The Dummy That Lived
In all Fairyland there is no more mischievous a person than Tanko-Mankie the Yellow Ryl. He flew through the city one afternoon—quite invisible to moral eyes, but seeing everything himself—and noticed a figure of a wax lady standing behind the big plate glass window of Mr. Floman's department store.
The wax lady was beautifully dressed, and extended in her stiff left hand was a card bearing the words:
"RARE BARGIN!
This Stylish Costume (Imported from Paris)
Former Price, $20, REDUCED TO ONLY $19.98."
This impresseive announcement had drawn before the window a crowd of women shoppers, who stood looking at the wax lady with critical eyes.
Tanko-Mankie laughed to himself the low, gurgling little laugh that always means mischief. Then he flew close to the w……
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