ON Hallowe'en you will not be obliged to travel way off to shivery, cold Klondike to dig for your fortune, because the fairies bring the
Fig. [432].—The gold nugget.
Gold Nuggets
nearer home; possibly you may have to work a little for the precious metal, but the exertion will be only fun. Ten little fairies—your ten fingers—will cheerfully supply the gold as well as the mine from which the nuggets must come on the eventful night. The fairies should make a number of small gold parcels which when finished form the nuggets ([Fig. 432]). Inside of each package is a piece of candy and a strip of paper with a fortune written upon it, so whatever may be the fate sent by the gnomes in the mine, it is sure to be sweet. Have enough lumps of gold to furnish each player with equal portions of one or more nuggets. Let the little fairies secure a tub, half-fill it with sand or saw-dust and hide the gold nuggets well in this home-made gold mine, scattering the little parcels through the sand like plums through a pudding. The fairies must stand a small shovel by the side of the mine, then all will be ready and the miners can dig for their fortunes ([Fig. 433]).
Fig. [433].—Hallowe'en miners at work.
Fig. [434].—Stick for apple witch.
