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TIIK SAX I-KAXCISCO (AI.L, SATURDAY, APKIL 2, 1910.— THE JUNIOR CALL
FOR THE YOUNGER JUNIORS
A VISIT TO THE SEA KING
BY ALICE TO FT.
Mountain View
((I DO wish there was pometblng lo
I do," murmured Botty ns nho sat
on one of the rocks near the sca
phore. "I wlßh 1 could go Into thn
pea and sen whnt is down there. If
only there wero fairies these days T
might stand Rome chance of having
my wish granted,"
Suddenly, ns if in answer to her
wish, a peculiar looking object rose
out of the sna. It was very tiny and
Betty could not decide whether It was
a fish or a person. As the little crea
turo nnared her Betty npoke to It.
VAre you a fairy?" she asKeo.
"Well, yes, 1 suppose I am a sort of
fairy, but I am usually called a sea
nymph. I saw you sitting here so
lonely I thought I'd ask you if you
would like to visit tho Sea King's
country, of which I am a' subject."
\u25a0 "Why, yes, I'd like to go," said
Betty.
"Come on, then," answered the other.
Betty suddenly found herself the
same size as the nymph and like her
companion in every way.
The nymph led Betty' into the water
and down they went to the sea bot
tom, which was covered with seaweed
and beautiful shells. All kinds of
fishes darted back and forth.
"Jt is not very interesting here."
said the nymph. "Let us visit the Sea
King's palace. Do you want to?"
"Yes. of course, I do,". said Betty.
"Well, como on,"
They traveled some distance until
they came to a great gate made of
pearls gotten from the oysters.
"This is the entrance to the palace
grounds," said the nymph.
They passed through the gates and
found themselves in a beautiful garden
of sea flowers. Around the llower beds
were pretty shells. The palace was
made of shells and pearls. . As they
entered tho palace the nymph said:
''I'm sorry you can't see our king,
but he looks like any ordinary nymph,
only he Is much larger. He ate so
much 'fish yesterday 'that he got sick
and had to go to bed."
They entered a large room. The
carpet was tish scales and the curtains
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in the windows w*ra made of seaweed. .
The room was llttored up with artl
• cles used on tho land. , I .*-,. J
"All these curios were Rotten from ,
the shipwrecks," snid the nymph. "See
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"I vn got. many beads' like them,"
said Betty proudly.
"I suppose you have. The king val
ues these curios very much. Well, lot's
go into the conservatory.','
Tho next room was filled with gor
geous sea flowers, which Betty thought
were almost a* pretty as those grow
ing on lan'J. The next room contained
one of all tho fish and animals that live
In the se.a. In the next room tho fur
niture was made entirely of shells. -
"The king collected these shells last
year and made them into furniture for
this room," said the nymph.
"They tiro very pretty, but they don't
look comfortable," iorillclsed Betty.
.'"I guess you are right. .Well, come
on and we'll continue exploring.".
After they "had gone through" the
prettiest rooms of the castle, the nymph
.suggested that they go Into the pantry
and get something to cat.
Many nymphs were darting back and
forth getting, the king's dinner.
One nymph" placed a Jlsh of flsh In
front of them, ;.say lng: >
'"Tis all <ye have prepared for you,
priucess. With the king so sick we are
kept too busy to cook."
'"How Is father?" asked the nymph.
' "Very sick, your highness," said- the^
servant as .she 'moved -away..-. .
"I did not dream- of • your being a
princess," exclaimed Betty.
"I know you didn't. But if I were an
ordinary! nymph do you suppose- 1 could
take you through the castle and allow
ourselves ; to eat^,- the king's fare? I
have my own way. as; usual and there
fore asked you to visit- the castle./
Have som^ flsh, Betty." o 3 ;- \u25a0 1:
Betty 'Jid not know "whether* to accept 1
or refuse, but ft-arlng to hurt the prin
cess' feelings, she took some, .When
she tasted .it she,, found it very good,
and managed to .eat "a great deal. :As
time went on Betty realized it was get
ting late and announced she must go
home. So "" they walked on the sea
A FAIRY TO THEIR RESCUE
n.v (;r.om;i s\ v. sc.ui.rivvmi. Akc v
ONCE upon a time there lived a
wine and powerful t king, who
ruled over a* country culled Sloy
morth, near Uie border of Fairyland.
This king had two children — a girl
called Bablett and a boy, called Roland.
These children. wore very beautiful and
were beloved by ali. So beautiful wero
they that trio 'queen of .the fairies, La-
Vinda, invited them to enter the contost
wb^ich she was having to deeido tho
most beautiful girl; and. the. mosT hand
some boy In : the country. The contest
was to bo held tm':Uie i .border of Fairy
land, so King .Cambray willingly joined
the content wJth. Bablett and Roland.
Them Avcre! many'thousands of girls
and boys assembled, in the queen's
palace and it- was hard to decide among
them all.. At' length Lavlnda declared
that Fetna, queen of'Lusta, was the
most handsome . maiden and Prince
Rupert the most handsome youth.
But 'no sooner had she made her de
cision than her eyes rested upon Bab
lett and Roland. She was quick to 'see
their beauty { arid | changed her mind,
declaring King Cambray's children to
have won the , prize. Everybody was
glad, that -neither Fetna nor Prince
Rupert were to win, for they knew
Fetna to be a witch and Rupert, a
magician. But these two themselves
were very angry that they had not' won
the prize and planned to revenge them
selves upon Bablett and Roland.
Now, Fetna s and Rupert knew that
no~-harm could .come to .the children
while they were in, Fairyland, ;so Fetna
invited themV to pay a visit to ; her
palace. Accordingly the children set
out for Fetna's country. , ,
Before they' had left Fairyland one
of the fairies had given Bablett a small
bottom back to. the beach. ," '-:'.
"I do wish you could live with me
all the timo,"-sald the nymph, "but as
you can't' l'll come here of tent and play
with you. The nymph disappeared and
—everything was .changed. .lt 'seemed
as If Betty were opening s her eyes.
Her sistor was shaking.her.' ' '
ring and had told her If she ever needed
help to break it In half and call thren
tlmos the name of Mlthorpa. Fotna
know nothing of this ring and thought
that she had the children In her power.
As long as Bablett and Roland were in
tlteir chariot In sight of the fairies no
harm camo to them, but the moment
they had left fairyland a terrible wind
nrose. It swept the chariot like a
broom does a floor.
The chjldren were thrown out and
became unconscious. When they awoke
they found themselves in a dark,' cold
room with no light except a small
candle on the floor. .They called out
loud but only their echoes resounded.
The window was barred and "the chil
dren knew they were in a dungeon.
They could not do anything but wait
for help; and it never came.
Every morning bread and water was
found on the floor and. on this food the
children lived for four days until Bab
lett thought,of the ring." It was on her
finger. Quickly she broke it In half.
Instantly a cloud of smoke arose and
in the midst was the fairy, Mithorpa.
Unseen hands lifted Bablett .and Ro
land from their cell and< before -long
they wore again fh Fairyland. • After a
week's time the children were as strong
as ever. f \u25a0 , * *
One day they took, a walk * with
Mithorpa and whom did they meet but
Ketna and Rupert. . The two wicked
people fell down at the fairy's feet and
begged to be forgiven. Mithorpa
shook . her head. -With ; her wand she
touched them and they Instantly be
came two black: dogs. .With' a cry of
anguish they disappeared -in the. woods
and were never; seen again, ;As>for
Bablett and Roland they were; never
afterward troubled by any, one and lived
to : old ages protected: , by : the
and Mithorpa, the fairy," to the rescue.
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, ("Where ami, Ida?',' asked Betty. -
• . "Why right here .where : : you, foil
asleep.v You were/lying here, on.- the
beach ; so long I came down: to' see what
the- matter .was," said Ida.; : \u25a0
/•.'.."I've had- a lovely, dream; Ida," and
Betty, related 'her story to, her. sister-' as
they .walked'back to the cottage.
"Paint boxes areawardedito the "fol
lowing juniors who painted, the picture
in last Saturday's paper: .
Dorothy Unas, 1242 Pago/ San : Fran-V '
clsco/ -
Kdythe Whitney, 2037 Central avenue, ;<
Alaineda. .* . \u0084 \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'' *»
\u25a0>.' iIIOHMIe 'DeinpMcy, ''4Ss;Potrero.' avenue,, ,
San Francisco. . - \u25a0'.\u25a0 '
Alice Boiler, 1752 Bryant, San Fran- :
Cisco. : '..'. \u25a0,; ;' : ' ,:. •* '\u25a0' '\u25a0' I] -JJi- :
Emily Buyer, 170 Noe, SanJFrancisco.
Huth' Sweeney, 1935 Linden,' Oakland. -
Myrtle' Munbreeht, Sulsun City. ' Cal.V ;
Helen YVodlworth,v Mlra Monte, Mill -V
,Vulloy. ! . V : . . .
Sylvln Monlcr, 50 Regent, San Fran
cisco.
Adrienne Joliunou, Grass Valley. .
Vtvlnn Jure, 30 Liberty, San ' Fran-^*
cisco.
Arthur Frown, 21548' Market, San
Francisco. ..;'./
Marjorle I.evrln, 2239 Sutter, San
FranelßCO. ;,
I'ituliiir Cuiuinlnem, Duffy, Cal.
.Gertrude Miller, P. O. 46, Hanford,
Cal. J»
'Albert Tolmuiii, 1562 Noe, San Fran- •
cisco.
Winnie Anbertluie, 1511 Twelfth ave-i
nuej Sunset, San Hrancisco./
A. 11. Iloyle, Golden Eagle hotel, Sac
ramento.. ,
ICdvrurtl UreMelilnl, Blanco, Monterey :
county, Cal. ,
Pearl Ilubbe, Pacheco, Cal.
Tongue Twisters
"A growing gleam glowing, green."
"The bleak breeze blighted the bright
broom blossoms."
"Flesh of freshly dried Hying fish."
Jt is almost impossible for auy one to
repeat these three sentences fast. They
are the gems of a collection of tonguu
twisters that an elocutionist has mndc.
\ And almost equally difficult arc the fol
lowing^ taken at random from' the elo
cutionist's collection of more than 200
tongue twisters:
"Six thick thistle sticks."
"Two toads tried to trot to Tedbury."
"Give Grimes Jim's great gilt gig
whip."
Strict, strong Stephen Stringer snared
Hlickly mix sickly, silky snakes,"
. "She stood at the door of Mrs. Kmltli'N
llsh eauce »hop welcoming him in." '
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