Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-25
From the Boston Courier.l
jORlNDA'S TREASON.

Happigolucky there dwelt small Made
who was always making remarks.
She began this bad habit as soon a
ever she was born, though of cours
while she was baby nobody understood
anything that she said As she gre,
older it was the mothers great grief tina
she would always be making remarks
In vain the good dame reasoned an,
coaxed, scolded and even whipped he
little daughter, it was all of no use.
The maiden minded it no more thai
she did the signing Of the wind in til
big, black pines behind her mother
cottage, and she would keep on maxim,
her idle remarks on everybody and every
thing. This was very bad habit in
deed, and you shall hear how it one da,
got her into a great deal of trouble
One fine morning in summer time, tn
small maiden-whose name, you SHOULD
know, was Jorinda-was sitting idly il
the sunshine on the doorstone of he
mothers cottage. AS she sat istenin,
to the hum Of her mothers busy vince
within, it CHANGED that she heard grea
flourish of trumpets, and presently tw,
royal courier came pricking along
mounted upon gallant horses decked GU
in scarlet and gold.
"Ah, ha," said the little maiden t,
herself, IL should say some of the roya
family are out for the air on this i'm,
morning; now we will see!''
And sure enoug h in ust a minute sht
did see, for along came the royal trum.
peters, blowing out their fat, red cheeks
upon the royal, silver trumpets; ant
along came the handsome outriders, cor
geous to see in royal colors; and alone
came the Princess Alicia herself, ridine
upon her beautiful milk-white mare. be-
tween two of her favorite ladies in wait
ing, who were smiling like two real Ma,
mornings, but hating each other much
more like two November evenings. The
Princess Alicia herself was radiant tt
behold, and Jorinda stared with all he1
eyes at the habit of sky-blue velvet rich.
~ embroidered with pearls.
"Ah, thought Jorinda, longingly,
q 1 should say it must be a wonderful
fine Il thing to be real princess, to be sure
Just at this moment it happened that
the princess sneezed, violently.
Mercy upon us p cried the ladies in
waiting, the royal princess is actually
getting an influenza p
Then you may be sure there was 6
pretty how-do-you-do! The procession
came quite to a stand-still. The roya]
page was summoned to run forward and
inform the lord chamberlain that he must
send immediate word to the bearer of the
royal pocket handkerchief, for the Prin.
cess Alicia had sneezed. Just then the
bearer OF the royal pocket handkerchief
came stumbling up in terror of his life,
because he had lost his place in the pro-
cession, on account of his horses hav-
ing thrown him. However, SO great was
the excitement over the royal sneeze,
that luckily nobody noticed that the poor
man had lost his place.
"Lady Blanche" said the Princess
Alicia, "wield the royal pocket handker-
Chief
The Bearer of the Handkerchief opened
his silver box. The Lady Blanche,
smiling like any number of May morn
ings rolled into one, drew forth the royal
pocket handkerchief and deity polished
the Princess Aicia's delicate nose. AS
for the other lady in waiting, she turned
several different shades of green for
sheer envy of the honor given the Lady
Blanche.
Now all this time the small maiden
Jorinda was watching, and wondering,
and making remarks to her MOTHER
friend, old Dame burden, who stood by
knitting and dropping hundred cour-
tesies to the great people who took no
notice whatever of her.
II should say" said the maiden Jo-
rindo, as at length the procession moved
on, IL should say that if I were a prin-
cess, I'd have handsomer pocket hand
kerchief than that; for my part 1 don't
think much Of the pocket handkerchief
OF the Princess Alicia, the daughter of the
great King Redbeard''
"Oh, hush, child, hush!" cried old
Dame burden, raising in warning her
thin forefnger, Zone must not speak dis
respectfully Of even the pocket handker-
chief of royal Princess
Then Dame burden took her knitting
and went down to the road to her own
cottage. On the way she met Abenon. a
great gossip of hers.
''Didst see the royal procession. Dame
Durden?" asked Abenon.
"Oh, certainly replied the good
dame, "and was it not sight for sore
eyes, Abenon? Luck, but that Jorinda
is an odd child! she said to me, Dame
burden, says she, i don't think any,
thing at all of the handkerchief of Priin-
cess Alicia, the daughter Of the King
Redbeard!'
can odd child certainly" returned
Abenon, "what will she be saying next,
I wonder?"
And away trudged Abenon to the
greengrocer's.
"Good morrow, friend grocer" she
said. II want quart of young onions;
and speaking of onions, that girl Jorinda
made a queer remark to-day; see was
watching the royal procession, and. saws
she, Il really hate the handkerchief of
Alicia, the daug liter of King Redbeard. :"
Tut, TUT" said the greengrocer, ga
queer remark indeed! Jack, come you
here and mind the shop, while 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 80
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
Jorlnda, said the greengrocer to the
head gardener.
'What was it," said the head gard
ener.
he was man who was always eager
ior BITS OF news, and he got very few
indeed on account of the garden wallis
being SO high, and fencing him in 80
tightly.
"She said, answered the greengrocer,
that as for herself she really hated the
handkerchief of Alicia, the daughter of
Redbeard." -