Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-07

II really don't know which is best
said the princess, reflectively. Let
me have another of each sort.
Then the prince explained TO her
that the reason why he wore the mask
was because a hateful and powerful
fairy was an enemy of himself and
family, and wished to steal one of his
precious mouths from him, and so de-
priye him Of one-salf of the
pleasure of his life. This
she would have the power to do
III he showed any one OF his two
mouths by daylight; hence he wore his
mask. but after dark, he contin-
ued, there Is no danger Whatever
Wei, and SO they were married and
they lived very happily together for
the htst few weeks of their welded
lie. Every morning before daylight
the princess would get up and prepare
his breakfast for the prince, and he
would set of for the sawmll while il
was yet dark, SO as to relieve his part
ner, who worked on the night gang,
when the bell rang at sunrise. Aud
all day long he wore his mask, and at
sunset he went home. reaching the
house after dark.
And about the hundred thousand
kisses? Eh, my friends, that | cam
not say, but the princess always
seemed to have contented air, and
she was a famous hand at arithmetic,
and was woman who could always
stand up for her rights.
But naturally enough, the prince
reflected that some day she would find
out all about the trick, and then she
would never forgive him, so the next
market day when he saw the chancel-
Tor and asked his advice, and the
chancellor said: do thus and so, aud
all will be well.u
SO, on the succeeding Sunday, the
| prince went out into the woods and
caught small bird, and kept his
hand in his pocket and went back
into the house, and as was her invari-
able custom on Sundays when he
was Mt home, the princess began
teasing him about being afraid of
/ the fairy. ''She could do you
no HARM" said she, land, besides,
you are nearly twenty thousand kisses
behind to-day already, and 1t is almost
vesper time. How on earth do you
ever expect to catch up If you only
use one mouth? Oh! If was great
big man like you wouldn't lie afraid
of little bit of a fairy -
So the prince pretended to be an
noyed, and he said; "All right, then
I'll risk ii if sou will; but mind, il
will be your fault If anything hap
pens" And he slipped up his hand
with the bird in 1t to unfasten his
mask, and as he took off the velvet
whiffl out flew the bird in the prin
cess face and then through the door,
| "There!n said the prince, NOW
you've done it! There goes my best
mouth! Phew, how 1t hurt. 1t was
like drawing the cork out of a bottle
of jim-beer ginger beer)--pop! See
the fairy is flying over the fence Will
itW
YES, indeed, see the mustache =
said the princess. II am so sorry, bu
perhaps 1 can coax 1t back.n So sh,
ran after the bird, pouting out her lips
and saying: "Cheep! cheep!" in tn,
most bewitching manner, but the birt
would not return, and she had to &C
back to her husband sorrowfully.
Never mind, my dear" saiti he
soothingly:, ut sdoes not make an.
difference
"Oh,'' she sobbed, "but it will. Nov
that you have only one pair of lip
how can you take more than fit,
thousand kisses day ?"
"Well, we must make them extr;
nice ones,n said the prince, "an'
make up for 1t that way. Besides
there IS this advantage--my pipe
and tobacco will last me twice as lon
now
This reflection cheered the princes
up so she dried her eyes and use'
the velvet mask to trim her bonnie
with, and she and the prince live'
happily together ever aftcrward, AM
this awful experience had one goo,
: effect-never afterward did she at
tempt to pry into any of her husband
secrets.
= And that's all!