Two Little Women and Treasure House by Wells Carolyn;

Author:Wells, Carolyn; [Carolyn Wells]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 6124562
Publisher: Ktoczyta.pl

CHAPTER XI. THE FIRE SPIRIT

Dolly glanced round to see if any one else had noticed Dotty’s speech. Apparently, no one had.

So, deeming it best to ignore it, Dolly said, “Come on, Bernice,” and laughingly drew the half-unwilling Elf along with her.

“Here you are!” said Mr. Rawlins, gaily. “One nice clean blank paper for each of you. Who’ll go first? You, Dolly?”

“No; Bernice, you try it.”

So taking the paper carefully in the tongs, Bernice held it to the blaze of the logs.

“Spirit of the Fire,” said Mr. Rawlins, in a dramatic voice, “tell us, pray, whose is this Fortune I have here, folded in my hand.”

And then appeared on the paper, the name of Maisie May.

“Ah, our Maisie,” and Mr. Rawlins read:

“Ere you are so very old,

You will marry wealth untold.

Now your Knight is far away,

But he’ll come to you some day.

Congratulations, Maisie, dear. May you be very happy, in your future life, rolling in gold and living in palaces.”

“I can’t feel positively sure it will come true,” laughed Maisie; “is it guaranteed?”

“Wait till "Some day’ and see,” returned Mr. Rawlins. “Now, Dolly.”

Dolly was most anxious to know how the writing appeared on the papers. She didn’t for a moment believe in the Fire Spirit, but she was curious to know the trick. She scrutinised her paper, but saw only blank whiteness. Then she carefully put it in the tongs, and held it to the fire. Sure enough, there came the writing at once, and it said, Clayton Rawlins.

“This is interesting,” exclaimed Clayton’s father. “I’m glad to know the future of my children. Listen, Clay:

“In years to come, in some far distant land,

You’ll run a fine and prosperous peanut stand!

Well, my boy, as you are assured of earning an honest living, I’ve no fault to find, have you?”

“No,” returned Clayton; “I love peanuts!”

Dolly gave it up. She couldn’t see how the trick was accomplished. Mr. Rawlins let her try again, and this time she read the name of Dolly Fayre, herself.

“Read me my fortune,” she cried. “What is my fate?”

“You will visit distant scenes,

You will meet with Kings and Queens.

But the one who’ll be your mate

Lives already in this State.”

Mr. Rawlins handed her the fortune paper, saying, “You are to be envied indeed! Meeting with royalty! Oh, my!”

“Oh, my! I should say so! Well, I’ll like it all right. I love adventure, and this sounds fine. Only I wish I knew when the king and queen visits would begin.”

“That’s the worst of fortunes,” observed Mrs. Rawlins; “they leave so much to the imagination.”

Then others wanted to try holding the papers. But none could guess how a blank paper could be written on by the fire, whether a spirit did it or not.

“Great, isn’t it?” cried Tad Brown, as he watched the writing appear. “Joe Collins! Hullo, Joe, what you s’pose your fortune will be? Something desperate, ‘ll bet. Joe’s a terror, you know!”

“We’ll see;” and Mr. Rawlins read:

“Your wit is keen, your humour fine,

To you they’ll prove a real gold mine!

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