The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-31
THE KING AND QUEEN OF MACA.
ROM.


The King of Macaroni got up one
merning and sat on the edge of his bed.
The Lord Chamberlain stood before
him and handed him his stockings, one
of which had a great hole in the heel
The Stocking was arttully turned so
that the hole should not be visible to his
Ma esty's eyes, and though the King
generally didn't mind a ragged stock
ing as long as he had pretty boots, this
time, however, the hole attracted his
attention Mortified, he tore the stock
ing out of the Lord Chamberlain grasp,
and poking his forefnger through the
hole as far down as the knuckle, he re-
marked. with sigh: "What is the use
of being King, il l have no Queen?
What would you say if should marryP"
The idea is sublime, your Majesty, {"
the Lord Chamberlain said, humbly.
But do you think | shall easily find
suitable wifeP" asked the King.
Good gracious, yes! ten to one"
was the reply.
DON forget that | am not easily
satisfied. If am to like the Princess,
she must be very wise and beautiful
Then there is another and very i'm
portant condition. Youknow how fond
/ am of gingerbread! There ism a per-
son in my kingdom who understands
how to bake tat least, to bake it to a
turn. so that it is neither too hard nor
too soft, but Just crisp enough. The
condition is, the Princess must know
how to bake gingerbread
The Lord Chamberlain was terribly
frightened on hearing this, but he man
aged to say that, without doubt, such
Princess could be found.
Very we'll" said the King; ''sup-
pose we begin the search together
And that afternoon, in company with
the Lord Chamberlain, he visited all the
neighboring sovereigns who were known
to have spare PrincesSes to give away
Among them all were but three who
were both wise and beautiful enough to
please the King. And, unhappily, none
of them could bake Gingerbread!
81 can not bake gingerbread, but |
eau make the incest little almond cakes
you ever saw" said the first Princess
won that do?'
No it must be gingerbread" said
the King.
The second Princess, when the King
asked her, made up dreadful face, and
said, angrily: There is not Princess
in the world who can bake gingerbread
-gingerbread, indeedn
The King Jared worst when he asked
the third Princess, though she was the
wisest and fairest of all. She gave him
no chance to ask his question; even be-
fora ha bod 0nanad ,D,D,,%b H. i
manded if he could play on the from
bone. When he acknowledged that he
could not, she said that she was really
sorry, but that she could not marry
him, as he wouldn't suit She liked
him well enough, but she dearly loved
to hear the trombone played, and she
had decided never to marry any man
who couldn't play it.
The King drove home with the Lord
Chamberlain, and as he stepped out of
the carriage he said, quite discouraged
$50 we are about as far in our plans as
we were before"
However, as a King must have a
Queen, after a time he sent for the
Lord Chamberlain again and acknowl-
edged that he had resigned the hope OF
marrying a Princess who could bake
gingerbread. az will marry the Prin-
cess who can bake nice little almond
Cakes" he added. go, and ask her
if she will be my wife.
When the Lord Chamberlain returned
the next day, he told his Majesty that
the Princess was no more to be had.
as she had already married.
So the Chamberlain was sent to the
second Princess, but he came back
equally unsuccessful, for the King. her
father, regretted to say that his daugh-
ter was dead
After this the King pondered good
deal, but as he really wished TO have a
Queen he commanded the Lord Cham
berlain to go to the third Princess.
perhaps she has changed her mind"
he thought.
The third Princess received the Lord
chamberlain very graciously, and re-
marked that she had once decided
never to marry man who could not
play on the trombone. But that was a
dream-ay youthful dream, she sighed,
a hope never to be realized-and she
liked the King inspite of this drawback,
why-she would marry him.
The Lord Chamberlain whipped up
his horses and tore down the road t.
the palace, where the King. overioyed
at the good tidings, embraced his faith
full servant, and gave him as reward all
sorts of toy crosses and stars to wear
at his breast, and about fifteen yards OF
ribbon to wind about his neck and
shoulders.
The wedding was splendid. The
whole city was gay with flags and ban