West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-05-08

sec now, if / would suppress work,
everything would be on its back
Just as it is in Jauja."
You surprise me! But why do you
not labor to- restore it there?'
because do not work, nobody
works there.
"Apropos Of projects aud works OF
State, | wish your Majesty would unite
with me i'm treaty for the extradition
of criminals
IL do not find it inconvenient viii
your Majesty mention the terms of the
treaty"
The one lay the most upon is that
any of my subjects arrested shall be OK.
ecuted and all"
That can not be, my friend"
And why not?''
"Why, we do not work i'm .Jauia."
But that would only be play"
While this and similar conversation
went on, the King of Jauia eat like a
cormorant while the QUEEN swelled
with pride, and was wild - say that she
was the author of the daiD ties which his
Majesty found so much 20 his liking. but
she restrained herself until there should
be fitting opportunity to drop her in
cognito
This opportunity was afforded by the
| appearance at a table of 3 magnificent
compete of apples. which brought from
King Perico. "a cry of aston ishment. and
from tho K'hS of Jauja "a cay of greedi-
| ness
And opening and shutting his ewes.
the King of Jauja devoured a plateful
OF the compete and prepared TO devour
another
at would seem" said the Queen.
that the compete does not displease
yoar Majesty"
How could it displease me, Sonora?
1t is enough to make one eat ones fin
gers! ! never eat anything so delicious
in my life. Is it the thing to ask if we
may know the maker, the author9"
The author" said the Queen, faint
with emotion, lis your Majesty's hum
BILE servant
Bravo! bravor' cried the King of
Jauja, with his mouth full. How the
deuce did your Majesty ever succeed in
making any thing so delicious?"
81 will give your majesty the recipe,
so that your august spouse"
'Do not take the trouble, your Maj
esty; nobody works i'm Jauia," inter
rupted the guest, helping himself to a
third plateful OF the compete, and UNI
outtoning his waistcoat for greater
ease.
The banquet ended gaily. and whilst
the King of Jauja withdrew to his
apartment To- rest the Queen withdrew
to hers with pride beyond that of a
Queen.
The King of Jauia took his leave the
following UOnrningr Of al,
Queen hand and licking his lips over
it like everybody else, and requesting
for refreshments on his journey what
remained of the compete of apples.
But look here, said King Perico to
his wife, chow could you succeed in
making that compete after what you
told meP"
well, you know, of course, however
rotten bushel of apples may be, there
are always some that have part sound
! which is very excellent, as it must nee
| essarily be to remain sound in the midst
OF general corruption. So / cut out all
these sound pieces with the greatest
care and used them to make the de-
licious compete which has gained such
brilliant triumph for me. ="
And what do you do with the de-
cayed pieces?"
II throw them all out at once as re-
fuse. &"
well! at last / see my way clear
and l am going to try if | am as good
hand at my work as you at com
pOte."
The following day King Perico ap-
peared with his nose swelled like a
tomato. and going among his subjects
separated the few sound ones from the
many corrupt ones and made with the
sound most excellent compete Of
Ministers, Generals, Secretaries and
Judges, etc, and threw out the Others
as refuse.
beg all the leading papers to reprint
this story at every Ministerial crisis, and
above all | would request our mighty
rulers to take the greatest care in max
ing the compete and be sure and not
put the rotten bits in the compete nor
throw out as refuse the sound pieces
Translated from the Spanish for The
Boston Journal