Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 27, 1902, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg saturday december 27, 1002 the Leaf will to land play of the glad Nek year dramatic personae. . Kins of the Forest of Robo. Or. Quack a Wise Duck. I Crafty animal i Cival of president of the liar Spring . Always on Tho p i of he lion. R. Pm t . In s a of the earn Yarcel r.i.1 of the 1-y.r-s of Hobo. Barnyard i would him think that f , soon i shall be no More. It was a fish. Us kick him to Loath. Shall kill the rave 1 i Attje King r. T of r.-ic.-. I is to c a pcs the a orests of you not despair. There is yer Hope or. Reynard Fox is passing through the Forest. I la bring at once. Exit Tiger dog my poor old Friend you Are. To be kicked by lambs and calves by chickens crowed to your d at. To common barnyard fowls. No no. To shall not 1 Al i 1 so weak As that i will yonder Pool i starts headlong shaking toward a Pool of water at Side of the i stage see Racks of Tiger and of have gone to my own scents. My Only wish a few leave the Birds to you and r ducks and hens to Chew. Ber beasts of the barnyard that said and spoken like n january 1 the most withered Leaf will True Fox. Take your pick Reynard turn and pick what Bones you will. I la curtain the Cream of the year a new year s fairy Story. On the Day before new year s All the inhabitants of the Village of Bram wer busily engaged planning How they should snatch the Cream of the some one of them have snatched the Pitcher of water from the Spring and to be never the Wiser. Or. Dlr to my friends i. De the . Year i b i. Get or. I of. Log Thon there is Hope that 1-i-osts. Jin Tor cured whole Hen cheer up be Brave Don t i Ikon a buried when the Fox is of i t fail. I liar. I . I a St his lock happier than the i i hardly walk i fair doctor. J but he liked to have it just because kicked by lambs scratched it was the most precious thing in the barnyard fowls a such a death Village. Now. The old Hermit fairy could n it Tell time As mortals do. He did not know Midnight from Early evening nor the new year s eve Church Bells slut they we re always so eager year from All their friends and Especio j fret the first pit Cherful each for him ally from the Long of Hermit fairy who self that they rushed very fast All to lived in l Barnwell Woods. J Gouier and made a great noise about for in tiie Luck of the it. So that the old Hermit fairy could year buried in Tho first put Cherful of not but know what was going on. Of i water that was taken All foaming and course As he was a fairy Tho villagers White from tiie Spring in the Valley. Wero obliged to answer truthfully any whoever got then. First on new year s question he put to them and when he eve after the clock had struck and heard their frenzied Rush past his door Clr jew the first Pitcher of water from the Spring got the Cream of the year and had nothing but Luck till another new year s Day came around. So All the villagers excepting the babies and the very old persons who could not run. Spent a Large part of each year in planning what they would do on new year s live to secure this treasure. Everybody Felt perfectly Able to Dis Tance his neighbor in the race and be first at the Spring 1c mortals alone were to compete. But year after year just As the clock struck 12 and the grand Rush for the Spring began the old fairy her Mit would come out from his Cabin on the Mountain and ask the breathless hurrying throng Why they ran so fast. Then the person whom he questioned was obliged to answer the Cream of the year the Cream of the As soon As he heard this the old her Mit fairy would put on Hia swiftest wings or his most magical and waft himself Over the Mountain and into the Valley where the Spring was bubbling. And Long before any of the villagers Hart reached the Spring the old fairy had dipped up a pit Cherful of the water and was off with the Cream of the year leaving a Trail o wailing villagers be j him. I since lie had come to live in his hut j in Bramwell Woods no one in Brani Nell Village had had any Luck at All. Not because the fairy interfered in their affairs for evil nor for Good either for that matter. He was a very reserved old fairy indeed. But he would set himself in spite of All pleadings to get the Cream of the year As regularly As new year came around. He did not really need in. For in fairy land there is Luck enough and to spare what Kibo s Kin Kux followed by Tiger and you or och ers for or. Quack i Osu to is he of a Wise Duck. .111d a Only quack jigs pm every . I r. Quack i 1iapl y Bills t is All h new l to my How is your a great joke on the t by to v How it or. Qua a. Withered cab Leaf. I you cure him the doctor will cure him the of living. I r. One year ago to in i that the barnyard was i api ily its inhabitants. I found j Tina a Idor a tree so ill lie could his Tail or Roll his wild i a. S. What have you eaten " . Lie Haidt 1 last. A scrambled and a calf or i Iii i could not Promise he made a Ivolu Lia it for a year and to that which grows in the a nil swims in the water. He do it see that i am not too late. Us was off with Tilk Cheam of i a Tuk . L1on-if i need ans of you i la come most any Iii. You a Good doctor j very Best. The distr. J squish re or. Quack. Ii has web feet and starved to "i3 a Vance does he do for you do Yoti i j have even Spring Ion think he will live doctor Day perhaps. Of had i says that i May have All univ water a diet although he 11 i unav Nave All tar Wood t it win 1 Cost "jo., and that i was in this grass is but poor stuff. My Strong. Do As or. Fox from the Bells of other Days. In this commands and you shall live. I Way the villagers of Bramwell had an lion and save him j advantage Over him for. Of course if be no. in doctor have no fear. You save him for u glad new year. Curtain act Iii. Lair of the Liou. Shrieks and loud cries and fluttering of wings heard As curtain rises. Discovered Fox eating a Rabbit and lion tearing at body of a Fleer. Bear and Tiger sharing Deer. 1 Tell you Fox was a great doctor i is a wonder. Thanks to his advice i am getting Back my strength. What was that he said about or. Quack s Persic Ripton Wise Fox. Of the keen witted doctor he said first of All that the lion was the most stupid of beasts. Bear and of so very observant speak too soon. The Fox was quite sure that i had misunderstood the a Lvi i of or. Quack. He said anything which got in the water was it fish. Did he say this Deer was which came swimming across the Pool to kill Youa weakfish was t it swimming Lamb is a Sheepshead. A Duck quack in. Commotion in the wings. Or. Quack swims across the Pond from the rear and other animals follow or. My friends kick i him to death. Starts Back in a. Fright with splashing and plunging that Spring Lamb please kick a worn out lion Spring More Wool for my eyes thank you. Alderman lion we have come to pay our respects and with your permission we will now with draw. Am not spiteful especially when i am no longer hungry and if i need any of you i la come for you most any night. Enter Fox Medicine works like a Charm doctor. As a physician you get six marbles and a top and a. Broken faced Rabbit. Only Reward is out they could once have succeeded in get past his hut without his seeing he made use of this to compel them to i Tell Iii where they Vert going. On tills particular year s Tkv there was unusual excitement in the milage because a Ety Ort was i to be made to defeat the old fairy i Aooie after dusk All Hie villagers led by Pego is the first Alderman Musher de on the Green to plans. Tint i planned planned they could i think of nothing. By one the i Young men of the Village made their suggestions most of them thought a new Way Down Tho Mountain mint be Toumi which did no Lead past the old Hermit fairy n hut. But if the old fairy could not Tell the time of Day to. Could at least see to the end of the country and All the older persons who had tried in former years told the Young men. Sadly that the plan was not to be thought of the old fairy was sure to Sec the crowd of hurrying villagers no matter what part of the Mountain they descended. Even now he suspect a i said the oldest villager pointing to the i Mountain. And there sure enough. Was the old fairy perched on the rim i of tha Mountain keeping watch. But even while they were pointing him to one another the sound of horses hoofs was heard along the High Road. Everybody turned and she a. Strapping Young Man in Scarlet seated on a splendid White horse. I it is the Prince of the red fairy land come to help cried some of the villagers. I but cried Peggy the first Aid Erman s daughter it is Only John i Breen the Village boy who went away i to be a Page in the the newcomer galloped into the Cir Cle of anxious villagers jumped from j his horse and Clofed his Cap before the i first Alderman. J tour said he i have come of the year and defeat the old Hermit fairy All the villagers saw by this time that it was really Only John Breen in his new Page s suit and they cried out who Are you to to giving us advice Lias he not raced for the i Cream of tin year year s Day since before you were born Aye lost it said John Brecki. If i of will let. Me go while i you Slop quietly Here i will be Able to slip Pas the old Hermit fairy without his suspecting that anything unusual is Tho and Wii at would you do with it when you got it ask a the Alder i Man. "1 would bring it Back to you and put it i the town Hall where i would bring hit k to the whole re plod join Hrc ii. Hut at this ail the villagers raised a great outcry. Do not agree to tills i Impi Sai. Your they cried. He v. Ill Back if in once gets tile Cream of tiie year lie will carry it with him to the int the Alderman was a bold Man and he resci1 i upon a bold measure. I your Way for a Good Many ii a said to the villagers have always scrambled so uial to lost the Luck re the whole clock he pulled out the first of Peg gifts which proved to be a steel Points which he fastened to shoes and in an instant he was ing up the spire then he brought the second of his gifts which Long cloth and in a second lie wound round the Hammer of the he was just in time. The hands p de at Midnight and in a second r the time would have struck. Then he Drew out the third Village. Now i am determined to try j sum citing bin. In order that you j May have fours i myself will be the one to go bring Dack Luck to j the when Hie hour of strikes j Ard i command you to stay Here quietly until i return looked at Bis neighbor in dismay for although the Alderman was Rich and prosperous it was Well Livov n that he wan very stingy and worm he no Likely to share his Luck with his fellow villagers than the old fairy himself. Very Well. Your said John Tarcen. Stepping Forward Aguin with the greatest politeness "it1 that is your decision i bid you he vaulted upon horse was off. Leaving the villagers planning to defy Alderman Petous commands and Rush away to the Spring each for him self when the clock struck 1 2. 13ut just As John Rode away Little Peggy ran out and whispered in his car. Here Are three gifts for said she. They Are partly enchanted and partly real and you will know what to do with i May not have the old Hermit fairy s said John Breen to himself and i May not be the first Alderman but i have Learned a thing or two at court and i will bring Back their Luck in Spilo of their and he had his own idea of what he wanted to carry away in Exchange for this service. The talking and planning on the Vil Lage Green had taken so Long that there i was time to be lost so putting j spurs to his horse he Rode up the Vil Lage Street clattering for he Well knew that none of the villagers were at Home All having gone to the Green to Start on the stroke of i. When to reached the Village town he Knelt before pretty be it Beautiful Pitcher sparkling with and with this clasped tightly under his jacket he ran hastily Down the Moun Tain. Now the old fairy him coming but to thought that while the garlic ing on the Isreen was still Immo Vali a solitary Page boy running Home in Ali Castle was of Small importance is let John get Well past him and to the Spring before lie noticed tint he had branched off from the Castie Road. Then indeed lie cried aloud was do you run so fast but it was too late. John gave last lunge Forward and plunged Pitcher into the Spring. The Cream of the year 1 the Cream of the year he shouted triumphantly the brimming vessel High m the air. That anything unusual was going on on purpose to help you win the Cream ;