The Wishing Carpet

RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL
By RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL
THE WISHING CARPET PLAY THE GAME JANE JOURNEYS ON NARRATIVES IN VERSE CORDUROY A WHITE STONE
The WISHING CARPET
BY RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL AUTHOR OF “A WHITE STONE,” “CORDUROY,” ETC.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK :: 1926 :: LONDON
COPYRIGHT—1926—BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO MY SISTERS Barbara and Jane
The WISHING CARPET
ONCE, when Glen Darrow was six years old, she put a hand on her mother’s thin knee and halted the reading of a fairy tale.
“Mummie,” she whispered, “is that one?”
She was pointing at a small and very beautiful Oriental rug which seemed singularly out of place in the ugly and characterless sitting room. Color, design, and texture were exquisite. A fanciful person, contrasting it with the strident carpet, the atrocious vases and pictures, the glistening golden oak furniture, might have thought it was like a nobleman, briefly taking refuge in the mean hut of a peasant.