. Nurse Norah's up-to-date fairy tales . ren. Do ye know now? demandedthe nurse. Go on, Norah, said the chil-dren. Norah chuckled over her victoryand continued. This gir-rl, she explained, toldher father she was willin to marryth Sooltan. Twill be th death iv ye/ saysth father. t Tis wor-rth dyin to be a Sool- tana fr a da-ay/ says th gir-rl, from 73 Nurse Nomhs Up-to-Date Fairy Talcs which yell see that gir-rls now are agood bit alike. i But this wan-a-day thing, thfather says, is makin Sooltanas com-mon. Tis no longer an honor. R-rank, says th gir-rl, l is nivercommon. An besides I ha-ave ap
. Nurse Norah's up-to-date fairy tales . ren. Do ye know now? demandedthe nurse. Go on, Norah, said the chil-dren. Norah chuckled over her victoryand continued. This gir-rl, she explained, toldher father she was willin to marryth Sooltan. Twill be th death iv ye/ saysth father. t Tis wor-rth dyin to be a Sool- tana fr a da-ay/ says th gir-rl, from 73 Nurse Nomhs Up-to-Date Fairy Talcs which yell see that gir-rls now are agood bit alike. i But this wan-a-day thing, thfather says, is makin Sooltanas com-mon. Tis no longer an honor. R-rank, says th gir-rl, l is nivercommon. An besides I ha-ave aplan. So she was married to th Sooltan,an her mother cried in th church,like mothers ha-ave been doin iversince, an th father lukked glum,an th ushers were worried, an thbr-ridesmaids were th only happywans. Twas th sa-ame as now, anwhin th br-ride an groom dhroveawa-ay, th gossips shook their headsan said : Tis a gr-reat ca-atch, ifonly she can ray-form him. Theresnothin wr-rong with him ixcept wan ba-ad habit. Ye see, there has been 74. TIS A GR-REAT CA-ATCH IF ONLY SHE CAN RAVFORM HIM. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOH, LENOXTILBSN Nurse Nor ahs New Arabian Nights little change in th gossips in allth da-ays that ha-ave passed sincethin. How long is that, Norah ? askedCarl Merrill. How long is that! repeated thenurse, while gathering her thoughts,with a view to upholding her reputa-tion for knowing all the details. Yes, put in Tommy Singer, there ought to be a date to everykind of a story except a fairy did this happen ? Oh, whin did it happen! re-peated Nora again, at the same timeagain producing the slip of paper onwhich she had made her notes. Yealways wa-ant to know thim thriflinthings. Well, Ill tell ye. It hap-pened in th days iv—in th days iv —well, Ill sphell it fr ye. Twas in 77 Nurse Nor ah1 s Up-to-Date Fairy Tales. th days iv C-a-1-i-p-h-H-a-r-o-u-n-a-l-R-a-s-c-h-i-d. Oh ! said the children. He was a gr-reat king, addedNorah. Tis a wondher ye niverhe
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