The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-24

l see now. II i WOusu suppress ~Ofks
everything would be on its back"
Just rs il is in Jauja-"
.You surprise me. Bns why do yos
not lator 10 restore il there?'
..lecause I do not work. nobody
work. there"
"Apropos OF projects aud works OF
State. 1 wish your MAJESTY would unite
With me in q treaty for tie cxtradiiion
OF criminals"
Il do not find ii inconvenicnt viii
your Majesty mention the terms OF the
treaty"
1.-The u ] lay the most upon is thai
any Of nv subjects arrested shall 10 ey
ecuted and all"
THAT can not be. my friend"
.And why not3"
"Why. We do not work in JaujA"
'.But that would only be play"
While this and similar convcrsa,ioe
went ON. the King of Jxnja eat like {.
cormorant while the Queen swelles.
with pride. and was wild to say that sho
was tne author of the daintics which his
Majesty found % much to his liking. but
she re strained herself unit | there snou!d
b. a fitting opportunity to drop her in
cocnito.
This opportunity was afforded by the
appearance at a table of q magnificent
compete Of apples. which brought from
King Per:cosa cry OF establishment, and
from the King Of Jauja = cry Of greeii.
ness.
And opening and shutting his eyes.
the King Of Jauja devoured a plateful
Of the cOmpote and prepared to devoui
another.
1T would seem." said the Queen.
That the compete does not displease
your Majesty"
How could it displcase me. Sonora?
II is enough TO make N cat ones fin
gers! never eat anything so delicious
in nv life. Is it the thing to ask il We
NAV know the maker. the author''
The author" said the Queen, faint
with emotion. is your Majcsty's hum
BILE servant"
Bravo. bravo!' cried the King OF
janis with his mouth full. GLOW the
deuce did Your Majesty cver succeed in
max ng am thing 30 dclicious?'
81 will give your majesty tie recipe.
SO that your august spouse"
'.Do not take the trouble. your Maj
csty; nobody works in Jauja.' inter-
rupted the guest. helping himself 10 .
third platcf,:l Of the compete, and UNI
but'oning his waistcoat for greater
ease.
The banquet ended gaily. and whilst
tn. Ming OF Jauja withdrew to his
anp,esnnsf IN vu.t tha l,A., x.i.b lP.yv
to hers with pride beyond that Of a
Qu,cn.
The King of Jauja took his leave the
following morning. after kissing the
Queens hand and licking his lips yer
it Ike everybody else. aud requesting
for refrc ,hmcnts on his journey what
rem ,ined Of the compete Of apples.
but look here said King PcrieO IT,
his wife. show could YOU succeed in
max ny that compete after what you
told me-"
well. YOU know. of course. hOweve,
rotten a bushcl OF apples may be. there
are always some that have part sound
VIII, ch is We v excellent. as it must nee
e~ssarIly BE- to remain sound in the nidst
Of general corruption. So | cut "l: all
these sound pieces with the greatest
care and used them to make the de-
licious compete which has gained such
a brilliant triumph for me-"
land VIVA, d. you do with tho d.
caycd pieces?"
Il throw them all out a. ono, ~ rs
fuse"
well! At last I see my way clear
and | an going to try il l ams. IS good
a hand ut MY WORK rs you 1T a ON
pOtc.'
The following day King Per.co ap-
pear. Il with his nose swelled like a
tomato. and going among his sab ccts
separated the few sound ones from the
many corrupt ones and made WI tn the
sound 4 los excellent compete of
Minister'S. Generals. Secretaries abs,
Judges. ETC.. and threw out the others
Us 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 great st care in max
ing the compo:e and BE- SURE and not
put the Rotten bits in the compo'e no,
throw out as refuse the sound pieces
Translated from the Spanish for the
Boston journal.