The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-12-19

| flowers grew beyond my reach' anu al
| trying to obtain them, | fell"
II am very glad I CHANGED to be near
your highness," said the stranger.
There wasa brief pause, and then he
went on, as he glanced back over the
field and saw several hOrsemen career
ing along.
Il ain Prince Rupert, and that is ny
%retinue. l rode on in advance, Lat
here they are close by. Lady, L was
coming on a visit to your fathers court.
l too, wished to see the far-famed beau
ty of the Princess Angelique.'
The girls heart beat fast, and her
| cheek was like a tropic rose, as he lifted
her hand to his lips, and then beckoned
to the foremost of his men. Ere long
u beautiful pony with splendid trap
pings, was led up by a groom, and the
prince said:
"This is one of the royal gifts l was
bringing to you, hoping to gain your
favor, and trust you will do me the
honor to accept it, and allow it to bear
you home.
The princess gazed in delight at the
pony, with it's soft, silken main, its
arched nostrils, his golden bits, and the
richly embroidered saddle, cloth. She
made some graceful answer to his gal
liant speech, and accepted the pony, and
the next instant he had lifted her to the
saddle, and mounting his own horse,
rode by her side.
A half hour later, the walls of the
fairy palace doomed up before the prin-
anco onl ha. nCYo nonyNn an1 AVA fhnU
dismounted, a page in the retinue of
Prince hubert, sought an interview
with the fairy king, and announced that
his master had arrived on a visit TO his
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 80 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:
II am not quite a stranger TO the
beautiful princess, your daughter"
$50 I see." rejoined the king; but
how did it happen?"
"To confess the truth" said the prin-
cess, II had grown weary of always be-
ing followed by servants or soldiers,
when went forth, this ~morningI fan
cied ! would go alone"
sand royal sir, l found her lying
PROSTATE on the ground, and learned
that in trying to reach some rare flow
ers, she had lost her footing"
"Oh, my child" exclaimed the king,
'tyou may think yourself fortunate in
having returned to me in so much
safety; but never. never 1T on those
wild freaks again"
Numerous questions we're now put,
and the princess her retired to her
room, and the royal yisitant 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 him with
favor, and banquets, balls, and other
entertainments followed in quick sue
cession in fairy-land. The Princess
Angelique was living a 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 in 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 aid
loved her.
Your highness, it seems to me as if
must know my fate from your own rosy
lips. In my own land, travellers use
to tell Of the beautiful Princess Angcli-
que and 1 was 10 deeply Interested, that
I resolved to take a long journey, that
I might satisfy myself whether the
rumors were true or false. One morn
ing I found lovely lady lying on the
dewy grass her eyes were closed, but
sven then, / felt that / could not mis-
take, and / said,-sThis must be the
beautiful Princess Angeliquep You
recollect that?"
II heard you," faltered the lady
land I remember, too all your kind,
ness"
"And now let me ISL you," resumed
the prince from that first moment, ]
loved you, and during my visit here
have been seeking to awaken a return
Do Yon bid me hone. or dasnair OF von