Ruskin As A Fairy Story Teller

A lady writer gives some pleas.in recollections of Mr. Ruskin as she saw him 6t the warden's lodge in Koble whcn the present vicar'of Leeds inhab ited it. Tht) lady was painting a por trait of Mr. Talböt'a youngest ohild Mr. Ruskin was annonnced. "Oh," saic thechild, "ha tells ua such nico fairy tales." A few minutes later, "Mr. Rus kin was seatod ou a divan. Tho thre childreu were round him. Neither th warden nor Mrs. Talbot was then pres ent. No sound save the exquisitely modnlated voiee - soft, sympathetic penetrating, 'This giant brandished big sword, then leaped npon a bí brown horse. ' It was a charming tab leau. Ruskin evidently enjoyed tho fair tale as much as his small audience The evening light was stealing in, cast ing mysterious shadows. It was a har