The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-15
BELLEVUE La, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 49, 1881.

bly, failed. Sulemwa had led him
wearlsome journey to strange country
ana city, and coming to fruit-stande
mad walked directly up to it.
~" But the stupid fellow, who kept the
STAND would give me no flask" said
benoni, "and forced me to take bao
OF yellow fruit. l then rented house
ana tried many ways to make the mkt.
ure, but all were failures.n
The King, angry and disappointed.
ordered that Benoni should be the very
meanest OF all the cooks, and the ut.
most that the tears and PRAYERS of the
lovely Princess could gain for Alden was
to save his life. Alden was then pri.
vately banished to the kitchen by the
proud Grand Chamberlain of the palace
to turn the horse-radish grinder.
Alden, however, didn't lose hope like
benoni, who mourned and fretted as he
cleaned knives all day until he was
scarce the shadow of his former stout.
merry self. Sulemwa was the only one
OF the venerable Wizards friends not
disgraced, and whenever he came to
the kitchen windows Alden gave him a
carrot or raddish top. and sometimes
a saucer of salt.
When the Kings fever season came
around he was taken worse i'll than ever
before, and the people of the palace
went to the nearest church to pray for
his recovery. But the new chief cook
said that Alden and Benoni shouldn't
go on any account.
1t was their first chance to talk to-
gether since their disgrace, as the
Grand Chamberlain went about spying
their actions. Among MANY other
questions, Alden asked Benoni, who was
fllllng silver pitcher with ice-water
for the Kings sick room, if he had
brought home any of the strange vel
low fruit. Benoni said he had; and
going oasecret closet drew forth small
sack of oval shaped fruit. Alden de-
cided that he should try the experiment
of boiling some of the fruit juice in salt;
and while squeezing some into bowl
Benoni guarded against surprise by
the Grand Chamberlain. The donkey,
seeing Alden in the kitchen, came to
the window and thrust his long-eared
head within.
"Poor fellow!'' said Alden. ssBenoni
will give you some salt,
Benoni caught up a saucer. but being
so nervous from fear of the naughty
Grand Chamberlain, he filled it from
the sugar-bin rather than from the salt
bin. Sulemwa shifted at the saucer
once or twice, and finding no salt,
pushed thes saucer off the window-ledge,
and, falling, it dropped into the bowl OF
juice.
!" Good for ysur' said Alden, begin
ming to stir the supposed salt until it was
dissolved in the juice. s.Here, Benoni.
you must get donkey another saucer OF
SALT
This time Benoni went to the salt
bin, and also discovered his previous
mistake.
Then my bowl Of juice is spoiled,'
said Alden; s. but will start another
And he stood the bowl for the time in
The next window-ledge, directly over
The silver pitcher of ice-water that Be-
noni had filed.
!" Run! run! here comes the Grand
Chamberlain on his tiptoesn whispered
Benoni. before Alden could do more.
A saucer of salt was small matter to
! donkey like Sulemwa, and having
inished it he went to the other window
where the bowl stood. Lying on
bench 10 the far kitchen, Benoni was
iismayed to see Sulemwa push the
,owl from the window-ledge, and it fall !
With a splash into the silver pitcher of
50 Dear mer' thought Benoni, "I
low remember ! was to take that ice
water up to the Kings room.''
:" Benoni, you laggard. where are
'ouP' called the Grand Chamberlain,
ntering and looking wrathfully about |
he kitchens. !" You lazy fellow, Sleep
ne. againr' Alden was then fiercely |
allied, and appearing was sent to the
ling's room with the ice-water. ssAs |
or you, miserable Benoni,' continued |
he Grand Chamberlain, g you shall /
ONE with me to the dungeon for sleep
ng on duty"
Alden had instantly gone to the sick
oom, and filing goblet he saw passed
, to the Princess, who held it to the
arched lips of the sick King.
"Ha! hap' laughed the King, to
FcIJ oHc uHSpcdkdDle dSbOnfSnmenG. |
Quickly! another goblet Of the MKT
re-; and bring here my venerable Wiz
rd. for he must have returned to life."
Those about the bed said that the
enerable Wizard was surely dead.
den. being also surprised at the won
erful effect produced, had peeped into
le pitcher, and seeing at its bottom
ne bowl he had placed in the window
'dge, felt sure that the secret was dis
overed. By this time the King sat
ght up in bed and called Alden to him.
Perhaps it would have been still |
etter.o said Aden, - If the Grand
hadn't came while Benoni
nd | were experimenting and fright
ned u.s.
"He shall lose his office, If not his
lily headr' said the King. You,
den, / restore to twice your former
INK and possession, and Benoni is pro-
oted to be Grand Chamberlain. ii
$ What's the name of that yellow
uitp' asked Alden, when he found Be-
Dni. j,
They spell it Lennon T,
Alden looked at Benoni in dreamy .
ay for one minute, then caught up
tnpr and r,nnriI end said