Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-11
The Prince and The Dragon.
An Amputa.ed tale by JARED JALAp.

glaa AL Auiputabcu taic Dy JARED JALAP.
Once on q time there was land
But where it was is not now known;
The King who ruled and gave command
Sat on great big golden throne.
But Of this king and all twas done
IT'S not my purpose now to tell,
But of his son, for he had one,
Yes, had a son, and had him we'll
His sons name, it was John, It's said,
And he was mighty fair to see;
He had expected for to wed.
But now was in sad miseree;
A princess of an isle near by
Had promised for to marry him,
But when the day did draw anigl,
81 There came dragon fierce and grim
And took the princess far away a
And put her in dungeon cold
AL in castle old and gray, hes
And John did feel that he was sold.
His father, he did pitch and tear
When John to him did tell the news,
And John did weep and pull his hair,
To eat or drink he did refuse M
us j.
Till he got awful hungry; and s9a
He screamed till he was out of breath
Judging from facts have at hand,
He screamed himself almost to death.
One morning while poor John did weep,
A fairy did appear to him
And said, stake this It's yours to keep
To overcome the dragon grim"
And thereupon she to him gave
A bright and shining horn,
l4'sWith this your princess you can save
ia' IT you will go TO morrow morn
And stand before the castle wall,
g Aud say three times the words I say,
4 And say 'em loud as you can squall,
itef Now yoa old Dragon get aacap! sla 'As
And when the dragon comes for you,
Keep cool and go little slow,
And when he gets within full view,
just blow as hard as you can blow e
& On this here horn, and he will fall
Right down kerwhap before you dead;
g Then for your princess you can call
. And to her you can soon be We'd"
So John he took the horn and vent
And told the King, but he said no,
But John he said that he was bent,
In fact that he was bound to 60.
He started, while the King did bawl,
So hard as ever he could run,
And stood before the castle wall
Before the rising of the sun,
And then he yelled with all his might
The words that he'd been told to say,
And forth the dragon came for fight,
Aud John was some inclined that wav
"What do yiz here, I'd like to know
And scorn did twist the dragoon's snOoi
And John he grabbed his horn to blow
But found he couldn't make it toot
Oh that's all
would like to go on with this thrilling epi
but find that it is impossible to compress it in
to the half column which is the scanty spac
allowed by the Editor of the HERALD to til
poets Of Grant County.
would like to go on and tell you how av
full mad John got, and how he nearly burste
with rage and wind, trying to blow that horn
how the dragon rushed down on him, and no
he grabbed up clubs and rocks and thre
at the dragon, and finally turned and ran fc
his life. TO undertake to tell the story in tn
dull language of prose, would be injustice
John. to the dragon and to myself. You wi
notice what fine taste is used in not express
ing the feelings of the princess; that is b,
cause we had not yet learned whether sh
wanted to marry John, or had run away wit
the dragon ON purpose; this would all hay
been known in due time had space allowed |
to 60 on. Notice how finely John is brougt
into the terrible crisis where he is left. I fe
that the talent that brought him there coul
have extricated him. and brought this stor
to a final and glorious. conclusion. Motto
the lesson that is given q lack of preparatio
often leads to failure John ought to hay
learned to blow the horn before he made til
attack. The dragon saw what was The ma
ter and didn't intend to give him any time
practice. What became of John you win ne,
er know, don't know myself but feel cont
dent would have learned had been above
space which is forbidden the Grant Coun