Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-05
Winning a Princess.

Winning Princess.
There was once little Princess who was pretty as 5
And in her day Princess must needs live in ;
tower has look, you know, OF majesty all
power.
She had many royal suitors, hut to all who sough
her hand,
81 will we'd" she said, "who brings mel care moi
from what land
| A pocketful of water and basketful of sand"
Men in those days were stupid; it was difercn
from our day;
| And when she made this strange demand they knew
So most of them said nothing, which, at THAI time
was their way.
foolish task
Might ask us, next, to bring her some fire within
Or som nasf thunder 4n tea-pos-thers,s no tssln.
few, more daring, tried it, but of course twas bu
to fail,
For it was tropic country, and their pockets vert
but frail;
| But number of them offered to bring water i'll {
pail,
And if she wished for sand, they said they'd bring
ii in casket-
casket set with precious stones-'twas foolishnes.
| to ask it,
These Princes, to my thinking, had great deal cl
excuse,
For they we're but fragile things of reed, the baskets
And there rose dreadful whisper, that the Princes
was goose!
And that in spite of beauty, in spite of rank and
1t seemed probable this Princess would be laid upon
the shelf,
and she began, poor darling! to think of herself
1t this crisis came strange Prince, from far and
foreign land;
re had come, he said, on purpose to request the
Princess hand,
And then they found he'd never heard of the water
and the sand!
among all those who offered advice, that summer
day,
Not single one advised the Prince in the capital tc
stay,
No they every one said earnestly: "You'd better
| go away"
But the Prince very different from these people
Not wink
Did he sleep that night for thinking. "She's at
pretty as pink I"
Ran his thoughts, and "Having offered, is il
| princely thus to shrink?
at is not caprice, 1 know ii, whatever they may
| No, she wishes for wooer whose love can find a
way
To the meaning of her problem, and her heart-and
shall stay!"
So he thought and thought till morning; then, with
heart ss light as feather,
He HE'D him to a cobbler, and bought piece of
leather.
The cobbler asked him what twas for he said It's
pleasant weather."
lhen he bought an osier basket-oh, these Princes
And little ball of cobbers wax, and great big
| ball of pitch;
| lie took them home, and locked hisSdoor, and
straight began to stitch.
He had never learned to sew, of course, and did it
clumsily;
He wore his thimble on his thumb, and missed one
And he stuck his royal fingers too-yes, stuck them
| terribly!
pouch done;
He took the pitch, which, meanwhile had been
melting in the sun,
And smeared his osier basket, and this work was
mere fun.
It is alwaysa good plan, you know, beginning with
the worst
Of all ones tasks, the others will seem nothing to
the first.
He chucEled, g With this pocket. one need never
die OF thirst! F."
His second task finished, and with eager, trem-
bling haste,
The SAM, which he had ready, he is In the basket
placed,
And he fills his pouch with water, and strapped it to
his waist.
Then he fastened to the palace, and he saw the
Princess fair,
AS she stood beneath linden, with white rose-buds
and he whispered, "Ah, III guard her. She shall
never know care-'
a herald led him forward, and he knelt and kissed
her hand,
Saying, Fairest sweetest lady, have brought at
your command,
pocket full of water and basketful of sand !"
Of course the little Princess was married to the
PriAce. az
And were they happy? Bless you, they we been
happy ever snce
| And they nve? Upon some hangings made Of very
ancient chintz.
But am not sure-1 fancy that once in a long
while
meet them, for I recognize the Princess by her
smile.
And The Prince by deeds of valor, and certain
| princely style.
Margaret Vandergrift IN 81 Nicholas.