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companion, and when search was made for her 

 she was not to be found. Of course it created 

 an intense excitement in the household, they 

 instantly made seasch in every nook and corner 

 with lanterns but no Mabel nor trace of her. 

 At last and very late her father found her on 

 this spot where the arbor now stands, snuggled 

 up under a large flowering shrub fast asleep and 

 holding her doll. When awakened she said she 

 met the "dear little folks" as she always called 

 them, and they coaxed her to lie down and 

 talked to her and fanned her and made her so 

 happy she went fast asleep. Just what she 

 meant by it all they never knew, though they 

 conjectured, for next day she led her papa and 

 mamma out to that shrub and wanted a nice 

 little house built there for the "little ones," and 

 so they built this arbor and dedicated it to Ma- 

 bel's Fairies and it came to be known as "Fairy 

 Grotto." Now we are not superstitious in the 

 least — alas! so we flatter ourselves — still we 

 have a lingering fancy that the dear "little 

 ones," the charming elfish Fairies did come to 

 her really or in a sweet dream just as the angels 

 came to Jacob at Bethel, and have to many 

 spirit-sensitive persons burdened and troubled 

 and anxious. In memory of the sweet little 

 Pet, who saw it built and was made happy so 



