The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-09-13

simple girl who loved him too =, II
her heart, and they were so 70 with an
I" Yes, and they were MAJ - naPPy.
lived happy ever after" cria aieu, an. anu
" Go on" OlSs''
!" No, Cissy, they were NOT
Door. handsome young prince ba 30 ous-
mies-cruel, bitter enemies-wbo sIan-
dered him, and said that he had nG n Si%i
false keys and opened the treasnra a lets
of a great man and stolen away his en @oId
and precious stones" MS s0--
OH" whispered Cissy, now doonlv
interested. U00F-'
"And," continued Kate, "tbar took
the poor prince, and there was LAT
trial, and though he declared he - n.
nocent, the wicke people who sIom Are
him and bare false witness acainst him
prevailed and the great Judge sa;d that
he was to be cast into prison, ana wear
heavy chains, and be kept t6era for
twenty-one long years"
OH" cried Lii.
Yes" said Cissy, " l know. and +ben
the simple young girl who loved him
went and unlocked the prison gate and
struck off his chains and set him f.ee y
g No-no," cried cousin Kate and
her voice altered terribly, so that 7 was
alarmed, though | could do notbipo, Int
gaze up in the wild face before me for
now a change came over it. "No } She
cried, 4" the poor girl could do notbing
but sit and weep, and feel her broken
heart beat-beat-beat, in its ownnrison.
wearing itself out till-till she died and
oh, Frank Frank what have we
done that we should suffer this?'
] leaped up TO throw my arms round
/ her, while my sisters shranK away
/ alarmed; for cousin Kate turned from
us with bitter wall buried her face in
/ her hands, and threw herself half over
the arm of the Old gsrden seat sobbing
in wild hysterical way. Kate Near
cousin Kate, / sobbedi put ~ ~
Z spoke there was a hasty steIiDn the - q
/ the bushes vera dashed aside, a e
! shadow of .seaf1 man was cast over US.
/ aE4fe-darlingw he cried, catching
/ bSr in his arms, as | was thrust rudely
aside, g / am innocent ahd free"
She did not hear him, for she gave a
faint gasp and sank back insensible.
We three girls were almost stunned ;
but we saw the tall thin, pale-looking
stranger hastily lift poor Kate from the
seat and literally run with her to the
house, while we followed more slowly.
As we reached the porch it was to
meet papa running out, and in very
short time he returned with the doctor
But this doctor was the wrong one; the
right one had come to Us at the garden
seat, and it was his words that brought
dear cousin Kate back to life, and in
the course of a few months to health.
For Frank Roberts was reinstated in
the Government offices from which he
fell-in higher post, one which gave
him the confidenceo of the higher officials;
while the man through whose treachery
poor Frank had suffered a year and a
half before, died confessing that he had
been the guilty party alone.
Oh those happy DAYS when the roses
were coming back day by day into
cousin Hates cheek, and when Frank,
who was down at the old place every Sat
urday to stay till Monday, used to be
sent TO play and romp with US girls. 1
can hardly believe that thirty years
have glided by since then, but 50 it Is F;
and to this day We call dear old gray
whiskered Frank, 90 Hates Prince"