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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 19, 1919. 5-B Soom Bark i virtu m hia antward parte. Sbakarpaar A print at lava futhtj from my baart, An4 1 blaaaad them unaware Caltrtdgo. Krinkle-Was' a Wayward Little Leaf Who Wouldn't Stay With Mother Tree ,. By FRANCES CONNOR. " It was a lazy day in the late sum mer. Soft, fleecy clouds floated lowly across the sky;- a gentle breeze lulled the leaves to sleep. The leaves were happy just to rave in the bright, warm sunshne and live their quiet lives, all save one whom they called Krjnkle. - Krinkle, with all her brothers and sisters, lived on a great tree, whera they had grown from wee baby buds to full grown leaves and now they "were resting. Some were sleeping, others were singing soft sweet melodies, in tune with the quiet beautiful day. But little Krinkle could not sing or enjoy the song of her sisters She was forever wriggling and twisting, this way and that, trying to get awy from her mother, who was the grat tree, and her sisters and brothers, who were the other leaves. ' At length she whispered to one of her sisters: "This is a lazy, stupid life it makes me unhappy. I should love to go away. Some day I will leave you all, never to return." "Oh, Hot" said her sister. "You will not go far. What can a little leaf like you, do away from her mother?" And she laughed and she laughed and told her other sis ters and brothers and they all laugh ed at Krinkle. . - One said, "You had better not go. There are more handicaps than pleasures in the world." Another said: i "Don't be such a silly, Krinkle, you know you can't do it." And still another said: ."Dear me, Krinkle, whatever does make you so wayward?" ' But she listened not to one of them and kept right on wishing and longing for a bigger greater life. . Soft South Wind. . Then the soft-voiced South Wind came and whispered alluringly of the beauties and wonders of the great world. He whispered: "Come, little leaf, I will take you away and show you wonderful sights. With me you may travel for miles and miles and view the wonders your poor heart craves. A great future awaits you. Better come now before it is too late." Then with a glad heart great hope and without adieu, Krinkle left her family. ' Over the fields and prairies she flew with South Wind and when they .grew tired they stopped in a field of grain. There she saw a field mouse carrying away grains' that had fallen to the ground, hur rying home to his children, and she wondered how he could be so intent on his duty wheri he might as well be playing in the sunshine as she was doing. . X When they had rested a little thev continued their journey. The nex; stop found Krink'e seated- in the tall grass beside Mrs. Grouse, who was busily scratching around to find food for her large brood of tiny babies. Presently along came" a dog, sniffing and smelling, around and under, everything and when Mrs. Grouse knew he was sure to find them, she gave to her babies the command to hide. Instantly, every baby grouse slipped under a leaf or hid in a little bunch of grass. One slipped under Krinkle. TIi.m fl.Ait.. flaw it rv in Um air where the dog could see her feigned a broken wing and kept just following ber. When -she had brought him far enough away to know that danger to her babies was passed, she flew swiftly back and called to them and every baby came forth from it's hiding place where it had gone when she gave the quick stern command to hide. "Certainly" thought Krinkle. "That was wonderful obedience. It saved their lives. I never minded my mother like that" They passed on and on. over the ground and through the woods. Everywhere there was life and everywhere the living things were busy. . . The evening came and Krinkle slept She was happy, her dream had come true. She was now out m .the great world and it was all, in deed, that she had expected. Rude North Wind. Before she had slept long she was rudely wakened by North Wind. He snook her and roared: x "Waken. Krjnkle, there is no time to sleep. You wish to see the world. Come, le us travel by night It is then you may see the real world." Krinkle was sleepy and wished not to go but North Wind seized her and they flew with great haste' through the woods. There they saw animals searching for food, insects running hither and thither over the ground. Everything busy, everything intent on its own mission and Krinkle wanted t 6top and look at every thing but North Wind scolded: "There is another' side of life, a -T-J- '.-.. . ramr, T ,,e irl.nr some of the misery. You have known -none of that." But Krinkle hesitated: -"Notth Wind, I did not leave my mother and family to come here and see the sordid things. I want to be happy. I want to dance -and play and when I am tired I wish to sleep. Why have you brought me here to show me things which I do not care to see?" North Wind laughed a cruel, harsh laugh and he blew so cold that Krin kle shivered. "You must see it all," mocked he. You must feel the sting of my power. Where I go there is snow and cold and sorrow. Did you think you could go with South Wind and never encounter me?" For the first time since she left her home Krinkle was homesick and wished that old South Wind had not deserted her. Ghosts. " North Wind was merciless. He seized Krinkle, blew her against the rocks and trees, sent her flying and skioping across the cold water and bri:ght her suddenly face to face .with such terror that she would have screamed if she could have done so, for there in the dark before her stood a bunch of white flowers moaning and sighing and looking like ghosts.' "Oh, North Wind, I am so fright ened," sobbed Krinkle. "Please do not make me stay here with these awful looking flowers. They are like ghosts and they moan so. Oh, what is their awful trouble?" "They are ghosts," said North Wind. "They are the souls of those who in life were useless. They wished not to work. They lived through the efforts of others. They took the sweetest from life and gave nothing in return, now their souls are repentant. In the daytime their real characters are not revealed for they look like a bunch of Indian pipes and are often called by that name, but at night when souls are visible, theirs stand out whfte and plain and they are shunned by every ether plant because now, as in life, they live on the food prepared by other plants and are considered the worst of thieves." As quickly as North Wind came, just as quickly did he leave and there was Krinkle alone and cold where she remained and pondered the words of this wise wind who had been everywhere' and knew all things. Krinkle Sorrowed. "Mercy, Mercy, I am just as useless as the ghost flowers. I have sought pleasure and was not even grateful to my mother for her tender care and protection. I left my family without even a farewell. I can never return. I must go on and on. Most unhappy am I. Per haps if I were useful I could be happy" All summer she wandered around, first with South Wind then with North Wind, sometimes with "West Wind. She had not seen East Wind during . all her travels. To each Wind she confided her trou bles, but they were unsympathetic 'so she decided to ask East Wind for help as soon as she could see him. East Wind. One day in late September, after a warm dry time, East Wind came with a great rush, bringing rain in torrents and soaking everything. He left before Krinkle had an oppor tunity to speak to him of her sad plight. "Dear me," she sighed, "Even the winds are so busy they have no time to listen." So Krinkle determined to go alone and unaided in search of ad venture. A real adventure thin time. Venturing out to find some good work to do, so that she might be happy. She grew old in her quest for usefulness and lost her bright beauty. Still she was undaunted. The days gTew colder and she met Jack Frost He was laughing and happy and greeted Krinkle joyously, laughing: " "Hal You are still abroad! I have just come from your home. I talked with your mother who li missed you sorely. She tells n-e that your sisters are all planning to leave her and go out into the world as vou have done. I had my magic brush and I colored their gowns' most gorgeously. Such an array ot beauty would do your heart good. Krinkle shed a quiet tear and said nothing but she thought how much easier it was for her sisters than it had been for her who had gone alone and unaided. She continued her search. Then one day she found herself back near her old home in the city. It was olainlv evident that Jack Frost had been there for in a floweK garden through which she passed, she,fo!ind a bed of Poppies, their Seed pods broken and seeds falling on the ground. - She stopped for a moment to pity them but they re proached her. i Krinkle' Trip Ends. "Why do you stand there and pity when it is in your power to save us? If you will lie down and cover us We can live during the winter and when tie spring comes we will grow and become beautiful red poppies, to give color to the world. We are courageous and strong. Within our hearts wc carry a potent drug that will eae the suffering of mankind and animals and give rest' to the weary. We are useful' beyond imagination because we are the souls of youth, mowed down when life was effervescent and useful and we will live in the beautiful, brilliant flowers which we will become if you care for us during the winter." With a glad cry Krinkle gave her promise: . "Dear little seeds, I will Jielp you. I will bring more leaves and we will make a coverlet for you. We will keep the cold and the FAT ty-'? ' THE BEST V II MM MAUI rtmAliUlll ii? MtfMaatMCI V "SYRUP OF FIGS" CHILD'S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove pois ons from stomach, liver and bowels NAVY BEANS, SUGAR, POTATOES and SOAP Omeha's New Store Your neighbora era buying Groceries. 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If you are overstout do not postpone but sit down right now and send for my frt trial treatment and my plan whereby I am to be paid only afttr re duction hat takm flaet if yon so desire. -' DR. R. NEWMAN Lhn-JPkyiclmSlatffNmrrk 286 fifth AMe,HtwTerk, H.T. Beak A-571 snow from you and you may sleep all winter . . So saying, she flew away in haste, calling her sisters and brothers who all swooped down in a mad rush to help Krinkle, who had gone before them and through her own hard ships and bitter experiences found her life's work and theirs. They piled themselves one over the other in a little heap, 'covering the poppy seeds. There they re mained during the.-winter Thus. Krinkle. through her way wardness, restlessness and bitter experience, "was the scout who went before. Though the way had been hard and long and lonely, she found her life's work was to locate pitfalls and guide the course of her little sis ters and brothers around them to their final resting place. 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