Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

even hares come round her. often
she and rBsa $780, ...--.--S any SahS
bits in their laps as they fed
them with leaves. Now the
dwarf-woman taught the girl en-
broidery
She was happy as she spun
and dyed and embroidered. AS
she worked she sang the songs
that she had heard from her fos-
terers And then a day came
when, going 20 a pool 10 gather
water-cress. she felt as If some
one went with her II was as If
she had "A companion she could
not see,
And this companion was finer
than either of her two fosterers,
though she did not see him she
talked 10 him as she went along
silent places, telling him stories,
singing him songs
She learned 10 weave and her
day was spent before the loom.
Her life and the dwarf-w6man's
life were hidden and undisturbed,
Only now and again did people
come near where they were.
When they did, their coming was
made known by the park OF a pet
fox that Cronn kept then Elsa
stayed hidden once a year Cronn
pat All they had woven and spun,
dyed and embroidered into a pack
and tuldged off 10 The kings
steward the pack on her back.
IN those days it was 20 Eterscel's
steward that she took the things.
Thinking upon the kings name,
Eterscel, Esa went 10 gather
nuts in a dell, the pet fox going
with her. II was noon when
she got back 10 the hut Some
how it looked disturbed as though
Cronn's going away had done
something 10 IT, The pet fox
dragged al her dress she became
afraid and ran off
Esa was good at wood-ways
she found the track that her
fosterers went and came by and
hurried along IT, knowing now by
THAT she heaEdzthat prewle-s
were about At the end Of The
day from a rise in the ground.
she saw a place she remembered
Yes. this was her fosterers' hut
She went within and saw the
same pitcher AT the threshold. The
ss-5tftte-- pet she FeF4efl4h e.pna ANheu
he -eewhards came 10 their
threshold thcy were filled with
wonder 10 sec in their hut a tall,
bright haired. bright.eyed girl
The next day they wove hut
~ Wattlcs FOR her They placed
IL away from the track that went
10 theirs. a round little hut with
a low opening for door and no
openings for windows the light
came through the roof that they
left open There Esa lived Cronn
came 20 live with her brothers
the spinning. weaving and dye
ing went on as IL had gone on IN
Cronn's. Esa doing most OF IL.
Now Eterscel had steward
who was 4 ways eYeing the peo-
pie. always trying 20 find ont
what they had and where they
had II. The embroideries and the
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kings coWherds brought him
amazed him more and more
Nothing so fine came from
houses that had the best wcav-
crs. Overs and embroiderers in
the kings domain II would be
worth while finding out some
thing about the coWherds AMI I
their sister he thought
SO he went towards where they
lived AS he crossed the pasture
he saw King Eterscel coming
back from hunting
This was the oowherds' hut the
steward knew Yes. and over there |
was some other kind Of q place
a hut Of wattles Maybe they hid I
there the tubs Of butter and the
rounds Of cheese that they /
scraped from the produces Of the I
Kings herds II was stewards I
business 10 walk around and look (
into thralls and tenants doings, |
SO he went 20 the wattled hut a |
tree grew beside il. he climbed |
into its branches so that he could |
look into the hut
What he saw held him fastened /
20 the limb Of the tree For with +.
in was a girl more lovely than
any kings daughter like whin
blossom was her hair, like rowan /
berries her lips, like gentian flow
ers her eyes And making her
still more lovely was the look
she had. a look as if some dear
companion was beside her But
no one else was there, and the
girl sang TO herself as she wove
at the loom
Not knowing how he got down,
a