The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-15
THE LEMONADE MANS STORY.


THE LEMONADE MANS STORY.
There is a queer boy living on Elm
Street who sees the moon only to won
der what is inside of it. and never sees
: circus without wondering if you could
make an automaton elephant.
Last summer pleasant old man sci
up lemonade stand on Elm street un.
der the trees. Before the old man had
been there half an hour that queer boy
had bought glass of the very good
lemonade, and wanted to know who
discovered or invented lemonade.
OF course the old man couldn't tell;
but day after day the queer boy drove
him nearly crazy with that question.
Finally, one day the queer boy bribed
sixteen of his schoolmates, by offering
10 treat them to lemonade, to 90 with
him and persuade the old man to tell
them who did invent or discover lem
onade. As the old man had the rheu-
matism and couldn't run away, he told
them to sit down on the grass and he
would tell them of the discovery OF
lemonade in the PARKWAY Country. His
story ran On this wise.
Avenerable Wizard lived there, who
had such shocking bad memory that
he forgot all his tricks and became very
poor. One morning he took his donkey
Thistle and rode away to the East to
improve his memory and make his
fortune. No one went to bid him good
bye but an orphan boy, Alden, to whom
be had been kind. and the Kings chief
cook, Benoni, whom he had cured of
the measles. Benoni promised to be
kind to Adep. and took him to the
palace.
Several years after the venerable
Wizards departure the Kings usual
summer fever came on him worse than
ever before. The Kings young and
beautiful daughter, the Princess, sent
men and letters everywhere offering inn
mense sums for mixture to quench the
Kings thirst; but nothing effectual was
offered. Alden, who had risen to be
royal keeper of the Kings bootjack, was
one day seated on the back palace wall
thinking of the poor Ring. when he saw
~ old man covered with dust riding
Ioward him on weary donkey. Alden
Knew the venerable Wizard at once, and
yreeted him, but he was not sure of the
ionkey.
Sulemwap That wasn't the old
ionkey's namer' said Alden.
No, you're right; his name then
what was it?''
His memory is just as bad as eyer.n
hought Alden. sit was Thistle, YOU
now"
$50 it WASP said the venerable Wiz
%, slowly. '.But, dear Alden, YOU
J. aasI get me to the King-I can save his
With the help of Benoni, Alden then
ook him where the King Law sick.
lsSlng for a goblet of ice-water, the
enerable Wizard threw back his tat
cred cloak, and from long-necked,
ocular shaped flask poured into the
ooiet a quantity of q thick, whitish
lquid.
Don't drink itr' shouted the very
sarned doctors, but the King emptied
y goblet in twinkle. So much re-
'esned was he that he whirled the
Mpty goblet three times around his
oaa, and, before the terrified doctors
ould tumble out of the room, sent it |
pnning at them. The King began to |
'coser at once. The venerable Wizard |
as made nobleman and his donkey |
= q pastured on plot OF ground over |
"seo by the kitchen windows, which
: ~ especial benefit was ordered to
planted with thistles.
lae venerable Wizard told Alden and |
J s.isna . that he had begun to write out
y a,'e a'ecipe for making the mixture, and |
:. va'u nnlsh it tomorrow. But when
~ ~ tomorrow came the venerable
\ '1afo was dead; and no wonder at
= - aor oy memorandum in his pocket
~ found he was one hundred and I
sl-tnree years old. Among his
5;s1 ,ps.s Alden and Benoni found one
eleh was written:
,neclpe for the mixture which / se-
~ sdy eau Sulemwa: earnestly be-
y M mat you will treat my good dom
4 e, With all manner of kindness, par
= ,S'ay giving him plenty of thistles
M = salt without him / could never
~ !, h: returned to this country, aud with
! ! nun you cannot find your way ia
\ =. iong journey necessary to travel
- \, ...s, = second supply of the mixture.
> 49,, sn never forget how to make the
' 'ls.' by remembering his name.
1euaWa, : because
;,sss ;;,srs they supposed the venerable
@ raa as was his bad habit, poked
n psn behind his ear and then forcot
~ ~ ne had done with it.
~, ~ course :. the King was anxious to
'sm ,sa; Y the venerable Wizard had left
nsnI. e. After Alden and Benoni had
~ 1.seu y together the latter told the
e ]. h1,s mat there was avery peculiar rec
!, M Sos with his Majesty's consent he
/ su ~ start at once with Sulemwa to
L tSua1ry s%aa where the ingredients grew.
|. ! sacl sacll q long, long time passed with.
,nt;sa saonl returning that the fjask was
EMU :; - oefore he stole into the palace
nfs.s fns and came to Alden. Benoni ,
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