Sixteenth EveningHear what the Moon told me. "I have seen the cadet who had
just been made an officer put on his handsome uniform for the first
time; I have seen the young bride in her wedding dress, and the
princess girl-wife happy in her gorgeous robes; but never have I
seen a felicity equal to that of a little girl of four years old,
whom I watched this evening. She had received a new blue dress, and
a new pink hat, the splendid attire had just been put on, and all
were calling for a candle, for my rays, shining in through the
windows of the room, were not bright enough for the occasion, and
further illumination was required. There stood the little maid,
stiff and upright as a doll, her arms stretched painfully straight
out away from the dress, and her fingers apart; and oh,
