The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-28

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strange thing just now, about the maiden
Jorinda," said the greengrocer to the
head gardener
"What 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.
"She said, answered the greengrocer,
that as for herself she really hated the
handkerchief of Alicia, the daughter of
Redbeard F"
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 III the
royal wash-house, he said to his daugh-
ter the dairy maid, 81 heard rather a
serious thing this morning about your
friend Jorinda."
"What was it?" asked the dairy maid,
pausing on her way to the e-house
with dish of clotted cream for the
Princess Ahcia's supper.
Well-now don't let it so 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 %
"Mercy upon us p cried the dairy
maid. odd Jorinda really say that?
Well Well Inever would have believed
it of her, but she would always be MAX
ing her remarks, though Inever thought
her bad hearted maiden p
The dairy-maid' face wore quite q
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 duh 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 a wicked cat devoured
it, every clot.
"What do you think ?" cried the
dairymaid, as she entered the great
kitchen.
"What do I think ?" said the red-faced
cook quite Grossly, for he was getting
rather belated, 81 think that the great
peacock | am roasting Will not be done
in time for the royal dinner, if you come
in here to gossip with the turn spill"
"Who wants to gossip with the turn
spit % returned the dairy-maid pertly,
"who wants to gossip with your old turn
spit? If you don't care to hear my
news, it don't matter in the least to me p
And off flounced the dairy maid with her
nose in the air.
"What's that you say" said the cook,
dropping a bunch Of feREel directly into
the fire IN his excitement.
ooh, nothing" said the ry-maid,
"not worth listening to [ dare say.
Only by and by, when you hear tell of
treason and all manner of dark doings at
court, don't blame me that you didn't
know about it, that's all p
"Stop Come back - cried the cook,
ooh, there's good girl Tell me what
youmean, and I'll save you bit of meat
from the under side of the kings own
royal peacock
Ono, [ Will not p cried the dairy
maid. " You may go without knowing
that the maiden Jorinda thinks nothing
at all of the daughter of great King Red
beard =
CHOW, by the royal Spit" cried out
the cook, "This is rank treason and no
less 1t should be known at once !
Hark'ee, young bag o bones, keep you
that spit turning while / am gone. or
I'll pull your heels out through your
mouth when [ get back %
Then the fat cook ran to find his great
crony the under waiter at the door of the
royal dining-hall, while the poor little
turnsplt 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, had little turn
spit.
What do you think ?" said the head
cook to the underwater. "Jorinda of
the village says that she thinks very
poorly of the great King Redbeard,
heaven preserve us y
"By the great hagon - cried the IN
der-waiter, "But this is treason p And
off be ran to tell his sweetheart, the
maid in waiting to the first lady of honor
"DO you know" he exclaimed, "that
Jorinday says there are black stories
atioat about King Redbeard 2"
"Treason treason - cried the maid
and ran up stairs to brush her lady's
hair for dinner.
"What does your ladyship think %
said the maid; "Jorlnda has said that if
King Redbeard goes on as bad as he is,
he may wake up and find his crown gone
some fine morning -
why, this is real treason" cried the
lady in waiting" delighted at such a
chance of getting into the favor Of the
Ii 6 1-,,nx1r e {1,5a
before he sleeps"
"What think you, Lord Chamber
lain, said the Lady in Waiting, after
the royal dinner was ended, "there is
treason In the town. A mob Of people,
led by the maiden Jorinda, have declared
that the royal Redbeard is bad and a
wicked king, and ought to rule no longer
We shall have a riot next; protect usl''
! The great Lord of the Chambers was
| SO filled with horror at this awful news
that his wig rose several inches from his
head, for very fright "This is indeed
! dreadful newsi [ must have audience OF
/ his majesty at once" The king CHANGED
to be in a comfortable, after dinner
frame of mind, and consented to give the
Lord Chamberlain audience.
"May it please your royal highness, >
pulled the excited Lord Chamberlain,
"here is woeful treason, under your royal
majesty's royal nose The whole village
under the maiden Jorinda, are coming tc
storm the royal palace this very night
To arms! your majesty, or we shall al
be murdered in our bedsl"
Now it CHANGED that King Redbeard
was in an unusually good temper, even
for him, so that instead of flying into 8
violent rage over this dreadful news, he
/ only said "SummOn the maiden ,Torinda