The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-23

The ocean is my firstlings home,
haunt the hcSyiug bulOw,
Aud where the waves are lashcd in foam
have my dOwny pillow;
Yet sOmctm's 3 towards the suunyllkies
float with irrdesgCnt dyes
Ofall that's unenduring
On earth I'm emnlemaic
liYg-l die-a brief career
A brief career aquaic.
'Iwould seem, though ever starving Ia
By reason of repleuOn died
My third into my first wish
VIII ever be united,
For thus combined they form dish
To cat you'll be delighted
'Ts strange that things so slight and spare
Combined should form dish so rare
The Princess, after the applause was hushed,
said the "third" syllable rea / as follows:-
When on the fattoncd swine
lalleth the butchers knife,
And you hear voice, 'tis mine
The cry OF parting life.
I'm used, too, in the prOvcrbial slang,
For those whO'Yejust escaped deaths pang.
For moment the Prince seemed bewidered.
and shadow Of doubt and anxiety passed across
his handsome cOuntenancc, but il was but mo-
mentary, and, with preliminary smack Of the
lips, he exclaimed :-"Bubble-and- squeak" The
Princess Indignantly rose again. and, with fash
ing eye and quivering voice, repeatedly y defautly
the following verses TO an audience so silent you
could hear pin fall
Frem CUpid's poisoned dart
Thou shalt never be delivered;
From the first into thy heart
Swift it flew, and there it quivered.
Hope no more that thou wilt place
Yet the second on my finger.
Look once more upon my face
[UHcov9ingl
For thou must not long linger.
Our Celestial Empire fame
To the barbarOus whole has given.
II thou canst not tell his name,
Thou in,yain for me hast striven.
The Emperor md court, on seeing her unveil,
said that Ching Ping was lost, aud that the sigh
Of such rcsplondeut charms would drive him
mad. Not So, however, for in a tone of exllta-
ton, he exclaimed, "BOwrng" (Sir JOhn).
Chong Pong, the minister, looked Datfled and
angry, and swOre hideously in his sleeve. The
Emperor was dumb with surprise; but the
Princess rising suddenly, solved the difficulty,
and declared she would not marry him nay,
would die sooner, and then beglu to faint aud
beat her heels on the ground. Ch-ng Ping, who
carefully observed her, and saw the prize slip
ping from his grasp, determined to try another
tack, and proposed that he should PROFOUND
riddle to her, and in the event of her guessing IT,
she should slice and fry him !, bur, il unsuCcess
full, she should marry him. And on her CON
senting, he spoke rs tollOws:-
Cruel LADY, who is he,
Royal and a refugee,
WandeTer over land and see
To the land of truth and tear
When he thought his troubles DER,
Bliss his own Tor eyeGmore
See him wrecked upon the shore,
Poorer than he was before,
You'll one difference il ou try,
From yOIG name and his descry.
If you ask me where il lie,
shall, answering, ask you-Why?
The Princess, receiving copy Of the riddle,
left the room with her attendants, and the EN-
peTor said they would meet again next morning,
when tie Princess would give her decision That
evening she sent her mistress of the robes to en-
treat Ching Ping TO give up al thoughts Of mar
riage; hut IL was in vain and afterwards she deS-
patched ChoDg Pong to ferret out the secret, the
answer to the riddle. Entering the apartment
of Ching Ping, disguised as a nurse, he succeeded
in cAOlng him to disclose the answer, and throw
ing off eXutingly his disguise he left the room,
plunged Ching Ping into indignation and grief
st the plot by means of which ne had been bam-
boOzled and betrayed.
The next morning the Court assembled. and
the Chang Pang, who, Of course, had had an in
teryiew with the minister, rose aud repeated,
solCmnly and triumphantly, as folows:-
Why the refugee on high
Bent his bold aspiring eye.
Why, when thinking bliss was Nigh
In the dust low he must lie;
Why his cunning | defy,
Why no hope he may descry,
Why ere evening he must de;
Why ChyHg Pyllg Is spelt with y.
The Emperor was surprised and shocked.
Chyng Pyng showed blank despair but the min
ister applauded yociferousiy, while the Princess,
yeiled, resumed her seat. Chyng Pyng, whose
fate seemed certain, seeing no help or sympathy
in any face, prepared for death, which seemed
now imminent, when the Princess Chang Paug
rose, and, throwing Off her veil acknowledged
her heart melted, and expressed her intention OF
giving him her hand in marriage, saying she
loved him from the first, which last remark stag
gered him. All the court were delighted, except
Chong Pong, who, overwhelmed with disappoint-
ment, soon afterwards left the court, aud married
his cook. for IL seemed else would have
him. The Prince then disclosed his name aud
rank, which gave great delight 10 both the EN-
peror and Princess, and, after short delay to
prepare the marriage festivities, Chyng Pyng and
Chang Pang were united in wedock, and became
the parents of long line of kings.