The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-24
THE COMPETE OF APPLES.
A King Taught by His Queen How
to Form a Good Cabinet.

1ncfc WIS one Il Ming, but | TO not
know of what. for history is always so
t:rcsome b questions and answer
that 1 have never dared to inquire. The
only thing that / do know is that he
WAS called Pcrico, and that he ha |
married 4 certain Mari-Cas.ana, and
also that he passed his life thinkin. how
he could form a good Cabinet Of officers.
and saving. when every one turned out
worse than The last: ut il enough t.
make my nos. swollen
Mari-CaS:ana, the Queen. was a
famous cooI ana looked upon politics
with indifference. In those days there
were none Of those intimate relat oas
between politics and dining. for. like
other barbarians. the p.opic had never
thought of Il very simple thing: 10
Sonrtify tn" heart il is enough 10 for.ify
romach. its ncighbor. and half a
is enough TO kindle a patriotic
His wife's Indifference to politics
troubled King Pcrico greatly. and such
discussions rs these were quite common
between their MaJcst;eS:
''Do you know. wife. / think I see
how we caa vary our course y
.'But it is varied every day"
'.Iou are mistaken; it has never been
varied"
WAS there ever such a forgetful
man, Anybody would think l never
took any pains not to have the same
course ut table two days in succcs-
SION
..But. wife. it was of other courses 1
was speaking"
WHY. how am | to get YOU others
when everything in the market is rs
high rs the clouds. and | do not know
how l am to lay hold of a thing"
..How YOU run on! With Your absurd
fancy for cook ng you mix up things in
the strangcst-'
mo. l don't. There is no fault to be
he King of what he may. ever eat a bet
ter mixed salad than tlat YOU have just
eaten
Woman. listen to me and do not
,scorch-"
..Do YOU presume to say that there
was ANYTHING scorchcd on the breakfast
table this morning.
IL have Eot sad anything Of the
kind. But / will say this: that there is
no talking any sense with You. and l
shall leave you before my nose be-
comes swollen"
And the squabble ended by the Kings
going to his private room TO bury him.
self in political affairs. while the Queen
hurried to the kitchen to see il the soup
needed skimming.
These alterations afforded King
Perico some very lively moments. He
was feeling Of his nose one mo ming and
finding il, as he thought. q little swollen.
he made up his mind to forbid the
Queen formally from entering the
kitchen: but an unexpected event
changed the appearance Of affairs and
mistaken in his symptoms.
As the King rarely left the palace and
as the Queen went put to market every
morning. all petitions addressed to their
Majesties nsturally fell into the hands
of the Queen. One morning. while she
was at the fish-market cheapening the
price of q Goldfish. a ragged lad APP
preached her and respectfully handed
her . petition and immediately ran
away.
The paper contained these words:
..Your Highness-The exponent is a
faithful subject tn your Majesty. and rs
a proof Of it, 10Y out of office. for your
Majesty's pertidious advisers have
cleared him out to put in a donkey out
of one of their own families. SO after
that he thinks it his duty 10. let your
Majesty know that your Msiesty's
treacherous Ministers are preparing a
great pie As a present: and he SAYS no
moap, for he who has a good UNDER
.standfag. etc"
..Whas impudence. what ~auiacity.
what iniQuity.' exclaimed Queen Mari
Castana, anerily. TN residing il. TO
think there should be any ono in the
palace Who should attempt to make a
pie, whenthn96 my speciality; that any
one should 6fDs1npt to make pJetsy at
ter the receipt Of my most noblk glory.
The King sl5llkApv Of il directf. and
If his Msip9a not hang theseVrait-
on The infDshas read II, W. shall
know the fy,"
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