“Can you read it?”
“Yes, sir; it says Dotty Rose.”
“Ah, this fortune is for Dotty, is it? I will read it:
“You’ll have a career
More brilliant each year;
But you’ll climb a steep hill
Ere you get what you will.
Take it, Dotty, and keep it always. It may serve as a guidance to your feet in future years!”
Dotty came and took the paper, a little bewildered. “May I have the name the Spirit wrote?” she asked.
“Yes, oh, yes, indeed. Treasure it carefully. The Fire Spirit does not always respond to mortal’s requests.”