The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-12-12

Who had great t0n4neoo fx6 olm0ndD
and Who ate thsa cosstsntly. Bot no
thing would indass her to oassy; end
= eedos 70 rid hssnlf q her suitoss. d
whom thsre were . great number. shl
Invested the following device. To ever
prime Who sought her hand shs prsssnt
e yhs half Of . double slmond. while
slae ses che other half, and said: I'll
your 1ordship can succsed in getting M
70 take snytbise from your hand before
/ aay the words Il se0omberr then ]
en- ready 70 become your bride. But
il. on the contrary. you receive any.
thing from me without speaking the
words. thea you must agree to have
your hair shsvsn entirely Oh your bead
snd 10 lssvs the kingdom." This, how.
ever. was IN artlsss stSatagem for. &C.
eoe6ina 70 ansA zons1oO. NJ 0oo dsred
to band snythisg directly 10 the prin-
cess, bat nest to the cosst lady, Who
then offered il TO her. But il. % the
other hand, the princess shoald desire
togivsoe 70 take anything. Who could
refuse bsf9 So Il wss useless Tor hss
seuioeso 70 naoks ~ tsisl: toe ~hsn they
aesmsd Nksly 10 b sucsessful. and bad
divofSs0 The princess ~ that che VA
aboot 10 taxa consisting from thes, the
court lady always stepped between.
ssd spoiled tho best laid plan. Whea
he psincess wished to dispose Of ono ol
then, she would appear 90 charming
sod encourseing TO him thst be would
b eatieely 6ascinated; sni when he
~ q her iese. overcome with Joy. then
49, waald seize anything near her. -
though By accident. and say: Take
thisas semo0brance Of M" and when
hs bed Il In his hands. hu' before he
could think o. speak the necessary
words, there woald spring out at him
from il. perhaps frog, Of hornet, ee
or . bet. vhieh would stsrtls him that
he would lsrget tho words Then upon
the spot be ~as shavcn. and--sway
With himi This went on for sems
yeass. and IN all the palsoss Of the
o1hee kingdoms The princes wore wigs.
Thus it came 70 b the custom from that
time.
Finally It tappened that . frtien
prince came upon some PECULIAR busi-
noss. snd BY accident hs saw the sl-
mond satirg princess Hs thought her
sesy .haaneiful. snd u once perceived
the stsstagem. A friendly little gray
msuAad given hia an apple that once
. year be WAS privileged 70 smell. and
then thsss Game into HE mind very
. very wise idsa, and hs beosoe much
renowned on account Of his deep wis
dom. 80. with The scent from il came
this warning: ..Ifthoa wouldst win In
the game Of giving and t4king. under
no circumstances must thou either give
q tshs anything" So be bad bis hands
bound In his belt. and went with his
nesDbal % tbs palses. and asked to b
allowed 70 ct his almond. The prin.
eess Was secretly much blessed with
him, and i0msdiatsly handed him an
almood. which his marshal took and
plaeed u Bic mouth. The princess in.
quirsd what this meant. and, more
over, Why he constantly carried his
hands In his girdls. He replied that ct
his court the custo0 wss even more
enforced than ct hers. and he
dare aGt give or take anything With
his hands at the most with his head
" bic feet. Thsa the princess laughed
and said:
ia this case ~ viii never 10 able
to hsvs eur little game together"
He sighed end answersd:
.'Not unless yoa viii b pleased 10
take sonsthing ftoo ~ booes."
"That caa neves happes," sxclsimsd
the whele oourt.
why hsve yos come hitAes." asked
the princess, angrily. .'when Jon have
such stupid customs I"
'.Because you ars % beautifulr' re-
piled thu prince. "And II cannot win
you. I may q least have the pleasure
Of seeing you."
..On he other hand, I hsvs no simi.
lar Graei0catioo. " said che.
60 The prince romaiasd at The palace
aud be pleased her moro and more; bat
whso the humos seised her che tried IL
every manner 10 psssuads him 70 take
his hasds froo The sirdle ard rsceive
something from her. She also eater.
tsined hio. clsarmiagly. ssd frsquently
offered hin flowers, boobons, tsinkats,
and asally hss bracelet; but not ooce
did hs ioff. .ot and stretch eat his hand
% tako shen- for the preGsars Of his
sirdls reminded him 10 tine. 10 b
would nod 70 his narshal. and he ~
ceivsd tAa0. nyiDg:
I'VE re0smbee."
Then ths princeo would become im-
paaieot and oxclai0:
sHy hanlkseohief has isllenl Can
yosr tor1ship pisk & up Sde nsf
Wheeoupon ~ prince would lageoo
HE spue isoe 4, end wsvs ie essslessly
vhils The bsiscose would have 70 bead
end rsoovs it ftom bic fcck aaorily
aayins:
Thss : pear pesssd ssay. end The
peinnaoD aid - herselE M
~tAis eaasoe ls1Ais -. u nust b
settled 60 vay - ~ sthss.
She eaid % the pFtDcE
II hsvs eoo q ths Assst sssdsns u
~ wosll. I vii show yoar lordship
over & today
The psinco smelt Of hisapple. and. q
they s9essed the gsrden. eAtd:
.:It q very bsastifal here; aad q
cedee thas - uay valk neae esch oehsz
% peooa. and ~ b dlstnSbed - the
deelso . Try or oalns. ] beg -. ~
lodv. that Coe this 60 heas yoa will
take upoo % ~ eaaeo0 q ~ eongl
- p ven hsn6e also y faGeo0ed. |.
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