- Genuinely sweet natured, Ambrosia Lee loves to help everyone, soothing their sorrows with her cheerful spirit. Her charms are put to the test, when she tries to save her own Aunt Charlotte's marriage. Happily, all ends well, when her Aunt and Uncle are happily reunited.—Pamela Short
- When an enemy torpedo sank a great trans-Atlantic liner, Ambrosia Lee was left an orphan. The only lifeboat heard from after the catastrophe came ashore, with Ambrosia and her two charges, Caesar, a black little imp, and a pet monkey. The refugees were taken to the general store in Penntucket where the male population were wont to gather for the purpose of assembling 'round the stove and adjusting the fate of the nation. Judge Appleby, supreme in finally settling disputes, ruled that Ambrosia should be contributed to the war bazaar that was then being held in the basement of the parish church. The wheel of fortune was designated as the means of deciding who should win the prize, and the lucky number was held by Cynthia Perkins, a spinster of rigid New England disposition. Ambrosia, once established in her new home, resumed her communication with fairies that had been interrupted by the disaster on shipboard. A copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales supplied the medium for passing many hours in dreaming of the day when Prince Charming should come to claim her. The immediate necessity of washing dishes and doing housework was reluctantly observed, but she was always waiting for an event that, suddenly and unexpectedly brought her Prince, and a great deal of trouble to boot. Don Whitney was her Prince Charming and he had been sent to Penntucket because his father and mother were not getting along first class in their matrimonial arrangements. Mr. Whitney sent Don to his boyhood home and when Mrs. Whitney started her divorce she took the lad elsewhere, leaving Ambrosia forlorn. Ambrosia, having heard of the domestic storm in the Whitney family, had written a letter to Mr. Whitney, telling him the fairies would adjust matters and all would be well. Mrs. Whitney's lawyer had arranged for a hired co-respondent to give the testimony that should free her from her husband, but when it came to trial the said co-respondent failed to appear. When Ambrosia heard that the trial could not proceed for want of a co-respondent, she remembered the letter she had written Mr. Whitney. Adjudging herself eligible as a "correspondent'' Ambrosia took the witness stand, and had explained to her the meaning of the two words she had confused in communion with the fairies. The interpretation Mr. Whitney gave to the Court as to the contents of Ambrosia's letter touched Mrs. Whitney's heart and impelled her to withdraw her suit. When Cynthia Perkins heard of Ambrosia's "outrageous conduct" she turned her out upon the cold, cold world. When the Whitneys heard of. Ambrosia's distress they adopted the child and we leave the little orphan and Don Whitney happy in the extreme.
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