Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25

IAN odd child certainly, returned |
Abenon, "what will she be saying next,
/ wonder?" DTFu yi.H adi hga ,.s4at
And away trudged Abenon to the
greengrocer's -
"Good morrow, friend grocer" she
said. 81 want quart ofyoung onions;
and speaking of onions, that girl Jorinda
made a queer remark to-day; see was
watching the royal procession, and, says
she, Il really hate the handkerchief of
Alicia, the daughter of King Redbeard.
Z" Tut, tutp' said the greengrocer, ga
queer remark indeed! Jack, come you
here and mind the shop, while I take up
some ollapod roots to my friend, the
head gardener at the royal palace. The
head gardener was quite glad to see his
friend, the greengrocer, and to get the
ollapod roots, for ollapods were not so
common in the kingdom of Happigo-
lucky as they are in this country.
"Dame Abenon was telling me a
strange thing just now, about the maiden
Jorinda," said the greengrocer to the
head gardener. Fl
ssWhat was it?' said the head gard
ener.
He was man who was always eager
for bits of news, and he got very few
indeed on account of the garden walls
being SO high, and fencing him in so
tightly. ~ 'Ga iraae.
"She said, answered the greengrocer,
that as for herself she really hated the
handkerchief of Alicia, the daughter of
Redbeard." .t..,.... 81
Now either the royal head gardener
was the least bit deaf, or else he was
making great noise with his trowel in
digging the holes for his ollapod roots,
but at all events when the royal head
gardener went to wash his hands in the
royal wash-house, he said to his daugh-
ter the dairy-maid, 81 heard rather
serious thing this morning about your
friend Jorinda. .l s. .rets
"What was it?' asked the dairy-maid,
pausing on her way to the ice-house
with dish of clotted cream for the
Princess Alicia's supper. a
"Well-now don't let it go any farther
I've no wish to harm the maiden-but
she said that for her part she did not
think anything of Alicia, the daughter of
Redbeard"
sfMercy upon us p cried the dairy
maid. ssDid Jorinda really say that?
Well Well! never would have believed
it of her, but she would always be MAX
ing her remarks, though I never thought
her bad hearted maiden!''
The dairy maids face wore quite a
lively expression, for though she of
course did not wish any harm to her dear
Jorinda, yet any excitement pleased the
dairy maid, who often found her milk
pans very dull company. She went at
once with her news to the palace kitchen,
leaving the Princess Alicia's clotted
cream, if you'll believe it, on the wash
house step, where wicked cat devoured
it, every clot. .ior tUr'
q ts.What do you think ?" cried the
dairy-maid, as she entered the great
kitchen.
Sc What do I think ?" said the red -faced
cook quite Grossly, for he was getting
rather belated, So think that the great
peacock L am roasting will not be done
in time for the royal dinner, if you come
in here to gossip with the turn-spit!''
"Who wants to gossip with the turn
spit % returned the dairy maid pertly,
/" who wants to gossip with your old turn
spit? Ii you don't care to hear my
news, it don't matter in the least tome p
And off hounced the dairy maid with her
nose in the air.. ~. ,-..r III -,
=" What's that you say" said the cook,
dropping a bunch of fenrel directly into
the fire IN his excitement. ~ m Il
= sob, nothing" said the dairy maid,
mot worth listening to [ dare say.
Only by and by, when you hear tell of
treason and all manner of dark doings at
count, don't blame me that you didn't
know about it, that's all Wosg0 49, .5ssI yGi
"Stop Come back % cried the cook,
:" Oh, there's good girl Tell me what
you mean, and Ell saveIyoua bit of meat
from the under side of the kings own
royal peacock wsg 3 ot s5Glq 37iR ot .nd
3oofsNo, I will not p cried the dairy
maid.sa You may go without knowing
that the maiden Jorinda thinks. nothing
at all of the daughter Of great King Red
beard!'' @Shtn3 es1g NV 1o71al{ii9
a. " Now, by the royal spit, 2 cried out
the eook, :" This is rank treason, and no
less 1t should .be known at once !!
Hark'ee, young bag 90 bones, keep you
that spit a; turning while I am gone, or
I'll pull your heels out through your
mouth when I get back p
:, Then the fat cook ran to find his great
crony, the underwater at the door of the
royal dining hall, while the poor little
turnspit turned for dear life, for he
thought it would be both inconvenient
and unpleasant to have his heels pulled
out through his mouth. He had large
heels and little mouth, hadslitt turn
spit. seA % o935.@s14 zao iaVle1 4
: /" What do you think ?" said the. head
cook to the under waiter. g Jorinda of
the village says that she thinks very
poorly of the great King Redbeard,
l5i :" By the great hagon p' cried the I'M
der-waiter, F" But this is treason p And
off he ran to tell his sweetheart, the
maid in waiting to the first lady of honor.
edo you KNOW" he exclaimed, "that
Jorinday says there are black stories
ahoat about King Redbeard %
/. %. .ss Treason treason T. cried the maid,
and ran up stairs to brush her lady's
hair for dinner. 1F tsaa' Il
CfstWhat does your ladyship think %
said the maid. So .TorInda has aaid that IF