The Gnomes of the Saline Mountains: A Fantastic Narrative

nd. At a given signal from the master of ceremonies, the music on

was to award the stipulated prizes to the

ged themselves in a semi-circle about the illustrious judge. The first prize, a sil

ong, all looked around for the boat of the prize winner. But there was no sign of

of the general excitement over the awarding of prizes, had quietly slipped away behind the neighboring piers, where the palatial hom

ers-by sitting near the window with expect

re, the singular disappearance of the wonderful little boat that was fortunate enough to win the first prize and whose occupants disappeared without claiming that dis

th all her sparkling companions had just come out to beam upon the scene. The West was a

form of the fascinating woman seemed in the amber moonlight to resemble that of Aphrodite, as if risen from the waves

ph?" she murmured with a happy smile to herself, looking askance at the boat alon

entreaty. She had begged and coaxed him so much, until he gave his consent, then he ordered the decoration of the boat. Her costume was especially ordered

ause she was the most admired, the

ite shoulders with

hink that she l

y really meant, for which she had an uncontrollable longing, a longing t

it without a shudder. The idea of being poor again took her breath away. How could she ever have consented to become

and her poor outfit. Often enough when she was working,-engaged in the performance of her household duties in the two small dark rooms of a tenement house, without pure air, wi

feel the admiring glances of the other sex resting upon her, that meeting Mr. Ogden by accident and dazzled by his wealth, capt