Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-03-19
15ailp Kennebsr .3ournal.
fHE caAyGEiBIE PRINCESS.
BIZ HAMILTON w. MARBIE.

Nobody had ever seen such comno-
ton in the palace before. All the pages
were running for wa.er-for most OF the
Maids Of Honor had fainted-the Grand
Chamberlain was 80 excited that he actu-
ally dropped his dignity on the stairs and
ran wildly through the long hall scattering
the powder from his big wig, while up
stairs the Qneen was screaming az loud a.
she could and Kink kIupka was fairly
bursting with rage lie was little man
with very round body. but now he
seemed TO grow bigger every minute. His
short, red hair bris,led all over his head.
his fat face was 80 red that it fairly blazed
and his eyes shot ont little CLEANS as II
he had caught fire inside. lie strobe up
and down the room, holding his crown on
with one hand and clufcning his long err
mine robe with the other.
by the scepter Of my foreiathers. he
shouted. "somcbody shall smart for this "
Now, that was dreadful oath, and when
the King swOre 1t every body trembled-
The fact was, the baby had turned perfect
ly blue,
II the baby had been an ordinary baby
il wouldn't have mattercd what it, color
was. If it had been the butchers baby, or
the bakers baby. or the candle-stick max
er's baby, it wouldn't have made much
difference whether it was white, OF green,
or magenta; but this baby was princess
and IL certainly was a dreadful thing for a
princess to turn perfectly blue.
''She was white Yesterday" said the
Royal nurse, crying "a hard "a possible.
tor she herself was frightened halt OUT OF
her wits, "when she woke up this morn
ing she was blue
"Yes." shouted King klupka, stridine
across the room and growing bigger and
redder every minute, land il you'd stayed
awake all night and watched her she'd
have been white yet"
And the King sworc still more dread
ful oath, by the crown of his ancestors.
and shouted TO the Grand Chamberlain to
send for the Royal doctors. He might
have spared himself the trouble for the
Grand Chamberlain had already sent for
them. post-haste, and they were on the
stairs this very minute.
"rm coming. Your Majesty" called
Dr. Pompose who was very fat. and was
putting and blowing in his effort to kee ,
up with Dr. Shaming. who was rs thin as
Il rail
"And I'm here" said DR.. Shamine "a
with DR.. Pomposc ut his heels. Now
these doctors hated each other heartily.
and nothing could have been worse for
the Princess tan to have them both to-
gether-unless il were to have them sing
~.
Look at the Princess. - said the King
The two doctors ran To the cradle. which
was lined with blue sttin edged with lace.
and stood one on each side looking at the
royal baby. Then they looked at each
other. The fact was neither of them knew
what was the matter and each one meant
that the other shouldn't find out that he
didn't know. More than that. the King
mustn't find it out.
"Well." said King klupka impatiently,
what il ?"
The two doctors looked Mt each other.
but neither Of them spoke
"What is it?" cried the King. Now
King klupka was very irritable little
man. who was always losing his temper
and not finding it again tor weeks ut u
time. and when his temper was lost he
had been known TO do dreadful things,
such as boxing peoples ears, twcaking
their noses and hitting their shins with
his cane /; 80 the doctos didn't dare To wait
any longer.
Your Majesty" said Dr. Shaming.
this Is a most singular case. | am sat
istied that my diagnosis is correct. but |
desire to verify 1t by consultation of au-
thorities on cutaueous diseases.
And DIR. Shaming took out large red
handkerchief and wiped his spectacles
And | Also" broke in DR. Pompose.
looking very wise. "have reached n def
mite conclusion in regard to this extraor-
binary case. but. with Your Majesty $ con-
sent, desire time for further reflection
before formulating my opinion
And without waiting for reply the
doctors backed out of the room as fast as
they could. humping against each other
and the chairs and waking up the baby
who Immediately began to cry. Now. il
there was one thing that King klupka
hated more than another it was to have
anybody but himself make noise. SO
when the baby began to cry he said he
had important business to attend to; and
he went down stairs and called the Lord
Chancellor. and they spent four hours try.
ing to make up their minds whether the
new law about shoes should require peo-
pie to have them made with round or with
square toes: aud they finally decided il
by tossing up a coin and the square toes
won.
OF course the doctors didn't come agair
that day. because they hadn't had time tc
make up their minds and when they did
come the next morning-uo; because they
knew ANYTHING more about the Princes.
but because they didn't dare to stay away
any longer-,hc baby had turned perfect
IL scarlet. Then they had to 90 through
the same performance as the day before
and the next morning when they called
baby was green. They kept on coming
every morning. and every morning the
baby had changed color and they had &c
consult before they could prescribe 70,
her: SO they always saved thcic heads and
got their fees and never did anything. For
q long time the Queen was very anxious.
and the Royal Nurse privately gave the
Princess all sorts of remedies which nur-
SEES know about. but when they found tina,
although the baby was never the same
color two DAYS together she grew like any
other baby. they ceased to think that she
was going to die. and TO send page
every morning for the Doctors.
In fact, the Princess was just like any
other baby only she was OF rs many col
ors rs Joseph's coat. When the Queen
really stopped crying some wicked people