The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-12-10

DENTS OR EVEN ACTING KING.
II vos in Iocito. and tho kiro of tbo
country wos snch n Grand ling that he
,,,oreb HE an cro,,n avon ot ri,bt tl,o,,cb
il made Tho wnrst Kind of riobt con
Tbr wise mon of Lactio soi1 thc crown
,np.t nnvcr como off and if was tboso
wis, mon and tbe rrinrp who formed a
ronsnirorv ogoinst tbp tirg cnding in
t,o discovery of Ice r,,om. But the
.,u liyed well. GROWING fat and iollv.
until his son the prince. became unruly.
Then the king rrcw SO thin that he
had to use a piece of raper doubled up
inside of his crown to prevent il from
SHINING down over his nose.
Nh. wise mon said. even make a
l,'an lo reform the p,incr" but durinu
ihr nrxt thrpr wears tbov did nothinU
bnt talk. talk. talk. One day tbe ycry
roval candle snulfer BROUGHT them this
note.
Your plan or your heads.
K1<a Ions"
They sent back word TO thc kline TO
make the prince chief hiuh director Of
tb. weather The chanor that followed
AVA. marvellous He made if clear and
sunny for picnic party. windy in the
direction for tbe sailors inst ripbt f,,
tnn farmers. cnld for thn fir dealers and
LYt for thc bathing resort men. The
rno,J. of Ioctia wont olmos, wild with
i,, and tLe Lioo, lou,rho1 and orn,,, f,t
.,in The wise men claimed MI thc
n,rit. Inns they soon rrorrttcd doin,, SO
Thousands of I.actians came to thank
them in lone. dry speeches and brass
bands plaved before their bouses NIL dav
while NIGHTLY nrocessions marched and
lulrahed every wink of slpcp from their
,illnvs Tho wise mon ur,,nd tha Liuo
O send the people home and when he re
tnsed fitv of fine wisost ran away to sen.
but the others formed a conspiracy
The kiuo's Strawberries orrv batvorn
the palace and the roval milk housc and
If was douhle hiph treason for any one
but the KING to pick them. One morn
inu before the weather office was omen
tha wise men persnaded the rrince to uo
with them and emf berries With smear
and cream in tberoval milk house. While
surarinp the berries they heard tbe kinr
come into the garden.
I'm afraid those rollins have been
eating nv berries acainr" thev presently
heard him remark
The prince GREW male with friobt
The wise men rushed M and down. .s6ak.
inc with terror.
to--the-cream- tbem -
chattered the prince and into the can of
cream the berries were drouped. sroor
and all. the lid claimed on the can and
the prince on ton of that, Six of the
strongest OF the wise men placed their
backs TO tbe roval mill, house door and
the others soon appeared to be sound
il the corners.
The king strolled into tbe Garden lone
after the princes office bour If anpears
that the prince had used only the GOOD
weather. and had accumulated snch a
store of i'll winds cold snans and oreot
storms rs was nnvar known bofnro rLo
chief director now appearing, the con-
motion that he BEGAN made all tho old
people hunt for their almanacs in hur-
nv. The wind blew over chimnevs and
bent high steeplcs out of shane. And
how it showed and made the peonle
wish there hadn't been anv chief hioh
director The wind twitched the kin@'s
crown over the HIGH fences. and, in two
seconds, him after il: and it rolled
across the fields ten miles before hecaunht
it. The roof of the royal milk house
flew over the palace and the badly FRIGHT
ened prince and the wise men tumbled
out. The wind tossed the cans into the
road and sent them spinning into the
storm like silver wheels. The wise men
were lost and were supposed to have
been blown TO a deserted island.
The king returned with his crown Just
rs an honest farmer drove mn TO the nal