Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09
DREAML4ND
ADVENTURES
Secret Of the JeDcls'
~ DADDY
CHAPTER ii
What Peggy Saw

What did Peggy see in the sparkling
diamond she had found among the jew
els in the pirates cave?
She saw ship--a very tiny shir
sailing on tumbling sea.
| Peggy was holding rhe diamond close
| to her eye. ms one holds n pair Of field
glasses. She ierked the diamond away
and looked quickly behind 1t. thinking
that possibly she had been gains
through 1t at a ship far off on the
ocean.
But no. there was nothing behind the
diamond except the walls OF the cave
She had not seen the ship through the
diamond, but had seen the ship In the
diamond itself.
Peggy looked again and was more
surprised than before-the ship seemed
TO bs coming toward her. growins
larger all the time. And. as the shil
drew nearer. Peggy could see figures on
the deck. These figures became plane,
and palmer. until she could make oui
that they were sailors-rough bearded
chaps. with red handkerchiefs tied
around their heads. On the mast above
them tapped black flag on which
stood out white skull and crossbones.
Pirates cried Peggy. ~
"Where?' shouted Billy. who al
this timc had been looking at Peggy IN
amazemcnt not having any idea OF the
wonderful things she was seeing In inc
diamond.
I'm here" cried Peggy, and she
passed the diamond to him. -,
"Jiminety. Look out they will catch
us" cried Billy. for the ship and the
men on board it had now become Sc
large they looked like n reol ship and
real men. Billy jumped back and
dropped the diamond.
And when Billy dropped the diamond.
Of course he and Peggy couldn see
the ship nor the pirates. for they were
inside the diamond. It was just as
If the ship had vanished.
They are gone shouted Billy.
Peggy picked the diamond up from the
floor Of the cave and looked into II
again. J.,
and sure enough. when she held the
diamond UP she and Billy, could see tne
pirates within It. And the pirate shir
was so close they could make out its
name-the Merry Maggie
"Let us Sec" cr,cd Filter Flash
and the other fairies.
Peggy held the diamond high so they
could hutter about il and take look
inside.
"Oh-ec." souealed the fairies
badly frightened by what they saw
and away they few out OF the upper
window of the cave. They went so
fast that they were out of sight ike
a flash.
Peggy and Billy wanted TO Hy away
too. They tapped their fairy wings
but the wings were far too small &c
lift boy of Billy's size and a girl ol
Peggy's size. ..
Tho children were afraid Of the b'
rates. which wasn't at all strange. The
pirates were very fierce looking. indeed
with their long whiskers and Longer
hair. which they wore in heavy braids
They were a glum lot. too. seeming very
, sour and surly.
The fairies were as curious as the!
were timid. and soon they came fyinf
back for another look Then theil
sharp eyes noticed something Peggy and
Billy had not yet seen. 1t was fairy
fying around tho ship above the heads
Of the pirates. go,
There Is fairy in the diamond ~
screamed the fairies. and they would
have hpd again but for the words OF
! Filter Flash, who had seen something
else
Eyes. II is a fairy. and tho fairy
/ is trying to tell us something ht
cried.
And. sure enough. the fairy was
making signs To them. showing that
he at least saw them, although the pi-
/ rates did not seem to know they were
there.
Who that fairy was and what HI
was trying to signal will be told to-
: morrow,