The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-08-31

Use faithfully to obey your instruc.

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Use faithfully to obey your instruc.
tions."
"Listen, then-Before the sun ri.
SEES for twenty one mornings, do thou
hathe three times in the Silver Lake
and say each time:
Silver Lake, this bath take ai
TO WOO the. Nameless Maiden;
As thon art pure, SO am sure,
Thou will help me win the Nameless
Maiden.
Eat only of venison killed with
with your own spear and bow. Ride
only thy milk white steed in the
chase. Take this ring and this
spear, practice daily, and. on the
twenty-second morning, mounted on
the same steed and attended by thy
Squire only, set out for the Snow
White Palace of King Rupert. !
will be with You, and we will see il
we can not win the Nameless Mai
den for a bride. Wear this amulet
made from the hearts Of two white
turtle doves, and success attend thee
Prince Reginald y 81,
| The fairy~~as gone, and Reginald,
somewkat bewildered, was alone.
CHAPTER ".
At the Snow White Palace six
years had nearly gone by and the
Princess had grown to charming
maidenhood, but she was still name
less. After the failure of Queen
Eva's plan Of selecting name which
had come to such ludicrous CO..
clusion, she and King Rurert had
talked Of various ways OF settling
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the vexed question, but they had
tried no more experiments, and the
Princess was still known to them
only as "Baby." She was, as the
Fairy had promised, the most be-
wilderingly beautiful maiden in the
world, and che was as good as she
was beautiful. It was the very poe.
try Of motion to see fer walk, and,
her voice was as soft and silvery as
the murmur of the brook. She
laughed and sang the livelong day,
and the joyousness of her youth
pervaded every nook and Granny of
the palace. She was petite without
being slender, and her small feet and
hands were the admiration of all be-
holders. Her hair was Of that indie
scribables hue between black and
brown, that is seldom met with, and
it hung in wavey tresses to her feet,
30 luxurious wassits growth. Every
charm of,person and grace of man
ner she had in perfection. Such was
the princess.
The time fixed for the promised
visit of the Fairy was near at hand
and the King was in daily apprehen
sion of the threatened evil. He did
not know in what shape it would
come but he was fearful that it
would be in the death of the. Prin-
cess and she had grown SO near and
dear to bis heart, chat the very
thought of such thing made him
shudder. 1t was now time that
something should be done. Some
thing had to be done, and done
quickly. II the Fairy came .anS.
found the Princess nameless, she
would inhict the tbseatened evil,
whatever it might be and he must
do sometb;.s to find4her name.
Age;- King. Rupert and Queen
Pa "laid their heads together"
Said the King: eva, my Queen,
I am too much disturbed to think,
and yet something must be DONE
Canst thy fertile brain suggest no
way of settling this vexed question
that has given usiso much trouble?
We have tried ourselves and failed
we have had the wise men in coun-
Gil and their wisdom was proven TO
be folly; we have had all the women
of my kingdom to advise US and their
vanity wrought only confusion and
ridicule, and I know Of no where else
to look for counsel and advice"
81 fully appreciate the gravity of
the situation, my King and husband,
but know of nothing to suggest un-
less we leave it now to the young
men,"
"To the young men? Why, of
course, that is just the ideaf It is a
wonder that we never thought Of
that before, and now it strikes me
that we could have saved ourselves
much trouble by leaving it to them