, 1882-09-01
OUR LITTLE FOLKS.
Winning n Princess.

Winning n Princess.
There was once little Princess who Wm pretty Aa
flower,
And in her day aPrinccss must needs live in o
tower has look, you know, Of majesty and
power.
She had many royal sui,ors, but to all who sought
her hand,
~ will We'd she said, "who brings mel not
from what land
pocketful Of water and basketful Of sand"
Men In those days were stupid; 1t was different
And when she made this strange demand they knew
not what to say,
SO most OF them said nothing, which, at tina, time,
was their way.
Some argued thus: A Princess who would set tbis
foolish task
Might ask us, next, TO bring her some fre within .
hask,
Or some thunder in a tca-pot-there's no telling
what she'd ask!"
few, more daring tried it, but of course twas bu.
to fail,
For it was tropic country, and their pockets were
but frail;
But number Of them offered to bring water in a
pail,
And if she wished for sand, they said they'd bring
casket set with precious stones-'twas fooshness
Dusk it,
That any should even try to bring 1t in basket
These Princes, to my thinking, had great deal OF
excuse,
For they but fragile things of reed the baskets
And there dreadful whisper, that the Princess
wus agoosel
And that in spite Of beauty, in spite of rank and
pef,
1t seemed probable this Princess would be laid upon
the shef,
And she began poor darinRl to think so OF herself!
At this crisis came a stranger-Prince, from far and
foreign land;
lie had come, he said, on purpose to request tho
And t en- they found he'd never heard of the water
and the sand
Among all those who offered advice, that simmer
day,
Not single advised the Prince in the capital to
stay,
No they every one said earnestly: YOU'D better
away
But the Prince very different from these people.
Nota wink
Did he sleep that night for thinking. She's as
pretty AZ IA ink ~
Ran hi4 thoughts, and "Hayng offered, Is Il
princely thds to oshrink?
at is not caprice, know 1t, whatever they may
No, she wishes for 4 wooer whose love can find
way
To the meaning Of her problem, and her heart and
shall stay"
SO he thought and thought till morning; then, with
heart IA light us feather,
lie hitd him 10 cobO.er, and bought piece Of
leather.
The cobbler asked him what twas for h0 said " It's
plea ant weather."
haox ak oh Dali
And little bail II cobbler's wax, and great big
ball Of pitch;
He took them homo, and locked his door, ana
straight began to stitch
He had never learned to sew, OF course, and did it
clumsily;
He wore his thimbe on his thumb, and missed one
stitch in three,
And he tuck his royal fingers, too-ye9, stuck them
terribly!
But you see he'd made his miad mp, at last tho
pouch was done;
lie took the pitch, which, meanwhile, had been
And smeared his osier basket, and this work wa,
mere tun.
It is always good plan, You know, beginning with
the worst
OF all ones tasks, the others will seem nothing to
the first.
He chuckled, "vith this pocket, one neel never
die OF tnrst "
His second task wss finished, and with eager, trcm-
bling haste,
The sann, which ho had ready, he Ia IN the basket
plnced
And he fills his pouch with water, and strapped 1t to
hiS waist.
Then he has'ened to the palace, and ho saw tho
Princess tar,
As she stood beneath a nd.n with white rose-buds
in her hsr,
And he whispered, "Ah, I'll guard her. She shall
never know u carc.'
hera'd led him forward, and he knelt and kissed
her hand,
Saying, " Faue t. sweetest lady, have brought, at
Your command,
A pocket fu OF water and basketful Of sand ~
OF course the little Princess was married to tho
Pri .Cn.
And wee they hsppy? Bless sou, they 'ye been
happy ever since
And they iiye? Up Ii some hangings made of very
ancient chintz.
But am not surc-I fancy that once In a long
while
I meet them, for recognize the Princess by hcr
rmllr,
And the Prince by deeds OF yalor, aud 4 certain
princelyst IT,
-ldrIsrrt yauIisyJrin in 81 NirhOids