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Fz Bs t: S be | =eBLP Pe as coe KATYDID BY PReANCES We AND EDWARD di. AOS en Authors of “Elfie’s Adventures in Cloudland” ILLUSTRATED “The Lost Island,’” etc., et Mew Port ay tuliles 67 P\ERRIA COMPANY a FIFTH AVENUEPohtAST Lb bbLalah bistelns ial eee Copyright, 1895 By THE MERRIAM COMPANYLIST Ole WULUSTIRAIIONS. PAGE e Winy, WaikT 16 Tn 2% Frontispiece SHE GAVE A PULL TO THE STOCKING = j : 2 ; 8 WHERE SHE RAN AGAINST Mary, IO THe APPLE WAS SMASHED, ; : ‘ a 12 THERE WAS A GREAT SHADE-TREE AT THE END OF THE GARDEN, : : : : . : : : . 15 “NO,” SOBBED THE CATERPILLAR, : : 3 : a 2a “To BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING,” : ‘ : : 29 “I SHOULD THINK THEY WovuLD RATHER Have a KING,” REMARKED ELFIk&, : : E a : : = 36 AND CAME NEAR FALLING OUT OF THE TREE, : : 40 ‘ALL AROUND HER ARE THE FAIRIES,” : : : aA BANISHED FROM FAIRYLAND, . : : : : AQ | p Nive ANGESEOR: WAS SINGING | = : : : ot “WE HAVE SuNG so MucH ON DAMP Nicuts!” : 59 > PICNICS ARB DHE Ive OF RER=VER-SI-TY S DELIGHM@E 1 = i. O2 ~ WINDY DAYS PirnAsp Elim Foor: : : : 5 63 > Hn Eoves, foo, no Upset AN INK Borin = : OF DowN CAME THE RAIN IN A PERFECT SHEET, . : : 67 | ‘*T SUDDENLY FELT A VIOLENT PUSH AT THE SIDE OF My E Boat, : : . s : : : : . oA 4 “I FounD My FRIEND WHO NurSED ME,” 5 é 76 4 A Datsy, STANDING NEAR, NODDED ITs HEAD GRAVELY, , 78LAL RREebLAaeEsLALshab bbe ot poet adas Hon OatELBE AND Tie KiDiDy Grutrime fem wan my stockings this morning 7 | eried WWE get them fie, ll teamee Ee aes Leet ee a Es PELLET CE TSE MEDD ore on straight. My toes go ee everyting Seems. mixed: py 1 shall be late for breakfast, and I shall have to eat by myself.. Provoking old thing!” and she gave a pull to the stocking which not only made her toes so) down to them molt places but tore a2 creat hole im the pace on Te men over the heel.iAsEAE clea FEE HTRDLEAAASbALSBeLbdee et asd chased ed eee eee arb AAL ASAE LALOLLA IBLIEIUE. AUNIOE IEEE IKGA IC VNIOIOO: sttitistete) “Tr’ll have to go now,” said Elfie, ruefully | Seratiieiegnapeett iti: cazing at the rip her impatience eG ealcecr o < “ Bessie will scold finely when she sees it. RHE Ae Toe ps e She gave a pull to the stocking. I wonder if papa has finished his breaktast.” Mien che hhurieds through the rest of let dressing as fast as she could and ran down- Stans: Sine Voune. mer papa just finishingELEIE AND TEE IGA Teo: 9 his breakfast, and Bessie was called to keep Elfie company and attend to her wants. Elfie seemed to have no better luck at breakfast than she had with her stocking. Fler bread and butter fell om the: hoon, jou tered side down; and when she went to help herself to some oatmeal she missed her plate and the oatmeal went on to the clean table- cloth. But the climax was reached when the rosy apple, which Elfie had just taken from the trun dish, slipped trom her anvers rolled to the edge of the table, and just as Elfie had nearly caught it, fell off and hit the cat on the bacle or the head, Vhat cendle animal was considerably astonished. She gave a loud “ miaou!” and rushed for the door, where she ran against Mary, who was coming in with some tea for Bessie. Mary just saved herself from being upset, but some of the hot tea went over Lady Jane, who was by this timeIO ELETE AND THE KA VDD: pretty nearly crazy, and she gave two or three blood-curdling yells as she fled into the garden. SPbeFALPLEE SE Pasa SPLELELELETAALILS Sakae begQUMEhD Fasd BULALO LALSbad pA stan eset sl batHTaDSGRURAESGSRShAbee at coed odes ts i ijiibhtaldbieletas TT TiteuLaetictehseeeeie j \\\\6r WY \ ty \ SANG \\\ \\e JW \ \ \ \% AYE A ) GY \) \ " EE Where she ran against Mary. Elfie felt sorry for the cat, but did not give up her chase alter the apple. she was om the| SrereEsi Ty: Li Phehigs Lisa MePogsnonigat "5 iadsiatitiyheveiele Lam! Se ASS? SES Sunt a a “poyseuls SBA ajddt GND ONT Li ntereitatetes MoE SESE PELESES CSE HTEE TSS ET Se [er sea |coi Deals hhlad a hd kl a bid thal poet tg a 3 rsis ee point of capturing it, when it rolled behind the sideboard. It was such a particularly nice- looking apple that she thought she would make an effort to get it and, without asking Bessie’s help, she pushed against the sideboard to roll it to one side. But the sideboard moved too easily. It first went one way and then another, and finally the apple rolled between one of the casters and the wall just as Elne was push- ing on that particular corner, and before she could stop it, “sr-u-nch,” the apple was smashed. « And if that isn’t an example of the total depravity of inanimate objects,” said Bessie, who was a great girl to read, and was always ready with some high-sounding sentence, ol never saw it.” Elfie, hardly knowing whether to laugh or to cry at the provoking behavior of the apple, TRAIT EA TOTTEPERT STRUTS EMTS Nerney Dy Hatten SFP,CieeiilshsistaLihes anecel editchee et eee teet cea AAt Lae Lao bd Bite VAIN Tut KAT VDT), opened her eyes very wide and said, ‘‘ What do all those big words mean ?” hey mean snat the limp o1, Remversity was in that apple sure, and it is a good job it got smashed before it did any more mischief. It looks as if the Imp were around in every- thing this morning, by the way so many things seem to go wrong,” Elhe wondered who the Imp of Perversity could be, but contented herself with wondering, Bessie’s answers to her questions being gener- ally harder to understand than the original problem. After she had finished breakfast she went for a walk by the river. There was a great Siiade-mmee at tne end Ol tie Garden, amd 16 was Elfie’s great delight to climb up into the fork Of this tree, where she had-found a specially comfortable seat, and watch the shadows on the water.rrr rere rar Sees UES 77. We Bs fe cent nietes \ WW . N Wty A = cet eer erat Oy N\\ ‘ "\ WH \ At (( )* "ey There was a great shade-tree at the end of the garden.hiatelh uae *ulLibbaaes SULIT ns SSELE AND. Lie KATY Dip. 7 As she sat there wondering about the Imp of Perversity, she saw a Katydid sitting ona branch and blinking its eyes at her. Elfie’s experience with E-ma-ji-na-shun had helped her to understand the thoughts and ideas of the animals, birds, and insects she came in contact with, and as she sat looking at the Katydid blinking its eyes, she tried to find out from its expression what it was thinking about. “Who are yOu Staring atg card sone Katydid. Now this did’ not stantle Elie a int te hear the Katydid speak, nor did it seem at all out of the way for it to seem twenty or thirty times as large as its usual size. She was so used to having these little tricks occur, after = her memorable trip to Cloudland with E-ma-j1- na-shun, that she took all such peculiarities as a matter of course. So she answered as Se ESR18 alte AUN Pere GA TV 7 2. though conversation was the natural thing to expect from a Katydid: “Who's a-staring ?” Elfie knew, directly she had spoken, that rms was Mot very. eleyant language, but hoped the Katydid would not notice it. “Why, you are, answered the katydid, and ( think it is very impudent of you. [Dear me! low sensitive we are! te Markee Wile “It says im one of tie old Stomes tHat a Cat can look at a king, and if that is the case, surely a little girl can look at a icaeydid? I have mever seen ome, but il aim sure that you cannot be of so much importance asa king.” (What is a matter of opimion, snapped the Katydid, ‘‘and depends a good deal on the king.” pond the Watydid, too, | Should: gh laughed Elfte.ELE AND LEE KAT YD ED, “Well, let me tell you, young lady, that a cat wasn't always allowed to look at a king. The old proverb use to run, ‘ A cat can look at a king, but she mustn't.’ Haven't you ever heard the reason ?” “No. said ieitie ~ Tnen Tal tell you: “ “A cat was walking to and fro, all in a garden fair, Which lay around a palace, built of marble rich and rare. And as she walked, she thus did muse: ‘‘ Oh, I am tired of cats! Of mice and birds I’ve had my fill, and I’ve no use for rats. ** How shall I now amuse myself ? How can I pass the time "Twixt noonday hour and evening’s dusk? Methinks I’ve heard a rhyme ‘“ That on a cat a king can’t look; ’twould be sure death if I Should up into the palace walk, his majesty to spy. ‘“But I am now so very tired of all the things I’ve done, That only just to have a change—this awful risk I'll run.”’ So saying, up the stairs she tripped, crept through the open door ; On such a gorgeous sight she gazed, as she'd ne’er seen before. The king was seated on his throne, ‘twas made of solid gold And gemmed with jewels rich and rare. Puss felt she’d been too bold, That she had dared to raise her eyes on such a gorgeous sight, And stood there, trembling and amazed, half-dying with affright. SRST UII tents t sree MTL REBELS ME RTST ETI DecFillies AND THe KAT NPD ID, His Majesty the cat did see, and rose in wrath severe : ‘Remove that object from my sight, before I die of fear. ‘“?Tis horrible to look upon, I cannot bear its eyes— They look into my very soul, and all my sins arise ‘Before my mind, that long I thought no more would bother me, But now this horrid creature has brought them back to me.”’ ‘‘ Ha, ha!” the cat laughed loud and long, “‘I see the reason why, A cat upon a king can’t look, for fear the king will die!’ ” (@Onen'= screamed Mite ~< what i tenance api sie erabmed tie joac< of Men Gress: ot “ Something has fallen down my back ! “les oly a caweconlen, cliuckiecl one Kanycid, i caw itdall, just ane seounselt by yout feet with your head downward, and it will fall out.” > thanks | cad Ele “I amialad Pehant have to,” and, reaching her hand as far as she could down her back, she succeeded in fishing ap Mi Catespillar a lncile bruised, but mot much the worse for his tumble.ELITE AND THE KATVADID. “What did you fall down for?” sternly demanded the Katydid. “You don’t suppose I fell down on pur- pose, do you?” asked the Caterpillar flip- pantly. “No, sir, you fell on this little girl,” said the Katydid gruffly. “But why did you Go, ito) “Oh, dear! as if I didn’t have trouble enough to live, without your being angry with me for something I couldn’t help !” “Trouble! What trouble do you have, I should like to know ?” ‘““Why, I am always in trouble,” cried the Caterpillar, bursting into tears. “ Vou havea chance to cry or sing when you are hurt, but we poor Caterpillars have to sit still and bear any evil that comes to us, without saying a word. Oh! 1 wish I could SING, OF CMigny) Of whistle, or something. You can hear me, butBEITE AND FE KAT VDD. the people that walk about and knock us off the trees, and tread on us, haven't the right kind of ears to hear us when we call out.” “You do seem to have something to com- plain about,” said the Katydid. “Ves that is the worst of it, nobody un- derstands us, or appreciates our woes. |! have written out some of my misfortunes, but no one has ever heard them, for it is so diticule to fimd a publisher Perhaps as you ae a gimwer amd an clocutionist, you would not mind singing or reciting this to the little girl, who seems to have a kind heart,” and he handed a manuscript to the Katydid. The vocalist took it, with all the air of an opera singer of the first rank, and after looking it over and humming a bar or two, sang it for Elfie’s benefit.EEG AND DHE KAY DED. DHE CATERPILEAR’S LAME Na: ‘’ Hear a mournful Caterpillar make you now this sad lament. List, I pray you, to her story. You will find it time well spent, If within your heart so hardened, it doth stir up some remorse For the woes of your poor victim, for her wounded bleeding corse. People think a Caterpillar has no feelings, heart, or brains; And they kill them when they find them, in their gardens, fields, or lanes If they find a leaf is eaten, from a bush, or shrub, or vine, "Tis some wicked Caterpillar, who has chosen here to dine. You have feet,and toes, and fingers,—on our stomachs we must crawl. You can speak and sing, and whistle,—silent is to you our call. Yet we both are living creatures.—Pity for us you should show, More because we’re weak and helpless, how to please you do not know. Few there are who stay to ponder: ‘ This a butterfly will be ; Some day she will fly and flutter, beautiful for all to see. Rainbow hues will glance and glitter, grace in every movement show, This will be a thing of beauty. Only let it live and grow.’ Our lives are short,—pass all too quickly. Soon we change to butterflies. Hardly are we used to being caterpillars, e’er we rise On bright wings, all gayly painted, springing from our sober dress. How surprised and pleased it makes us, I will leave for you to guess. Still it is quite mortifying, that at first we fail to please, Must become another creature, ere we feel ourselves at ease. So next time you see us crawling, lonely, sad, and discontent, Oh! bethink you of my story,—-of my sad and lone lament!” ite TITTIES *ebabens teh TTEWE Sah oegmby 724 IBILJQIRE ALND IFIEOUR IKGATIE NIQUE, eVWealliGiae vou tall on, thie loramem sor as to let the young lady hear your troubles ?” asked the Katydid, after he had finished sing- ine thie ~ lament.’ *“ No!” sobbed the caterpillar. “No! coobed thie @atetpillar who was visibly affected by the recital of her own woes, ~ somebody pushed me ou the brane l sayy the little girl sitting there, and was walkingBEELE AND FHE KALVDEP. along very carefully, when somebody I couldn’t see gave me a push. I know it was, because I heard him laugh.” “A likely story!” remarked the Katydid. ‘“ Be off with you now and don't do it again.” Away went the Caterpillar, still weeping, and Elfie resumed her seat on the branch with a sigh. ‘“] wonder what is going to happen next ! This seems to be one of the days when I must have got out of the weone side of the peu. | ae Te STULL eaa ESE MAE ME ELTELY ECSTIUS ESTEE Everything 1s happening that shouldn't.” Ves smiled the Watycdidi. mequensin ic around to-day, evidently.” Eltie pricked wp her ears, Vinal is just what I want to know,” she said. ‘I heard this morning about that Imp, and I have been wondering and wondering what Bessie could mean by it. | amso glad | have found some one who knows. Now tell me all about it.”BLELE AND PHE KATY DID. hy, ’ “T think Iam the only one who could the insect said, with an air of knowing a great deal, ‘‘ for no one else could tell you the whole of the story.” - Oh! ~cried Bite delichtedly, = a story | Ie tere a ston, ? Go on and tell it then! There is nothing in the world I like so well as stone! Go on with tie stony at once |” “Don’t be impatient. Make yourself com- fortable and I will tell you,” said Katydid. He found an easy seat for himself, with his back against a branch, and began.CHAPTER If. ‘Fairies use flowers for their charactery.”’ Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V., Sc. s. WAS going to tell OU ‘yal; AV; sagely observed the Katy- Wy did, evidently not intend- you interrupted me by saying ‘Ouch,’ that whether a king or myself was the more important, at any rate 1 knewa great many things that more than one king would give his diamond crown to know, and there is no doubt that— “Oh, go om with the story) imberupeed Elf. “> That this story, went om tie Umruiied Katydid, “ is one that a great number of peoplesty ponte Lik. bhet shh cb bdet sh bbctakehed cf ieee tas tbh bebabah- bes MILIEU IAUNID) IEDD KEATON JOYA), besides kings would like to know. I think that you are Not as polite as you miokt be but you seem to be a nice little oiml, and | have heard of you from my friend E-ma-ji-na- shun, so that I will tell you this story. IJIhen youand Ivwall be the only two im the world who will know the real history of this mysteri- ous and mischievous imp. ello beoin at the becinmne, Wow must know that this little goblin, Per-ver-si-ty, was Once a lain, | Seti) scnied Bitte, — Oh, do tell me Yes | cuppose | musth telliou a ten, things about how. the fairies live, so that you | | | | apout tne fairntes | \ | > will understand the story.” | Where do they liver aclked Blitte Whey livein a little world of them own,’ * But where 2 | lis all around me. Whey use the camevay “SUIUUTBIq JY} Je UISEq OT, «c ox \ \ if [gz oseg] ji 1 TN } bye H | hh W//7/ Ny \ HW) NN rinses,et tblitelatisalad Ribena lieselskahstsashatsamateeetoner a eeELEITE AND THE KALEVDTD. 31 grass, trees, flowers, and gambol and dance by the light of the same moon.” “But why can’t we see them ?” ‘We insects can see them,” said the Katy- did, with an air of superiority. “You mortals are all too blinded by what you call ‘Worldly Wisdom. Sometimes, it is true, one has been caught without his magic cap, which makes the fairies invisible, but even then, it is only some child, or a poet, or, some- times, a painter, who is able to distinguish one, and then not without the aid of E-ma-ji- na-shun.” ‘And how did Per-ver-si-ty come to leave thiem 2: “Have a little patience, and I will come to it. You have heard, perhaps, that the fairies make a point of being about whenever a new baby comes into the world, and if they have a good report of the parents, will bestow some i ne CE ee AMET TET Tea nats eat seog wt ESEiPortesa§ FUTUR ENTiitees 34 Teter ti iLae bid BEL CEs bate tee LLL et te 1 eat ry athrnrtenyerrnr eto fatarsstn vi stetetarts intel erncnatonartTatanos pr sdaertets datetime bsenatotutitaystegindyeraniczereitaperyteisteichsbramtaneancds att 2 BLRIE AND HE KAT VpDrDp. oe ee gift on the child, which will, if properly used, be a blessing all its life.” “Oh yes! I have heard they do that “Some of the fairies can give one thing, eid come another, Some fave litle or no power in this way, but all are able to scatter little blessings in the way of such mortals as may cross their path, and with this power they can also tease, provoke, or upset the plans of any one that may displease them. But they are generally pretty good about this, and they do more in the way of making life brighter for people than in causing mischief.” “ But they do play tricks on people, don't they?” asked Elfie. “A girl who used to be with us told me that they will sometimes steal a baby from the cradle, and put one of their Own iM 165 place, aid they will change wheat into ashes, and turn milk sour, and will “ Stuff and nonsense!” snapped the Katy-EIETIOS VAUNID) IEUD IKEA IP DID). did, so gruffly and harshly that Elfie was star- tled. ‘Don’t you understand that fairies are fancies, they aren’t material, and they don’t meddle with material things. Sometimes, this Imp we are talking about will put some of his perverse spirit into an inanimate object, but there—I wish you wouldn’t interrupt me so!” he said peevishly. ~ Oh, 1 bes your pardon, Wim sure cand ities “Well, please don’t do it again,” grumbled the Katydid, “still what you said brings me to what I was going to tell you. Asa matter of fact, the fairies are very good-natured people, and nothing worries them so much as to find out that some one is in trouble. That is how they came to find out about Per-ver-si-ty. They had been bothered for a long time by his pranks, and couldn't find out who it was playing tricks on them. pei E TUT ESET eS SEYeast inhib vteninicheinta erteebeisheninina: PO eGHaPSsGdAr4aESGH LiLdE ra saed tice OM ER ESUOLEGSH PHOT PEGEELHbeAabShn toasunb see oetOPASAGaat Hrs) Ved Tne La nHHOOLS Ladd ORRRE NOT 7 benauss 4 A Tare Loeatet atta rhb hadinelsLsien ceeds bee eebdabieabbaataametoned coed ert eet cine) data a monet: rH Yi HHS S HH ETRE ERTS AND. THE RAT 3 DTD: “They would find their wings misplaced, their dancing rings shifted, their invisible caps carried away, their shoes filled with sand, or some other annoying trick, but they couldn't discover who:was to blame. It is likely they never would have found it out if Master Per- ver-si-ty had not one day gone a little too far, and played a trick on the Queen, and she soon fixed on the culprit.” “Why, is the Queen 50 much wiser than the others?” asked Elfie, who couldn’t keep quiet very long. “Certainly,” said Katydid. ‘‘ Every year they choose a new Queen, and they select, of course, the wisest, the purest, and the most beautiful among them for the honor. When they find one specially adapted for the exalted position, she is selected year after year, and she who was Queen at this time had been selected five or six times.”% 4 | i CTW prebielebedalarenn Pi tahaliseletei sheets Alay I should think that they would rather have a king,”’ remarked Elfie — [Page 37.]F: 3 i Bs F 3 .J FE Fa = i F a t éPLP AND THe KAGE. “T should think they would rather have a Koinee remalglec! lilies “ No indeed !” said the wise Katydid, ‘‘ one of the chief duties of the fairies is to bring gifts to the earth children, but to those only who deserve them. One must be able to read hearts to know this perfectly, and no King could do it, at least nome has ever been found. But a Queen has never been known to make a mistake.” “Why, Katydid! How can you say so te exclaimed Elfie, ‘in my history——" [ON fairy Oucen, | mean or course,” said the Katydid. ‘Besides, a King will rule by fear, and does not know, so long as his subjects obey him, what black thoughts may be behind, but a Queen, with her power of reading hearts, soon finds that no service is of any good that does not spring from love, and so devotes herself before everything to themeena peeemiet | conden SpAbesh siedal LAteeseebsbAdshabsage-elsaedisedes ol ere a babbhe Petts iat cee TT Linad ris Go oo ELEIE AND GHE KAT YeDry. task of winning the love of her dependants.” Then the Katydid sang :— ; ‘A King’s a mighty potentate. His word is law, his power great. His subjects bend a lowly knee. A King I’d dearly love to be. But e’en a King is full of care, Though none to cross his will may dare, Some traitor hand may seek his life— I think I’d rather be his wife ! Though great the power of King may be, His sway is one of fear, you see, Though fear may rule, still far above The power of fear is that of love. The subjects of a King obey Because they must, they dare not say They'd rather not.—They can’t say No! The King says ‘Come !’—They dare not go. The best of Kings is but a man, His subjects’ hearts he ne’er may scan ; While all pure women have the art Of reading every caitiff heart. A King or Queen, to truly reign, Must first the love of subjects gain. No good can any service bring, Save ’tis for love, to man or King. So though a man may be a King, Still, he’s a man. Wherefore I sing, If I’d the choice to make, I ween, I’d rather choose to be a Queen!”=) 2 O. a OQ a5 fab) ar — - oO a ~ @Q © is ase © rs — ie = ~ vQ a Oo es S cr x © rh ms pang » @ a oO oO e GH haieeget Phe etd Sisiatatettiiitin ciebiil bese llaasdatadabe steel ketehered te * 4EET AND) GETS GA Te) AI Elfie was listening so intently to what the Katydid was singing that she leaned over a lit- tle too far, and just as the wonderful insect had reached the end of his song, she gave a great lurch and came near falling out of the tree. Fortunately, there was another branch quite near, which Elfe laid hold of in time to save herseli from! a bad fall’ The strange thing about it was, as she told the Katydid, as soon as she recovered herself and was sitting up again in ier place, that, as cle: elm megselm going, she had felt a little push, as though some tiny boy was trying to push her out of the thee, ‘Of course it was Per-ver-si-ty, said Katy- did. ‘‘ He won’t leave you all day now, and you may expect to have more accidents before night. I suppose I shall get into trouble my- self; of course it makes him angry to hear me talking about him.”renenasiermatay ea semeeartrnreayertnt tet aerate fiat Ay ids agate reat atbeate PLPTE ptIND ({RERE GIGAT MDI D. “ Never mind, go on with the story.” ‘“Let yme.see. Where was 1? ‘Oh yes! When a new baby is born, the fairies, if they are interested in its future life, endow him or her with beauty, sweet temper, wisdom, Mmecination, or some «ther virtue. At -the time I am speaking of, the fairies had made the rounds of the neighborhood, and had de- cided what gifts the babies, lately born, de- served to have.” ‘Ob!j] wonder what 1 had? > cotedsElie. “Do be quier! erumbled the insect: ‘lf you. will keep mterruptine J shall step. The Queen held her court under an oak-tree, near by a beautiful river that ran through the forest. Great lilies blossomed on this river, and in these lilies it was the custom to put flowers and leaves to signify the gifts they wanted to bestow. “You see, with them every leaf and flowerze aay {3 J 9Y} o1e Joy punole [jV ,, "Sore «e [Sr o3eg]aoa Sel Pakhiaatiinette al eitaidatatetiisletes eleva easel laatelsdtaaisier states Dis liieaesaeiad Liethadet esiEET, AUNT, EE GAT aD: 4 wt. means something, as, for instance, a rose-leaf is an emblem for beauty, a violet for modesty, a petal of a sunflower means wealth, and so Ons A tainy cam male Dut One omit ae enemy full moon, As they come back trom) tiem trip, each one places her gift into the heart of the lily bearing the mame Of hey pautiemlax baby, until every flower has something. Then at a great gathering, the fainies dance and the Queen pronounces the words which con- vey the gifts to the different babies. Tl know you would like to see one) o1 these dances. The @neen has Wer throne on the top of a mushroom. All around her are the fairies, some dancing in a ring, others in couples or groups. They are all leaping and flyime im every direction seme sin the air, some on the ground, some balancing on the points of the grass, the bushes, everything, and everywhere. All the time every one is sing- 7 ELE NHEPEHERELET HES EGY MASSE OSCR Seat tstee THEA - Fula tsyassteass, eerily ASE St EH a eee etcatigenengenersreretessiacartrpetenrectesnes jtetadenctrst i edeatirtr§ 46 Bisa wiv LAH KATY DT). ing; and the flashing of the many-colored dresses, cloaks, doublets, caps, and gossamer wings, as the little people dart about in‘ the mazes of the dance, keeping time with the fee and! tall Or the muste of tie sone, pro- duces an effect beautiful to see.” “Oh-h-h!” cried Elfie, “you must forgive me, Katydid! but I must say how lovely! and how I wish I could see it!” Katydid seemed gratified by the pleasure Elfie expressed, but just smiled a little and Wien Om: | “After the dance, the Queen, followed by all her train, goes to the bank of the river. She waves her wand, and the babies, whose names are on the lilies, immediately become possessed of the virtues contained in the flower. “It happened, this time, that one of the fairies, after the dancing was over, spied aELPTE AND THE KAT VD FD: 47 rose-leaf floating down the stream. It looked very much like one of the beauty gifts that should be in a lily, and on looking further, a most terrible state of affairs was discovered. All the* gifts had been’ mixed up» in: a! per fectly shocking manner; some of them had been taken out and thrown into the river, and all had been changed. ‘“Tave= tates realized that’ the presents: which had been intended as blessings, had all been so turned about that they would, in most cases, prove hurtful to the babies who recerved them “For the gift of wealth had gone to those already rich: Beauty’ to’ the’ children’ ot such poor people, that it would be likely to prove a temptation to its owner. Purity and honesty could not go astray, but nearly all the other gifts were sent to the wrong people. “ Nobody knows how long this had goneTe aia Lanetelaazlonsdababetes el chetcier 2 tee ta piatsiabibhensteaical 48 EIS AMD Tie KATY ply), Oman you cam see the result, even to this day. “ How dreadful!” murmured Elfie. “Pil the fairies were i a oreat stategot excitement and hunted high and low for the rascal who had done the mischief, but none of them thought it could be Per-ver-si-ty, for he made himself active in looking for the culprit. saiseetstee Uhatsaesiacea nested od fh aesiec PECEE EA PERLE EALIE RST ES ELE Tahs Labatertac Eeeaasbeeeeeaeaneedaarad iF UAEEESHULS oLELa ma LRaREREREE bee ba ake eed Pest Shei tobias LRH Faria eee eristel itty i rt But the Queen could read his heart, and, call- ing her court together, she summoned the bad fairy to appear before her. Then she decreed that he should be banished from fairyland. Instead of the honorable condition of a fairy, he should be now what his acts stamped him— animp. Up and down the earth he should go, and as Per-ver-si-ty he should, for all time fo come, have the enmity of the human FACE, © | T chould think = Hifie said “that the people on earth had already suffered enoughBanished from Fairyland. [Page 48.]Piet ey Moise at eneEERIE AND THE KAGE, from his tricks, without having to put up with him forever.” ' Ves, the Katydid answered “ih doce seem a little like punishing the victim ; still, ] am telling you the story, and can’t be expected to know all the motives of people or fairies. At aly tate, Per-ver-si-ty has never been idle since he has been banished, and he has been playing tricks ever since on the people of the earth, as well as om the birds. animals, and insects. I am one of his victims myself.” “You ! why how is that2” MIRE te re ftceusete eto Les Peete ay eC eIepaes HUE MAUR sthessueen ee TELL ed tHE sy por ira teseensetrame arse mee pebsveteersesieret (iii Pere sc tco teeter tir aoisin ser eerapese ety Salt tt Ty eeneeey TET THAAD AREA 1 Tinta USES TS CDSCC Mitre A ICLP etGoee SUSPECT. tetra TT EP aateodealiitcli atates rt ase eee dee haaaaat > Lind resis het Gees USAT aaLLE riseaHiatattichnes crarsieirtere PERLE rd ake HERS Suis ba tetigere staat Be (Capen (UL ago, my ancestors were noted for their beautiful voices and Wiz) power of song.” J i" i My “Come now!” Elfie in- it terrupted, forgetting, as she did too often, to be polite, = 2 IWatydics warn a beautinull voice! Wiha Winy, I have always heard that Katydids didn’t have any voices really, that they made their singing noise with their wing- cases.” “Well, suppose they do!” snapped the Katydid, ‘‘these scientific people are always coming in with their ridiculous explanations. If we do sing with our wing-cases, it does nots 4 3 ‘*My ancestor was singing.”itn ta Tiislste, ais ereolaetstslibatste tetetet e Pett re : 4 E 3 S Sareea Tia) LL eMS FESR eaELE PE AND Wie KATY DD: make any difference. You breathe through your nose and mouth, don’t you? We breathe through our sides, but it’s breathing just the same.” ‘Excuse me, said Elfie. “Well, voices or wing-cases, they could all sing beautifully, so that people would come from all over the country to hear them, and all the birds and the other insects would stop their own songs to listen. One of them, and the finest singer of them all, in some way offended Per-ver-si-ty, and for a long time that little rascal busied himself in one of the meanest tricks he ever played on anybody. It happened one night, that my ancestor was singing a new song which he had lately com- posed, 1 cannet sing it as he did) ion my voice cannot compare with his lovely tones, but it was an exquisite little thing, and ran like this:— oe ESAS PCAY TUTE] WUTEAYUN TES FLED PY , sesetIN eae SUaaAT AH ELL SUL4 Ls Pate bedada tafe fafababobes sl lM baba lata tagadetics fassresodoetetedsg cos HMM REMY ABO ee orn ser ; ~ i s i se Ties te LAL LT peS Meir peyote: tos ter toaeaesenreat arse aenegesayrapend ec terete ttt pbeesees $ussr Rent OeSaOHT Os SYSREDEDT EEESESEROLEHE Ta tYPTH TTOCRE Gaba: is IS LiLALT ba beutefobaqdanibiasd egeiobalsl eeabesa delat PU MESTITELT TT Tony erseeny sees WER bey iste SEE TSTIE LN NESSrelies Eilistibadibasie tad Tee which 56 BER AND. BAe KAT VDD, ‘“ “Will you come for a walk with me, sweetheart, to-night ?’ Said Donald, to pretty Kate Green. ‘The moon will be out, and the stars will be bright, Will you come then, my darling, my queen oe Katy vowed and protested she never would go, And she blushed, but her blushes were hid. She meant ‘ yes’ like a woman, for though she said ° DO, She went for the walk, Katy did ! Katy did! Katy did! Katy did! ‘Pretty Kate! won’t you give one sweet kiss to me?’ Said the lover, and took Katy’s hand, ‘The moon’s hid her face, and so no one can see, And the grass and the trees understand! ’ But Katy declared that she ne’er would relent, And she said ‘ I must sternly forbid You to steal one!’ But e’er Katy went, She gave him a kiss, Katy did ! Katy did! Katy did! Katy did!” “We was simeie Katy did) Maty didi, when Per-ver-si-ty, or one of his band, imitated his voice and chimed in, singing, ‘ Katy didn’t |’ SeAgyY DMD! screamed my ancestor pitany (Giant | sang. une imap: WA Di! KATY WED: repeated the sinwer for he had composed the sone irom facts observa- had come wn@der his ownELETE AND Ti KAT Vp. 57 tion, and knew. “KATY DIDIN i! CAIy DIDNT! KATY DilDN YT ei! yelled the imp, and so they kept aca, at We KATY DID “KATY DID Na ccm une same as you hear any night when the Katy- dids are about.” “But it isn’t Per-ver-si-ty who says Katy- didnt all the time satd filiie ‘No, but you see tle mn iene ain sO. COMtinuoUSsly, that alter a2 while just a5 soon as night would come, my ancestor would begin, ‘Katy did! Katy did!’ expecting to be contradicted, even getting confused sometimes and contradicting himself, saying “Katy did?! Katy didn’t!! Katy did! did! did! Didnt! DID!!!’ and as lis children orew up, they m turn took up the quarrel with the imp, and insisted that their father was ment, tor every night they would cry as loud as they could, “Naty did! Katy adrd1 Katy didi! iatyPRT her Rt Usk nded sh thattaet tear BLFIE AND THE KATO. didn’t! didn’t did!! Katy didn’t! Katy did! Katy did!!!’ and, like him, get mixed up and forget whether it was did or didn't. A het children came, and sang the same song, until it has come about that Per-ver-si-ty has suc- ceeded in making us forget everything else. “We have sung so much on damp nights that the beauty of our voices is gone, and we are so made that, try all we can, we cannot stop. Every afternoon, as soon as the sun begins to get low, we have to begin our ever- lasting song, ‘Katydid! Katy didn't! Katy aid! itis a triumph forthe Imp 1 Per-ver sity, and I wish I could do him a bad turn to pay him out for it. “Vears ago, the tradition was lost to all but a wer few, as to whether Katy did or didn’t, who Katy was, or what it was she did or didn’t, and I am sure nobody cares.” ‘Dear me! Katydid, | mever heard on‘sjysiu dwep uo yont os suns savy OM\,, ce [38 o3vq]eet } F Hi = FE: 3EERIE AND LHe KAr DTD, such a meam trick tt is a shame! Whar is isis “Ves itis. But J have the consolation of being in good company. Hardly a man has ever lived but has suffered, at some time or other, from the tricks of Per-ver-si-ty. Who was that King of England that let the cakes burn? Oh, yes, King Alfred! Well, that was the Imp, of course. He whispered into the King’s ear, so that he should think of some- thing else, and forget the cakes. Then when the cakes were burnt and the woman, who had set the King to bake them, began to scoid, he flew up the chimney, laughing, as he always does, at the mischief he had done. “You can go all through your history, and find the same thing. Per-ver-si-ty is at the bottom of more than half the mischief that is done in the world. Fortunate it is for the world that his old playmates, the fairies, are Srreeere este alt eer maeraneees nn preys) 1 eo, = ” and PIE niet ihien (ii tiieety ties S Sitters Tete ist eater 4 ; y j aire rt basen sbataiabieELE LE AND Ties KATY DEP. still around. Whey try, and very olten suc. Cesc to Wma a tfemedy, amd sometimes ieee patra MAF EPP es odebearbartestyl et ‘Picnics are the Imp of Per-ver-si-ty’s delight.” a Teseea Lait futm tne imischier itsell imo a blessing in reed git Pe Pisheratavieneisial at ug tt neti disguise. © Welly oodeby,7 card ine = 1 imist be cone te aia off. Aunt Fannie and Unele Flenry are coming, ama we ate coing to a pilemic: “When | must ina tie shelterea side of a retreat oste teers coos ree leat said the Wanycid) tony te salt iano. ‘Ram! exclaimed Eitie “there isnt a cel oe sion Ot it |BEBE AND, GE KoA Voy) 63 oe iknow thar. lout Per-ver-si-ty won’t let you have a picnic without going off and steal- ing a rain-cloud. Stay home and he will save the cloud: If you go fo the picnic it will most certainly rain. ~ Oh, you te an old croaker |” “Wait and see, my child. Wait and see. Picnics are the Imp of Per-ver-si-ty’s delight. If he can’t steal a rain-cloud, he will put salt into I EERIE TS SMESITT VEN TIE DE erESTL ESTE ” TPIT Cate ray ‘‘ Windy days please him, too. the sugar paper, or set a blackberry pie just where somebody is going to sit down. There is no saying what perverse thing he won't do. Windy days please him, too. See how he will tip a man’s straw hat, so that it will blow64 PRUE AND: ie WGA VAT. off; then with what glee he will watch the mam cuase @ let him nearly, erasp it then give it a little fillip, and send it sailing away doaim. ile lowes, too, to upset an ink-bottle on to an author's cherished poem, or a minis- ter’s just completed sermon, or 1f nothing else ‘‘ He loves, too, to upset an ink-bottle.” is handy, he will content himself with having it spoil the carpet.” Cilla ha!” laughed ite ““atter all the Imp does get some fun out of his pranks.” (1 could een on all day, civine you instances of the tricks the rascal is always upELITE AND LAE LEA TE NAD TD. 65 to. But run away now to your picnic, and be sure to put on your oldest dress, wear your rubbers, and carry an umbrella.” Elfie laughed, and let herself down from the tree. i “ “ Rg A rs 3 ‘3 3 = a . § zi m is a cs Be 4 = | cf 3 — A — Bo ei = oe 4 =f 3 =Crarrer IV: T all came about exactly as the Katydid had said. _ Before the party had gone | " half-way to the place where | », they intended to picnic, the | sky had clouded over, and - just as they had uncovered their baskets and laid out on the grass the good things they had brought to eat, down came the rain in a perfect sheet. They all Scaimpperedl tO tine nearest tree.. The shower was soon over, but it lasted long enough to perfectly ruin their eatables and spoil their tablecloth. Their shoes and the ladies’ clean white dresses wereELE AND: Te KAT VDD: 67 ea ee ee sopping. It wasa bedrageled and discouraged picnic party. They tried to make the best of things, but it was quite evident that they would have to return home to get anything to Eat, Down came the rain in a perfect sheet. “TMs ist juse what thie Katydid told me,” said Elfie. “The Keatyaid childt’” cried Agat Bane nie. “Yes, I was talking to a Katydid this morn-68 Bani AND THLE KAT VDD. ing, and he said if we went to a picnic the Imp of Per-ver-si-ty would be sure to make it rain.” Everybody was used to Elfie’s funny re- ports of her adventures, and laughed at her idea of the Imp of Per-ver-si-ty. “Tt looks very much as if the Katydid knew what he was talking about,” laughed Uncle Henry; ‘‘but come along, folks, let us hurry back and get something to eat.” So, laughing and chatting, they picked up their baskets and made the best way they could through the puddles and the wet grass back to the house. Elfie told Uncle Henry all about the Katydid, and what it had been telling her about the Imp of Per-ver-si-ty. He said that he had no doubt that it was all perfectly true, and told- Elfie a lot of amusing incidents, which no doubt had been brought about by the mischief-loving Imp.EEEEE AND THE KANDI. He said that the Imp hada special love for prying out collar-buttons, making them roll when they were out, into all sorts of dark holes and corners, and that he would chip razors and misplace scissors and neckties, mix up shoes, so that a person would put the wrong shoe on the right foot, and do fifty other vex- atious things, of which everybody has had some experience. Elfe and her uncle had quite a pleasant afternoon, after all. They chatted away to one another, telling things that had happened to them, and what they had heard from other people. “Do you know, Elie said, “ look for him.” 69 HTTPS ESET EH PE Se HUET TENT autos Merion) SIT Tires te70 ELFIE AND THE KATY DID. “There’s one now,” said her uncle, ‘‘sing- ing away in the tree at the bottom of.the garden.” “Oh, that can’t be the one, his voice is altogether too hoarse.” “ Never mind, run out and interview him,” said Uncle Henry, with a twinkle in his eyes. So Elfie opened the door, and ran down fO fhe trees. Sue called out: “Hello! is that you, Katydid?” The hoarse croaking in the tree suddenly stopped. Ole thar you? + vepeaved iitie: “Yes, what there is left: of me,’ came.a wheezy voice from the tree. “Come a little nearer if you want to know how Per-ver-si-ty has been treating me to-day. Iam so hoarse that I can scarcely whisper.” “Why, what is it?” asked Hie, comingLET AND THE KLTV. 71 close to the bough where the Katydid sat. It was a low one and she could put her face quite close to the little songster. ‘What is it?” she repeated. “Qh, dear!” said the Katydid, “I have had a day of it; that little goblin laid himself out to pay me back for talking about him. “After you left this morning, I sat on the limb of the tree thinking over our conversa- tion, and laughing to myself at some of the funny tricks of the Imp which I had seen and heard about ; when a twig, which seemed to have been broken off by the wind, but which, I have no doubt, was thrown by Per-ver-si-ty himself, fell from the upper part of the tree and knocked me off the limb on which I sat. I came down to the ground head first, and my neck got such a twist, and my head such a terrible bumip, that 1 mever expected to be able to hold it up again. MESSE IL Er HS peet Meee er UChiT ia teens SEAS SUPA SUTSTETY TST TUE TT trate its NY72 PERE AND lel KedVaTy): “Miter alono while | ventured to move a lieele; and found, to my celiel that my eel wasn't really broken, but it was so twisted, as you can see, that I have had to hold my head on one side ever since. “You know that there is a little stream that runs into the river close by the tree where we had our talk this morning. I dragged myself along as well as I could, for I could not fly, one of my wing-cases being badly strained by the fall, till I came to the side of this little stream, where I hoped to find my best friend. She generally comes there in the afternoon, but she was nowhere about. I wondered what could be the matter, and. climbing painfully to the top of a big stone, I called to her with all the voice I could muster, After a while I thought I heard a faint reply from the other side of the stream. | called Out again, and was answered, so I felt sure itELRIE AND THE KARVDIED. 73 oy eee was my friend. But how to get across the stream ? “I thought and thought till the bump on the back of my head throbbed so hard that I felt my head would burst. At last I spied a leaf floating close to the edge of the water, so I ran down and caught it just as it was pass- ing. It took a good deal of courage in my shattered condition, but I finally succeeded in getting on to it and floated away. I knew if I could keep still, and my craft was not wrecked, that the wind would blow me to the other side of the little brook. But my head ached so, I was obliged to lie down, and while we were gently floating along, I suddenly felt a violent push at the side of my boat. I was thrown so much over to one side, that the leaf was capsized, and before I realized it I was strugeling in the water. I felt sure it was all over with me, but I suppose some good fairy74. Bilt AND LHE KATY). came to my rescue, for before I had made two flutters with my injured wings, I found myself lifted out of the water, and placed on the bank. | I ; il | 1 Y \. Nes HN ! = HHL SN) ml AMA f | i 4 y / Va HAA / il r i \| | HY iff | | WONT) ie { Hi 4 il I ! } il | | ail MIA Tg W Wal Hh es | ————— , — ‘*T suddenly felt a violent push at the side of my boat.” ‘Wl Nay where exhausted tor 2 lone time, but after a while I grew strong enough to call to my iriend. But she did not answer me, and I knew then that the Imp had played me another trick.”’ “Poor Katydid!” said Elfte, as. the unfor-ELETTE AND BE. KATY DED. 75 (rn SSE ee eee ee = ~ eee eee = tunate insect stopped for breath, “I hope the Imp won't treat me as badly as that.” “T hope not, my child. But if I were you, I should be very careful for the next day or ) two. “Well, how did you get on?” “After a while, I revived a little, and found my way along the bank to the place where the stepping-stones are placed across the brook. Iwas gradually getting stronger, and managed to jump from one to the other of these, and so back to this side of the stream. Late in the afternoon, I had the good fortune to find my friend, who nursed me, set my broken wing, and bathed my bruises with the juices of a healing plant. She is now here, and we are to be married to-morrow.” ‘““Tntroduce me,” said Elfie. ‘“T don’t think she will come down,” replied dy Elfie’s friend, “she is very diffident and shy. i PTET PELELLEITESTE ) ESSN eat eaaTp stad STREET PEPE EUEARMESTES ETH TY SURE St SESES PRUE76 BERLE AND THE KAT DID,: “ You have had quite an adventurous day,” Elfie said. Ves,’ answered the Katydid, “it 1s a lesson to me. I shall not meddle with any- SAY QY 5 c a \ \\Y | ‘| \ 4 I Kh \ | Hifi| y } \ \\ = ‘*T found my friend, who nursed me.” body’s affairs, which don’t concern me, again. If you will take my advice, I should say as little about the Imp as you can, for he will certainly pay you out for it.” “Poon! said Elle << lim not amarePITAL AND TEE KAT ap ip: 77 > Bue Wam, said the Marydick “and vou must please excuse me from talking any more on that subject.” And not a word more could Eltte get out or him. lle called out to fic friend, who, after hanging back a little, came down the main trunk of the tree, and helped him up toa higher branch. Here they were soon out of Elfie’s sight and reach, though she could hear them singing their quaint little song. “Goodimeht!” ‘callediout Mite. am you won't talk any more, I shall go in.” ‘“ Good-night !’’ came down the voice of the Katydid. = Be carefull now, and look out for tite: fm “Bother the Imp!) answered Ile. iam not aia! Goodmaht | ‘“Good-night !” croaked the two Katydids in chorus. “Elfie! Elfie!” called out Bessie from the house. SEVER SERLSRUEN ED ETT TED TEES PRT TEE eg PPC reer D Lea test eee Te ret oas SARE FPOEUETOOTA EY PRELE SHEETS EATS PEN PRESETS ST Fy ESTRY FUSE OADENETTETLEERE TT SY SEA Sa PESTER ERE etree sea er Ur o LL78 HTT AND TE KEAT VYd. Elfie turned to run, but she had not taken two steps, when, crash! she tripped upon a stone, which she certainly had no idea was there before, and down she came. She picked A daisy, standing near, nodded its head gravely. herself up, rubbing her bruised knee, when she was almost sure she heard a little chuckle in the grass behind her. 2 sé Oi dear! sive said “Mir Per-ver-si-ty, |ELEIE AND THI KAT VDID, 79 hope I haven’t offended you! I am sure I'll try never to speak about you again as long as I lives A daisy standing, near the place where Elfie thought the chuckle came from, nodded its head gravely, and some long grasses grace- fully waved their arms. Elfie felt that Per-ver-si-ty was there and understood her. It seemed like making an agreement. “Remember,” she said, ‘if from now on you will let me alone, I will never speak of you again. Is it a bargain ?”’ A. low rustle came from the waving grasses and the nodding flowers. Elfie ran into the house, where Uncle Henry had been watching her from the win- dow. He had heard Elfie’s last remark, and gravely recited to Ner as sie went wp te beaLRT AND Tie: KAT VDL: EJ. AUSTER. 2 Now after this, Per-ver-si-te! Don’t bother, tease, or worry me. If you this pledge will only take, Then I will, too, a promise make. I never more will speak your name To boy or girl, to man or dame, To bug or worm, to fly or gnat, To cow or sheep, to dog or cat. 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