Richland beacon., 1873-04-05

nut You shall do what l want you to. O,
e,se ! II XII you and eat the Professor. y
Inc Professor had great hall to live in
Inc walls we're made Of sugar-csno, anf
ne could lick them, but he was NOT .
sweet-tOOth. He had hammock 70 .leer
IN. 1t was as if he We're living in hal
loon, such as he always wished for him
sell that was his constant thought.
The flea lived with the Princess. 81,
upon her delicato hand and upon he,
whi!e neck. She had taken hair from
ner mead and made the Professor tie 1t tC
the bea leg. and so she kept him tied tC
thc great red coral drop which she wore Il,
ner ear-tip. What a delightful time the
rrincess had, and the flea too, she
thought, but the Professor was not very
comfortable. He was a traveller; he liked
10 oriVe from town to town, and read
ABOUT MS perseverance and cleverness in
.eachlnS a flea to do what men do. But
ne got out of aud into his hammock.
h,oungeo ABOUT and had good feeding, fresh
glralie. People that eat men do not live
entirely on cooked men-no, that ia a
great delicacy.
"Snoulder of children with sharp
sauce" said the Princess's mother, ais
the most delicate"
i Inc Professor was tired of it all and
| Would rather 60 away from the wild land,
but he must have his flea with him, for
that was his prodigy, and his bread and
butter. How was ne to get hold of him ?
mat was no easy matter. He strained
all his wits, and then he said,
"NOw have it.''
"Pri' cess's Father! grant me a favor.
May L summon your subjects to present
themselve- before your Royal Highness ?
That is what is called Ceremony in The
high and mighty countries of the world.
Can |, too, learn to do that?" asked
the Princess's father.
That is not quite proper" replied the
Professor; but l shall teach your wild
Partnership to fire cannon off. 1t goes
OIL with bang. One sits high up aloft,
and then on 1t goes or down lie comes"
Let me crack it OFF, said the Prin-
cess's father. But in all the land there
was no cannon except the one the flea had
brought. and that was SO very small.
~ will cast a bigger One!" said the
Professor. "Only give me the means.
must have fine silk stuff, needle and
thread, rope and cord, together with cor
dial drops for the balloon, they blow one
up so easily and give one the heaves they
are what make the report in the cannon's
inside"
by all means,' said the Princess's
father. and gave him what he called for.
All the court and the entire population
came together TO see the great cannon
cast. The Professor did not summon
them before he had the balloon entirely
ready to be filled and go up. The flea sat
on the Princess's hand and looked on.
The balloon was filled, it bulged out and
could scarcely be held down, so violent
did it become.
~ must have it up in the air before it can
be cooled off" said the Professor, and took
his seat in the car which hung below.
t." But cannot manage and steer it alone.
| must have a skillful companion along to
help me. There is no one here that can
do hat except the flea"
Il am not very willing to let him." said
the Princess, but still she reached out and
handed the flea to the Professor, who
placed him on his hand.
"Lct 60 the cords and ropes" he
shouted. snow the balloons going"
They thought he said ''the cannon" and
so the balloon went higher and higher, up
above the clouds, far away from the wild
land.
The little Princess, all the family and
the people sat and waited-they are wait
ing still; and if you do not believe it, just
take journey to the wild land; every
child there talks about the Professor and
the flea, and believes that they are coming
back when the cannon is cooled off; but
they will not come, they are a. home with
us. they are in their native country, they
travel on the railway, first class, not
fourth they have good success, a great
balloon. Nobody asks how they got their
balloon or where it came from: they are
rich folks now. quite respectable folks,
indeed--the flea and the Professionalism
Christian andersen in Scribner's for ApriL: