River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-03-07

drous joyful feeling was taking pos.
session of his heart. eff | only had
my hat" he said, 81 would toss it in.
to the air for Joy. Perhaps it would
begin to MARBLE and fly OIL like lark;
so queer / feel, I declare. Why, |
think / must be happy Well, that
would be extraordinary, to be sure 7"
so saying he gathered himself a
famous nosegay, and humming a mer-
ry, lively song, he went on gaily, on
his journey along the dusty road.
No sooner had he reached the next
town, than he bought himself fine
suit of crimson velvet, slashed with
white satin, and crimson velvet cap
with long white feather, and as he
| gazed at himself in the mirror. he ex-
claimed, "Al, all Unlucky Dog they
call me; we shall see if / can't find
another name yet, and the oldest and
best, or I'll have none of IT. Then,
jumping on spirited charger, and
pricking its sides till it danced along,
he thus continued his journey.
Meanwhile, Princess Fortuna, after
she gave her kiss, ran and ran, then
she went slower and slower, and at last
she sank on bench not far from the
castle, and wept bitterly. And when
her playmates came back, she was
weeping still; they tried to comfort
her, but in vain. Then away they ran
to the King in despair "For good
ness sake, dear Sir King-a misfortune
to the whole countrv-Princess For.
tuna sits sobbing in the garden, and no.
body can pacify her."
When the King heard this he became
quite pale with fright, and, springlng
down the steps of his throne, rushed
madly into the garden; and there sat
the weeping Princess, with her crown
in her lap so covered with tears that it
shone in the sun as if it had been set
with diamonds.
The King clasped his daughter in
his arms, and tried all he could to
soothe her, but she sobbed on the
more. He led her to the castle, and
commanded everything rare and beau
tiful to be brought to her that the
country produced but of no avail
she remained inconsolable To all his
questions as to what dreadful heart
ache had come to her, she answered
never word. But the King persisted,
and at last she could withstand him no
longer, and told him how she was one
day sitting in the garden, when
young man came in with such melan-
choly face she was obliged to kiss him,
and see If that would perhaps make
nina a little less sad.
"Can it beln cried the King, clasp
IN hfc hoY L. I, L ]
-"a stranger wanderer! perhaps
a day -laborer, with ragged clothes to
say nothing about his hat No, it is
impossible!"
81 felt so sorry for him.
"A pretty reason for a Princess, in
deed To go and kiss a nobody like
that UDlucky Dog, indeed. No. that
man l must find; and having found
hlm-of with his head! That is the
least punishment he deserves"
Thereupon the King ordered out his
cavalry to scour the country in every
direction and hunt up poor Unlucky
Dog. IF you find a STRIPPING who
looks as if the mice had eaten mp all
his corn-without hat-that is your
man. Dead or alive, bring him here"
And away flew the cavalry like chaff
before the wind, scattered all over the
land. Many of them passed Unlucky
Dog himself, proudly prancing on his
steed in his gay bright clothes; but
they did not recognize him by the de-
scription, SO they returned to the
castle to the King from their
fruitless errand, who rated them
Gu Co. 4
Princess remained sorrowful as ever, and
every day brought her down to dinner
with her eyes red with weeping, so that
the poor King could do nothing but
look at his lovely disconsolate daugh-
ter, leaving his soup and his fish to get
cold untouched and thus week after
week went by. At length, one day
there was a great shouting and noise in
the court yard of the castle. Everyone
was on the alert and before the kim
had time to reach the window, two OF
the cavalry officers appeared, driving
poor Unlucky Dog before them. They
had hound his hands behind him but
his face was radiant, as though nothing
IN the world could give him greater
pleasure than what had happened TO
him. He bowed low to the King, and
then stood up proudly awaiting his
sentence.
ave have found the dainty bird,
your Majesty" said the elder of the
/ two; ''but he must have moulted be-
tween whites, for the description is
about as like him as chalk to cheese,
and we should never have taken him if
the stupid fellow had not told us the
whole story himself And what do you
suppose he did when we made him
pnsoner2 Why, sang and laughed all
the merrier And when we set him on
his horse and brought him here be-
tween us, he did nothing but abuse
us all the time for not riding faster
just rs If he did not know when he got
here he had nothing TO expect but 10