The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-14

and l threw myself on the grass at her
feet, SO as to look up in her gentle face,
which had now become calm with its
weary look.
cousin Kate" said Lii, "tell us
another story"
" No, no." / said, don't ask she
isn't so well to-day"
" Yes" she said quietly, raising her
head and looking at me, Il am better
to-day"
"Tell us one, them" cried Cissy ca
gerly, Zone you've never told US before"
There was silence for few minutes,
andas / gazed up in Kate's face l saw
her eyes close, and sort of spasm twitch
her lips but the next minute she was
quite calm, and then with the leaves
whispering round us, and the twittering
of the birds coming now and again from
the distance, she said in a low, sweet,
musical voice:
Once upon a time in the days of
long ago, when people were very, very
happy on this earth, there lived prince
who was young, and handsome, and
true. Nearly every one loved him, he
was SO manly and yet so gentle"
AHu nc iOFeu DeduIllul pTlHCeSS,
put in Cissy.
| saw the spasm cross cousin Kate's
face again, but it was calm directly
after, and she went on.
"No, dear" she said, abe did not
love beautiful princess, but poor
simple girl who loved him too, with all
her heart, and they were so, so happy"
&" Yes, and they were married, and
lived happy ever AFTER" cried Cissy.
No, Cissy, they were not, for the
poor. handsome young prince had enc
mies-cruel, bitter enemies-who SIAN
dered him, and said that he had made
false keys and opened the treasure chests
of great man and stolen away his gold
and precious stones"
p" Ohp' whispered Cissy, now deeply
interested.
And" continued Kate, they took
the poor prince, and there was great
trial, and though he declared he was in
nocent, the wicke 1people who slandered
him and bare false witness against him
prevailed and the great judge said that
he was to be cast into prison, and wear
heavy chains, and be kept there for
twenty-one long years."
"Oh!' cried Lii.
" Yes" said Cissy, know, and then
the simple young girl who loved him
went and unlocked the prison gates, and
struck off his chains and set him free"
" No-no," cried cousin Kate, and
her voice altered terribly, so that | was
alarmed, though l could do nothing but
gaze up in the wild face before me, for
now a change came over it. "No," she
cried, " the poor girl could do nothing
but sit and weep, and feel her broken
heart beaU-beat-beat, in its own prison,
wearing itself out till-till she died, and
oh, Frank Frank! what have we
done that we should suffer thisT'
Ileaped 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 cd gsrden seat, sobbing
in wild hysterical way. Kate, dear
cousin Kate" | sobbed; but even as |
spoke there was hasty stepo the gravel,
the bushes were dashed aside, and the
shadow of tall man was cast over us.
Kate-darlingP" he cried, catching
her In his arms, as | was thrust rudely
aside, q am innocent and free"
She did not hear him, for she gave
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 few months to health.
For Frank Roberts was reinstated in
the Government offices from which he
fell-in a higher post, one which gave
him the confidence of the higher officials;
while the man through whose treachery
poor Frank had suffered a year and
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 Kate's 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. l
can hardly believe that thirty years
have glided by since then, but so it is;
and to this day we call dear old gray
Whiskered Frank " Kate's Prince y