The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-08-17
mo. 81.

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n gone On until the little girl. hat
grown to be Eve years of age. The
+ thought Of the necessity Of. giving
her the most beautiful name known
/ among men, and of complying with
3 the Fairy's conditions, was ever
present with them, but they SAW nc
+ way out ofthe difficulty, and, as yet
the. necessity was not pressing, and
they had been content to postpone
action from day to day. Now they
7 both thought that It was time che
matter should be settled, and the
King bethought himself ola happy
expedient.
asJust the thing! He would call to.
gethcr the wise men of his Kingdom
and take counsel Of their combined
wisdom. So q, royal decree was is
sued, commanding all the wise men
of the kingdom to hasten at once to
the Capitol, on an important affair
of State. They came from all parts
and when they were assembled. the
King told them tile story Of the
young Princess, and laid before them
the pressing necessity of complying
With the Fairy's condition, sob,
ho!' said they, sthat,, O King, is. a
small matter. We will soon fix
that" and having chosen from their
number 'r' a President and Secretary,
ttlley proceeded to business. qeis
"Doyo now, Sir Grey Beard, by
virtue Of your being the eldest, tell
u.s." said the President, sthe pretti-
est name an known among men for the
young princess.' .asiB nj ia
With a lengthy prelude and much
in Introduction, Sir Grey Beard was
sure there could be no two opinions
about it, and. Mary was just what
they wanted. His wife was named
Mary, and he was clear that the FAT
ny would be pleased with that. name.
and and he set him down. Each Of. the
otherwise men were indiyidualy-o Of
the opinion that there tcesl1be two
ways of thinking ab4sr II, and When
the .vote was taken. there was but
one aye and thirteen noes as i.te.
aMary."
i"Now, Sic sorrel Top, by virtue
your achievements in learning and
knowledge Of literature, you are en-
titled to speak uextsi Name the
Princess forsns.'' q s5slt
Sir sorrel Top, WITH much ado
BY way Of preliminary, said thatiof
all he had read in history sacred or
profance, the riettiest picture he
bad sosn paized ~ words was of
the maidaases the well. He did not
AXE much stock il the religion
= 4ght in that book, but be begged
cave to suggest to- the favorable
considerations Of tue assembled wis
ION, Che "a 81 Gle Hebrew mai.
len, Rebecca.D b g,sjis 81, assi sf;s9
Sir Grey Beard vas very sure that
would never do, and 90 we're she
,ther thirteen, for when tie vote
vas taken on Rebecca, ttere was ono
we and thirteen nos.
You now, Sir Afusty Tome, who
.rt we'll verse. in tue art ols.story
making, saa who hast written. much
iction suggest then q dt name for
he Princess
@sirA1usty Tome, who ii writing
is stories had always SO named his
eroine, and who was welded to the
ame, had no difficulty atall, in com
ag to the conclusion chat TLeodo-
ia was just what they wanted, and
I had q meaning 10 il which made
6 sugssestiye. AS he had been CALI
Iapon for his opfntou would ex-
rcss IL in favor Of that name. =
Otherwise lie would have held his
eace. 80 So 49,. i
Sir Mussy Tome, however, Jared
Q better than the rest. Both Sir
,ny Beard and Sir Sorrell Top were
mphatfc in expressing their opininn
bat Theodosia was an abominabIe
anne, andit seemed that they had
he majority with them as the vote
n Theodosia was one for and thir
cen against. ,..issss.
"sir War Bugle, you who have
ought the battles of the King in ss-
ry cline and have seen the maidens
+ every country, do tt OIL give us
'ane for our fair young princess,''
Sir War Bugle was bluff and tothe 7
'oint, md asst seemed the gcntlc-
men present were rather hard to
lease and the suspicion was dawn