western N%ewspaper Union


ter, the hold had been STAYED In. hut
its cabin was intact, although the
deck had been stripped of everything
OF value.
at has been abandoned" Ned told
his sister Airline. and It's ours, isn't
it? ! have n famous idea. I'm going
TO get our crowd Of boys to haul It
clear ashore, prop II UP, paint and re-
pair 1t and wen use It as n sort of
river club house"
The young friends of Ned Burton en-
tered with a vim and spirit into the
project. Within n few days they had
the old craft hauled free of the water
line and set solidly on the sandy soil.
1t was a pretty spot, lined with trees
and bushes. and for two weeks there
q constant work on the interior Of
the cabin. Airline assisted In this.
She welded q paint brush quite as eff.
fectively as her brother and pieced
some old carpeting in the home gar
ret to make a rug for the cabin floor.
She coaxed some old pieces Of broken
furniture from her mother, looped
some curtains at the windows and
felt almost as much interested In this
shore palace as Ned himself. =
Airline came into the cabin one after.
noon to find Ned seated at Its table
with the parts Of a hanging lamp be-
fore him. It had been a gorgeous ar
tlcle In its primitive perfectness. It
had a globe with dangling crystals,
pulled up and down on a chain, and
pulleys. and promised to become the
principal ornament Of the now coy
and neat appearing cabin.
"Why. where did you get It, Ned7"
she questioned In wonderment.
pushed way back in that cubby
hole behind the closet" explained Ned.
'The chain Is broken and the globe
has a piece out Of It. It's a famous
lamp and holds lots of oil. I'll bet 1t
makes q great light" and he rubbed
briskly at the furnished metal. "Say,
1t reminds me Of Aladdin's lamp.
Maybe this is going to mend all our
bad luck"
They had known bad luck. or called 1t
that, in the past. Crops had been
poor, an uninsured barn on the home
place had burned down with some farm
machinery 1t contained, and Ned had
to stay away from school to help out.
There were no parties or village fes-
tivitles for charming Airline that year.
but she cheerfully did her share of the
work and hoped FOR better times.
The lamp was set I'm place, every
thing ready for q celebration of the
event arranged, and Airline was alone
In the cabin tidying 1t up for the eX-
pected guests who were to arrive in an
hour. Ned had gone after them. Her
work completed, Airline sat looking
over a portfolio that Ned had found
In the woods the day previous. He
had come across It under q tree where
some one had camped, for there was
evidence Of this fact in scattered food
and the ashes OF n fire. Ned had
brought the article to airline, explain.
ing nil this.
The portfolio was made of fine leath
er and was apparently costly, an(
there in gilt letters on its exterior th'
initials V. y. Inside We're some 3,
pencil sketches, and n of them wa
that Of Airline, standing Mt the well o
the old home. She was pleased, ye
mystifed nj this. and more so at sew
eral roughly reLciled sketches il
which the same face and figure Were
c~anvases."
The portfolio belongs to some art
lst on his summering iaunt," decide,
Airline. "He must have been near III.
house when | did not see him, AM
made that hurried sketch Of me. VII.
has he been using ii rs a model 70
more ambitious pictures? Certainly
have no such beauty and grace u
these eXacting artists require for thei
c~anvaSes."
Just at that moment, although sh
was unaware of II, some one wa
viewing her through she open cahi
window, %attributlng to her indeed ju,
those characteristics Of perfection. Sh
made a perfect picture for painte
poet or lover ut that moment. TT
bright light fell across her fair goldc
hair, setting II all a glimmer wit
radiance, her unique environmel
served TO brighten the Seifect of h
daintiness and loveliness by contra.
with her somewhat unusual surr0un'
ings. II was the eye of a painter hi
took all this In, that of Vaue Darrell ,aI
he revelcd In the fascinating eiemcI
OF the scene.
She was his girl Of the well who
De had s;ctchod from q covert ug
lhc house a week groue i'm his c0sm
.|lunuuriug stroll. THE impression
hat i'omyut was iaa,iuE with d.
aua@uov 80 ns iu,.. 'H.5 $50.
ness ms le r.. vet Dis sketch
fauo on d'a '.'. before t',s o'
ur ,yu- 'Ily. A meeting Na .
.tl#uIH. aul after n ,oW N.g
|uIauaIlpu DARRELL Wa an invited s
FOR The occasion.
In the cabin of the renovated D..
I .. Nh IA ..aY $50. VHI... 81. n.