. St. Nicholas [serial] . olded it again, arranged it inthe drawer, and turned the key,which the princess immediatelyattached to a chain which she which always wore around her neck. That night, when the witch-queen was safelylocked in her own room and could not bedisturbed, she called about her a great manyof those invisible imps that serve the most skil- Vol. XXXII.—87. ful witches, commanding them to weave for hera cloak in the exact likeness of the one givenPrincess Fluff by the fairies. Of course the imps had never seen themagic cloak; but Zixi described it to themaccurately, and before mo
. St. Nicholas [serial] . olded it again, arranged it inthe drawer, and turned the key,which the princess immediatelyattached to a chain which she which always wore around her neck. That night, when the witch-queen was safelylocked in her own room and could not bedisturbed, she called about her a great manyof those invisible imps that serve the most skil- Vol. XXXII.—87. ful witches, commanding them to weave for hera cloak in the exact likeness of the one givenPrincess Fluff by the fairies. Of course the imps had never seen themagic cloak; but Zixi described it to themaccurately, and before morning they had wovena garment so closely resembling the originalthat the imitation was likely to deceive any one. Only one thing was missing, and that wasthe golden thread woven by Queen Lulea her-self, and which gave the cloak its magic powers. Of course the imps of Zixi could not get thisgolden thread, nor could they give any magicalproperties to the garment they had made at thewitchs command; but they managed to give. IS MINE? SHE FINALLY ASKED, IN A STARTLED VOICE.(SEE NEXT PAGE.) the cloak all the brilliant colors of the original,and Zixi was quite satisfied. The next day Adlena wore this cloak whileshe walked in the garden. Very soon Princess 690 QUEEN ZIXI OF IX; [June, Fluff saw her and ran after the girl, crying in-dignantly : See here ! What do you mean bywearing my cloak ? Take it off instantly ! It is nt your cloak. It is one of my own,replied the girl, calmly. Nonsense ! There cant be two such cloaksin the world, retorted Fluff. Fluff never suspected the trick, so Zixi car-ried away the magic cloak she had thus cleverlystolen; and she was so delighted with the suc-cess of her stratagem that she could havescreamed aloud for pure joy. As soon as she was alone and unobserved,the witch-queen slipped out of the palace, and, But there are, persisted Adlena. How carrying the magic cloak in a bundle undercould I get the one in your drawer when the her arm, ran down the s
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