The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-07

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white neck. She had taken hair from
her head and made the Professor tic it
to the aea's leg, and 10 she kept him
tied to the great red coral drop which
she wore in her ear.tip. Whata delight
iul time the Princess had, and the flea
too, she thought, but the Professor was
not very comfortable. He was travel.
er ho liked to drive from town to town,
and read about his perseverance and
cleverness in teaching flea to do what
men do. But he got out OF and into his
hammock, lounged about and had good
feeding, fresh birds'eggs, elephants eyes
and roast giralTe. People that eat men
do not live entirely on cooked men-no,
that is great delicacy.
"Shoulder of children with sharp
sauce" said the Princess's mother, "is
the most delicate"
The Professor was tired Of it all and
would rather go away from the wild
land, but lie must have his flea with
him, for that was his prodigy, and his
bread and butter. How was hc to get
hold of him? That was no easy matter.
He strained all his wits and then lie
said:
"Now I have it"
"Princess's Father grant mo a
favor. May I summon your subjects
to present themselves before your
Royal Highness? That is whit is called
Ceremony in tho high aud 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 1 shall teach your
wild Fathership to fire n cannon of.
1t goes of with bang. One sits high
up aloft, and then of II 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.
"I will cast bigger onel" said tho
Professor. "0nly give mo the means.
I must have fine silk stuff, needle and
thread, rope and cord, together with
cordial drops for the balloon, they blow
ono up so easily and give one the
hcaves; they are what makes the report
in the cannon's inside"
"By all MEANS" said the Princess's
father, and gave him what ho called
for. All the court and the entire popu-
lation came together to SEQ the great
cannon cast. The Professor did not
summon them before he had tho bal
loon entirely ready to be filled and go
UP. The flea sat on the Princess's hand
and looked on. Tho balloon was filed,
it bulged out and could scarcely be held
down, SO violent did it become.
81 must have it up in the mir before
1t can DO cooled of, F" said the Professor,
and took his seat in the car which hung
below. "But 1 cannot manage and
steer it alone. / must have skilliul
companion along to help me. There is
no one hero that can do that except the
flea"
al nm not very willing to let him"
said the Princess, but still she reached
out aud handed tho aea to tho Profess
sor, who placed him OIL his hand.
"Let 90 the cords and ropes" he
shouted. "Now the balloons going"
They thought he said "the cannon"
and so the balloon went higher and
higher, up above tho clouds, far away
from the wild land.
The little Princess, all the family and
the people sat and wlited-they arc
waiting still; and if you do not believe
it, just take q journey to the wild land ;
every child there talks about the Pro-
fesscr and the flea, and believes that
they are coming back when the cannon
is cooled OFF; but they will not come,
they are at 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 1t came from; they arc rich
folks now, quite respectable folks, in
dced-tlle flea and the Professorl-
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