St Nicholas [serial] . ll-spoken boy that is! said hermother. And how princely-looking! Who ishe? It is Amatoria, to whom Father gave theapple. Oh, yes, said the queen. I remember. Ilike his looks. Let me see; what can I do forhim? She thought a moment. Tell him thathe may pick flowers in the royal gardens the sec-ond Sunday of each month. Amatoria had passed on, but the princesslaughed a silvery laugh, and when he looked upshe beckoned to him and told him what her gra-cious mother had said, and you may be sure thatAmatoria was pleased. Not that the flowers inthe royal gardens were any sweeter
St Nicholas [serial] . ll-spoken boy that is! said hermother. And how princely-looking! Who ishe? It is Amatoria, to whom Father gave theapple. Oh, yes, said the queen. I remember. Ilike his looks. Let me see; what can I do forhim? She thought a moment. Tell him thathe may pick flowers in the royal gardens the sec-ond Sunday of each month. Amatoria had passed on, but the princesslaughed a silvery laugh, and when he looked upshe beckoned to him and told him what her gra-cious mother had said, and you may be sure thatAmatoria was pleased. Not that the flowers inthe royal gardens were any sweeter than thosein the window-box of the conveyer of hods onthe block below him, but because it showed him that the queen was a kindly woman and worthyto be the mother of so lovely a girl as Miriel. The first second Sunday in the month hap-pened to be Amatorias birthday, and when hewent up to the garden, meaning to pick a fewflowers and divide them among a lot of childrenin the hospital, the fairys gift came to him. ftL-n^r. [olut WolcoKaUoMz WHAT WAS HIS SURPRISE TO SEE A SHOWER OF GOLDCOME OUT OF THEIR PETALS ! The royal gardener was walking down thepaths, watering the flowers from a gold water-ing-pot, and when he saw Amatoria he said:Who gave you permission to come into theroyal gardens ? The queen, said Amatoria. You know in Mafabala no one ever tells a lie,and the gardener knew that Amatoria spoke thetruth. She said I might pick flowers on the secondSunday of each month, said the youth. Pick away, said the gardener. What thequeen says is always the right thing. Amatoria was abreast of a bed of Japan lilies,which in Mafabala are called Lilies of the Spotsof Lake, and he leaned over and picked three. 214 THE THREE GOLDEN SHOWERS [Jan., As he drew them toward him, the tops bent asif weighted with lead, and he gave them a littleshake. What was his surprise to see a shower of goldcome out of their petals! Paramons by thethousand fell to the ground. The gardener looked at Amatoria,
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