Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-04-25

mother, and 1 am pretty well" Then
she said to another, "lYho are you, my
darling, and how do you do 81 am the
head of the Medical Department, godmo-
ther, and 1 am pretty WELL" Then she
said to some gentlemen scented with law
ender, who kept themselves at a great
distance from the rest, "And who are you,
my pretty pets, and how do you do 2"
And they answered, "We.aw are the-aw-
SIaff-aw Department, godmolher, and we
are very well indeed" 81 am delighted
to see you all, my Beauties" says the
wicked old Fairy, "-Tapew Upon that,
The houses, clothes and provisions, all
mouldered away; and the soldiers who
were sound, fell sick; and the soldiers
who were sick, died mjserably; and the
noble army of Prince Bull perished.
When the dismal news of his great loss
was carried 10 the Prince, he suspected
his godmother very much indeed but he
knew that his servants must have kept
company with the malicious beldame, and
must have given way 10 her, and there.
fore he resolved 10 turn those servants
cut of their places. So, he called to him
a Roebuck who had the gift of speech, and
he said, "Good Roebuck, tell them they
must GO" The good Roebuck delivered
his message, so like man that you might
have supposed him TO be nothing but
man and they were turned out but not with
out warning, for that they had had long
time.
And now comes the most extraordinary
part of the history of the Prince. When
he had turned out those servants, of
course he wanted others. What was his
aStonishment to find that in all his domin
ions, which contained no less than twenty
seven millions of people, there were not
above five-and-twenty servants allogeth-
eri They were so lofty about it, too, that
instead of discussing whether they should
hire themselves as servants to P rince Bull,
they turned things toysturvey, and con.
sidered whether as a favor, they should
hire Prince Bull 10 be their masterl
While they were arguing this point
among themselves quite at their leisure.
The wicked old red fairy was necessarily
going up and down, knocking at the door
of twelve of the oldest of the five.and.
twenty, who were the oldest inhabitants
in all that country, and whose united
ages amount TO one thousand, saying,
" Will yOu hire Prince Bull for your
master? Will goa hire Prince Bull for
your master2" To which, one answered,
" will, if next door will - and another,
al can't if he, she or they, might, could,
would, or should" And all this time
Prince Bulls affairs were going TO rack
and ruin.
At last, Prince Bull in the height of
his perplexity assumed thoughtful face,
as ifhe were struck by an entirely new
idea. The wicked old Fairy, seeing this,
was at his elbow directly, and said, 'How
do you do, my Prince, and what are you
off" Z" | am thinking godmoth-
er," says he, "that among the seven-and-
twenty millions of my subjects who have
never been in service, there are men of
and business who have made
me very famous both among my friends
and enemies" "Aye, truly?" says the
Fairy. "Aye, truly" says the Prince.
" And what then?" says the Fairy
" Why, then," says he, "since the regu-
lar old class of servants do so i'll, are so
hard to get, and carry it with so high a
hand, perhaps might make good servants
of some of these" The words no sooner
passed his lips than she returned chuck
ling, " You think so, do you? Indeed,
my Prince!-TaPe!' Thereupon he d.
rectly forgot what he was thinking ofand
cried out lamentably to The old servants,
40, do come and hire your poor old mas
ter! Pray do On any terms"
And this, for the present, finishes the
story of Prince Bull. wish could wind
it up by saying that he lived happy ever
but | cannot in my conscience
do so for, with Tape at his elbow, and
his estranged children fatally rePelled by
her from coming near him, do not, to
tell you the plain truth, believe in the pos
sibility ofsuch an end TO it.
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