The Hazlehurst signal., 1884-01-24

take something from her. She re-
manned constantly with hin. engaged
in sweetest talks. and made him pres
cnts OF flowers. bonbons, sc1lt-bottlcs,
AMI. finally. she even gap him her
fayoritc bracelet. Time and again the
Prince would feel n twitchSng In his
hands. but the resistance 0ll,rnd by the
belt would bring him back to his senses.
Then he would nod io his maShal, who
would come and gather up all tiic pretty
presents. saying; 1--WE remember"
At last the Princess grew tired Of this
indccision, and one day she exclaimed
suddenly: "Aly handkerchief! will not
your highncss pick II up for me?" The
Prince smilingly caught the handkcr-
chief on the tiSof his boot and waved it
carclcSSly towards her. The Princess
stopped down, caught the handkerchief
with her hands, and cried Dut aucrily:
81 remember.
\ whole year passed away in this
manner. and the Princess thought: This
can not always 90 on so. and must put
IAN end to il. one way or the other" So
she said to the Prince: IL have the most
beautiful garden in the world. and i
will show il to YOU tomorrow. The
Prince felt that the crisis was near, and
rs he was now permitted To smell again
his apple, he smclt it with his
whole force. When they arrived in the
garden he said 10 the Princess; at Is.
indeed. beautiful here; so beautiful that
We should be able Ia walk in il together
in peace, and undiSturbcd by the rules
of our contest. Prayhc kind enough To
adopt the customs of my court for
whilc--iust for one hour-and have
your hands tied also; no aiter-thought
then will come In mar our enjoyment
The Princess did not much liko this
arrangement. but hc insisted tcndcrly,
and as she really liked him very much,
she decided not To refuse him this trii'c.
The birds wcrc singing. the sun was
shining. and the rcd cherries hung
down until they touched the cheeks of
| the Prince and Princess - they walked
slowly side by side under the trees. The
| Princess looked up Mt the cherries and
said, with sigh: 40. what pity that
your highncss can not give me somcH'
Necessity knows no law" replied the
Prince. and picking dclicatcly cherry
between his lips, he pulled j, oil from
the tree and presented ii TO her. Now
the Princess had no choice but In bring
her lips close to his. in order To take the
cherry. and ~ she received his kiss
along with the cherry, she could no, say
in time; II remember" 50 the Prince
quickly took his hands out of his belt,
and throwing his arms around her neck.
he said, in loud, cNultant voice:
Good morning, my 'vicl liebcchen' "
lin English. my much bclovcd.
y. Il. The iamc Of the almond Prn.
cess lived for while and then passed
away like many other flames. but al.
mOnds did not pass away. IL remained
customary for young couple to divide
! twin kernels of an almond, like twin
thoughts. twin feelings; especially alter
u precedent rs satisfactory rs that
which the whim of the almond Princess
had created. and So the custom has con-
tinucd To this day.
! But the German words "vicl licbc.
chem" much beloved sounding like
"Philippchcn" (ittlc Philip, it be-
came gradually the custom 10 say Phil
ip, Philippine. Perhaps ii seemed more
convenient, il not so pathctc.--Er'
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