Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-05-18

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the new commissioner; "then it must be
that am not fitted for the lucrative Office.
That were good joke! However, no
one dare even suspect such thing" And
so he began praising the stuff he could
not see, and told the two swindlers how
pleased he was to behold such beautiful
colors and such charming patterns. In.
deed, your Majesty, said he to the EN-
peror, on his return, the stuff which the
weavers are making is extraordinarily
fine"
The magnificent brocade that the EN-
peror was having woven at his own ex'
pense was the talk Of the whole town.
The Emperor wished to see the costly
staff while it was on the loom; 30, &C.
companies by chosen train Of courtiers
among whom were the two trusty men
who had so admired the work, off he went
to the two cunning cheats. As soon az
they heard of the Emperor's approach
they began working with all diligence
although as yet there was not single
thread on the loom.
"Is it not magnificent ?" said the two
officers of the crown. will your Majesty
only look? What a charming pattern
what beautiful colors!" said they, point.
ing to the empty frames, for they thought
the others could really see the stuff
whats the meaning of this" said the
Emperor TO himself, II see nothing! This
Is terrible matter! Am simpleton,
or am not fit to be Emperor? Why, that
is the worst that could happen TO me.
Oh, charming; the stuff is really charm
ing" said he then; l approve it highly r
And he smiled graciously, and examined
the empty looms mihutely; for he would
not for all the world say that he could not
see what his two officers had SO much
praised. The whole suite strained their
eyes to discover something on the looms,
but they could see as little as the others
At the same time, in order to please their
master the Emperor, they all cried, "Oh.
how beautiful p and counseled his Majesty
to have new robes made Of this magnifi-
cent stuff, for the grand procession which
was about TO take place. Excellent !
charming" was echoed from mouth to
mouth, and all were extremely pleased
The Emperor was as satisfied as his cour-
tiers, and conferred on each Of the cheats
an order, which they were to wear in
their button-hole, and gave them the title
of "Knights Of the most honorable Order
Of the Loom"
The night preceding the day on which
the procession was to take place, the two
men stayed up all night, and had sixteen
see how they worked to get the Emperor's
pretended to unroll the stuff from the
sors, and sewed with needles that had no
ha
Emperor's new suit is ready at last"
The Emperor than made his appearance
in the chamber Of his two knights of the
loom, accompanied by his chamberlains of
the highest rank and the two cheats held
up their arms as though they had some
thing in their hands, and said Here are
your Majesty's knee,breeches, here is the
coat, and here the mantle. The whole
suit is as light as a cobweb and when one
Is dressed one would almost fancy one had
nothing on; but that is just the beauty of
this stuff
"Of course" said all the courtiers, al
though not single one OF them could see
ANYTHING of the clothes:
"Will your imperial Majesty most
graciously be pleased to undress? We
will then try on the new things before the
glass"
The Emperor allowed himself to be un-
dressed, and then the two cheats did ex-
actly as if each one helped him on with an
article of dress, while his Majesty turned
round himself on all sides before the
mirror.
"How we'll the dress becomes your
Majesty and how we'll all fits! What
pattern What colors! This is, indeed, a
dress worthy of King!"
"The canopy which is to be borne
above your Majesty in the procession is in
readiness without" announced the chief
master of the ceremonies.
81 am quite ready" replied the EN-
peror. "DO my new things sit well ?"
asked he, turning round once more before
the looking glass in order that it might
appear that he examined the dress very
minutely.
The pages who were to carry the EN-
perors train felt about on the ground as
If to lift up the end of the mantle, and
did exactly as If they were carrying some
thing, for they also did not wish to betray
simplicity or unfitncss for their post.
And 80 the Emperor walked on under
the high canopy, through the streets of
the metropolis, and all the people in the
streets and at the windows cried out, ooh,
how beautiful the Emperorsn new dress is /
what splendid train! and the mantle,
how well it sits!"
In short, there was nobody but wished
to cheat himself into the belief that he
saw the highly valued clothes, for other
wise he would have to acknowledge him
either a simpleton or an awkward fellow.
As yet none Of the Emperor's dresses had
met with such approval as the suit made
by the two weavers.
But'the Emperor has nothing on I" said
little child. "Ah, hear the voice of in
nocensep said the father, and one person
whispered to another what the child had
said.
But he really has nothing on!" ex.
claimed at last all the people. This vexed
the Emperor, for he felt that they were
right, but he thought" However, I must
bear the thing to the endr' And the
pages placed themselves further from him,
as If they were carrying train which did
not even exist.
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