The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-12-26

RESI- q AN AaM9k s1atAtsy eft4 wkl1p tho!
1I5S,yJa fBIsllSiceSeSl oomed Hp before the pTin-
- and Her companion; and ere they
dissneuAteds = psgssin the retinue OF
FRINGE hubert sought m interview
with the fairy KING, and announced that
his master had arrived on . visit to his
i family.
He is most welcome, /" said the king,
and he now ordered the lord chamber
lin to receive the visitor and his retinue.
CHANGING through the window, the
fairy king saw the prince and his
daughter approaching the palace steps,
which were Of rock crystal.
What means this ?" he said to him
self. II did not know the princess had
gone out"
They soon entered, and the chamber
lin presented Prince Rupert to the king,
and then the young man said:
u am not quite a stranger to the
beautiful princess, your daughter"
$50 / see" rejoined the king; but
how did it bappen?"
ITO confess Inc truth" said the prin-
cess, ST had grown weary of always be-
ing followed by servants or soldiers,
when I went forth, this morningI fan
cied / would go alone"
"And royal sir, I found her lying
PROSTATE on the ground, and learned
that in trying to reach some rare flow
ers, she had lost her footing"
HOh, my child" exclaimed the king,
you may think yourself fortunate in
having returned to me in so much
safety; but never, never act on those
wild freaks again."
Numerous questions were now put,
ard the princess then retired to her
room, and the royal visitant to the
chamber which had been assigned him.
In an interview with the king, Prince
Rupert declared that his sole object in
visiting him had been to see the beauti-
full princess, of whose attractions he had
heard so much, and if possible, to gain
her heart and hand. To this end, he
exhibited the superb presents he had
brought from his own ~country-rare
jewels. fine horses, and other costly
presents.
The king seemed to regard kim with
favor, and banquets, balls. and other
entertainments followed In quick sue
cession in fairy-land. The Princess
Angelique was living q charmed life
during this visit, and was much in her
lovers company. She rode through
the fairy woods, with their deep. deep
green. and Rupert at her bridle-rein;
she strolled through the pleasant gar
den surrounding the palace, or sat be-
side him III the shadows, listening to
his words.
There was one who watched them
with jealous eyes, and this was the no
bleman, who had long admired and
loved her.
"Your highness, it seems to me as if 1
must know my fate from your own rosy
lips. In my own land, travellers use
totell Of the beautiful Princess Angcli-
que and / was 80 deeply interested, that
/ resolved to take a long journey, that
] might satisfy myself whether the
rumors were true or false. One morn
ing I found a lovely lady lying on the
dewy grass: her eyes were closed, but
even then, I felt that I could not mis-
take, and / said,-'This must be the
beautiful Princess Angelique!' You
recollect that?n
II heard you" faltered the lady;
land | remember, too, all your kind
ness"
aAnd now let me tell YOU" resumed
the prince-tfrom that first moment, I
loved you, and during my visit here I
have been seeking to awaken q return.
Do you bid me hope, or despair of your
love"
The princess hesitated o moment, and
then murmured:
"Oh, Prince Rupert, I bid you hope.
Ny whole heart is yours!"
The joy of that moment may be bet
ter imagined than described; but the
prince folded her in a lover-like clasp,
and then said with deep earnestness:
my own. my fairy bride-you will
be mine r.
The dainty hand was laid in his, and
that was o sufficient answer.
The next moment they went away to
the palace to ask the kings sanction,
and as they disappeared::the ncbleman to
whom Z have alluded, started up from
the trembling leaves; he had heard all
that had passed between the fairy lovers,
and he resolved to part them forever.
First, he sought to arouse doubts in
the mind OF the princess,-bnt in vain;
she felt the utmost confidence in her
lover.
Then he went to the king, and declar-
ed that the guest at the palace was not
really o prince, but a mere adventurer,
"a vagabond, who sought to impose
on his royal master, and gain possession
of the vast wealth of the princess.
For q time the king paced the room
in much excitement; then the whole
truth flashed upon him, and lie exclam-
ed:
clark We. Did you not aspire to the
hand of my daughter? Yes, yes; and
this ia the reason you dared to interfere.
1 know Prince Rupert to be what he APP
pears. And now begone, and never re-
turn to my court or dominion"
The crest-fallen noble was obliged to
obey. He quilted the country, and
went forth an exile.
CHAPTER II.
The life of the Princess Angelique
now glided by like q summer day never
had the sky seemed 80 blue as that
which arched above f%airy-land; never
had the flowers been so rich: never had
the twilight and the moonlight been so
pleasant.
The delightful rides and walks we're
continued, and often through the rose
wreathed lattice came trembling up the
sweet serenades of Prince Rupert. The
palace was all astir with wedding prep
arations for the king had resolved to
spare no expense in making the scene