The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-02-28


" prevail. But what was to become Of
the six Prineesses2 Had any provision
been made for theml Alas none.
The King and the Queen, ike other
mistaken souls, had expected to live
forever. It turned out that they were
not Princesses after all; merely six no.
bodies. The worst of it was that not
one of them seriously lamented this
circumstance. Moina fancied that she
should enjoy bei9cissors, her thimble,
her needle, quite as much when strip
ped of her tile, as she had done with
it. Reima went on painting portrait
of the Queen from memory, and found
consolation in the task. Mosella and
Papeta SET to- music many plaintive
little songs, composed by Novella after
the first days of speechless agony were
over, and their plebeian hands and
voices made as sweet melody as ever.
Noyella began long poem, wherein
she tried TO prove that life is dream;
only, being genius, she did it in an
original way. Delicieuse looked charm
ing in her simple black dress, and, soft
ened and sanctified by suffering, was
more attractive, more lovely than ever.
any dear children" said the Count
ess Reynosa, "I foresaw this day, and
made provision for it. In the first
place, ayoided introducing boys into
the palace, for what might prove only
temporary grandeur. Less flexible,
more ambitious than girls, reverses
would have been far greater shock to
them than to you. Ia the second place,
l selected each of you with reason
able prospect that you would inherit
the gifts and graces of the parents who
gave you birth. In this hope l have
not been disappointed. Last Of all, 1
ever urged the Queen to educate you,
as far as possible, to find happiness in
each other, and in the exercise Of the
gifts with which you were endowed by
Nature. You are, therefore, almost
entirely independent of this people, by
whom the well-known designs of the
King and Queen for you, are set at
nougbt."
"All want" SAID Eovells, is some
little corner where can read and write.
and have no trouble about dress, or talk
about etiquette"
GAS for me-, l shall travel in foreign
lands" said Reima, study the old
masters, and perfect myself in my art.
Royalty, under such circumstances,
would only be burden. shall then
settle down somewhere, and spend my
life in painting" 4
"And we shall devote ourselves to
music" said Mosella and Papeta, " and
forget the court, and all its tlresome OBJ
servances."
"Meanwbiie will see that you are
all clothed neatly" said Moina.
"T.lat is the first sensible speech I
have heard yet" said the Countess.
Pray, my dear Novella, while you sit
reading and writing, who is to shelter
and who to feed you9 And you, Reima,
how will you travell On foot9'
The twain looked little foolish, but
not half so anxious as penniless maid
ems ought to have looked.
"W,ll, well, you are not quite desti-
tute," continued the Countess. You
have the gifts presented you at your
christening, aud other personal proper
ty. You can, with their help, secure
a home where you can ali live together,
or you can separate, and each face the
world for herself"
"Oh let us all keep together" said
Delicieu.e, ''and live exactly as we have
done"
"And have you palace for this
purpose, my child"
it was now the turn of Delicieuse to
look foolish.
''You shall live with me, darling"
said Reims, "and 30 shall Moina. All
the others can take care of themselves,
or jim us, as they like"
"But we shall want Moina and De.
licieuse to live with usr cried the two
musicians.
"That would leave me quite alone"
said Novella, " and that | could not
think of. l do not know how to manage
a needle, nor what to wear. And in
my hours of WEAKNESS and sadness, no
one can cheer and arouse me like De-
licieuse."
Thus there was the same strife for
the possession Of the useless as of the
useful sister
81 see how it is" said Reynosa.
You must live together. Each feels
herself incomplete without the others.
Novella needs somebody to take care of
her and somebody TO love. In return,
she will give love and endless entertain
ment. Reima, too, needs looking after,
and some one who will watch with a
friendly eye the growth of her paint
iugs, Our two musicians must not be-
come one-sided by thinking only of
melody and of song. They must enjoy
being clothed by Moina's kind hands,
listening to Noyella's poems, and dis
cussing Reima's works. And you must
all train your ears 10 appreciate the
talents of these two marvellous creatures
who sing and play with such rare, such
exquisite harmony"
And what shall l dot" cried De.
licieuse.
"You shall do little of every thing,
dear child You shall help Moina to
guide the house, and Reima to mix the
colors. You shall take care that the
piano is never out of tune, or Novella
at loss for pens and paper. In word,
you shall be what you always have been,
always ready with the oil of gladness,
wherever you see friction, the sweetest,
the most lovable creature in the world"
Delicieuse smiled, and ran to embrace
all her sisters, hardly knowing which
she loved best.
II was not long before these royal
maidens, royal only in their virtues mi
their talents, found themselves in a
home in vine-elad land, where each
conld live as Nature had designed she
should live.
Moina, whose practical skill was not
confined to her needle, kept the house
with such exquisite care aud neatness,
that her sisters preferred it to a palace.
She found happiness in forgetting her.
SELF in her pride in them, and in the
freedom from petty cares from which