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THIS MKDFORU MATL TRIBUNE, BEDFORD, OKE(U)NT, SUNDAY, DUOHMBUR H), 190!).
BEAUTIFUL
CHRISTMAS
FMNRH3WEET
Copyright. XKO, by American Prcsi Asso
ciation.
. Ami It blow Peter's lint out Into the
middle of the road.
"Whoa!" yelled Peter ntul climbed
down from his high seat.
The princess poked her head out of
the window. "What's the matter?"
she asked. ,
"My hat blow off," Peter told her,
"and the wheel Is stuck In the mud,
miss."
"Oh, Peter, Peter!" the princess
chldcd. "You must get thnt wheel out
of the mud nt once."
"Which Is easier said than done,"
Peter stumbled. "It's that dark 1
can't sco my hand before me."
There's n light hack there nmonj;
tho trees," the princess Informed him.
"Perhaps you could get somo one to
. help you."
I'll t nnil ert mtou If va nlnf
afraid to stay nlonc," said Peter, after
IT was tho night before Christmas
and stormy.
"Squash, squash!" went tho
wheels of tho carriage In the
mud.
"Whew-ew-ew!" whistled tho wind.
"did Ton kvek 8Mci.ii AjrmnNO bo
OOOD?" BUB AflEED.
some effort succeeding In quieting the
plunging horses.
"I am dreadfully afraid," she admit
ted shlvcrlngly. "but I supposo you
will have to go."
Now, in the xnlddlo of tho plno grove
was set a little cottage. Peter knock
ed at the door.
"Who's there?" asked a childish
voice, and a little girl poked her head
out of tho squaro window.
"Our wheel Is stuck in tho mud,"
Peter answered from tho dark, "and I
want to get a man to help me."
There Isn't any man here," Jenny
informed him. 'There Is only mo and
Jessie, and our mother has gone to
nurse a sick neighbor, and sho won't
be home until morning."
So Peter went back to the carriage
and reported to the princess.
'I shall freeze out here," said the
princess. "I will go up to the house
and sit by the Ore while you look for
somo ono to help you with the car
riage."
She climbed out of the carriage, and
with Peter in the lead sho plodded
through the woods, and the wind
blew her long coat this way and that.
and nt last, wet and panting, sho cntno
to the little house.
And once more Peter knocked, nnd
once more Jenny came to the window.
Then sho tiling tho door wide open,
and so tall was the princess thnt she
had to stoop to enter It. It was a
dingy llttlo room, and there wns a
dumpy black stove In the corner, with
a bubbling Iron pot that gnvo forth a
most nppetlilng odor.
"Oh, oh, how nice nnd warm It Isl"
said the princess as she held out her
hands to the tire.
In all their lives the little girls had
never beheld such a wonderful per
son, for the princess wore a long ml
cloak and a black velvet hat. with a
waving plume, and her muff was big
and round and soft, nnd she had a
scarf of tho same soft fur about her
neck. Her hair was palo gold, and slu
had the bluest eyes and the reddest
Hps. and her smile was so sweet and
tender that Jenny ran right up to her
and cried. "Oh. 1 am so glad that you
came!"
Jessie from her little chair echoed
her sister's words. Hut sho did not
run. for there was n tiny crutch beside
Jessie's chnlr In the square window, i
"And 1 am glad to be here." said tho ,
princess, whose quick eyes were tak
ing In tho details of the shabby room. '
"It's so nice nnd warm and cozy."
"isn't It?" said Jenny happily. "And
we are getting ready for tomorrow."
On n small round tnble beside Jes
sie's chair was a tiny cedar bush, and
Ws!r'a fin uor hnil lumn busv with
bits of gold and blue and scarlet pa
per. "Wo are going to pop some popcorn," .
Jenny explained, "and string It and
hang It on tho tree."
"Ob, may 1 help?" tho princess asked.
"I baveu't popped any corn since I was
a little girl." I
Jessie clasped her thin llttlo hands. ,
"I think It would be the loveliest thing
in the world," sho said, "If you would
stay." !
"Peter Is going to find somo ono to
help with tho carriage, and I will stay
until he comes back."
And when Peter bad gono tho prin
cess slipped off tho loug red cloak, i
and underneath it sho wore a shining j
silken gown, and around her neck was
a collar of pearls.
"And now If you will lend mo an ;
apron." she said, "wo will pop the .
corn." I
uut Jessie ana jennio were gazing
at her speechless.
"Oh. you must bo a fairy princess!"
gasped little Jessie at last.
The beautiful lady laughed joyously.
"Peter calls me the princess," sho
said. "lie has lived with mo ever
since I was a llttlo girl. Out really 1 1
am Just an everyday young woman
some friends in tho next town."
She dismissed the subject with a
wave of her hand.
"And now to our popcorn," she said.
(Continued on page 19.)
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