The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-10-16

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The first body whom lie saw was q
Princess as pretty as ripe apple, Dut
lookinp oh SO sad at being In such
Eplace. The next he saw was the ugly (,
little Troll, who sat in the corner anu ,
prowled like our house dog when the .
| cat comes near him. /
| 1901" says the Fiddler. Hthere you
are. are you? There it Is sRub-a-dno-
| dnh, again." And this time before
the drubbing was stopped 1T was an
over with the Troll. 49,.
| And. then who was glad but the
pretty Princess. She flung ne, a.ms
around the merry little Fiddier's neck
| and gave him right good smack Oh
two: and that paid part OF the score,
In can tell YOU, Then they sat doWn
land the pretty Princess told MIN all
Iahout how the Troll had carried hel
ioff a year and more ago, and hao KEEP.
her In this place ever since. After mat
|she took pure gold ring OH OF ne.
fiuper and broke it In two; nan OF -
was for the Fiddler and half OF II was
!, for her for they were sweethear's no"
!, and that was to be love token.
Then the Fiddler put the Princess
: into the basket, and the two ie'ioWs
!, above hauled her. up. By-and-py
down comes the basket again, anu II Is
: Tine Fiddler's turn. "See, now, says
. he, sssuppose they are up to some ..
q their tricks" So he tumbies a gIea'
! stone into the basket in place OF MIN.
I. (self. Sure enough, when the oasks'
i was about halfway up 10 the stounu,
= down it came tumbling, for the iousee
above had cut the rope, ana II .ne
), Fiddler had been there, in place OF the
y stone, it would have been all over WIN
Is him. ake,
- told the moor Princess that ii she dc
=. not promise to tell everybody that they
s. y were the lads who had saved her 1roH
!. the ugly little Troll, they would makt
an end of her there and then, and ina
., was the long and short of it. 80 tner'
q" was nothing for the Princess to DO ou
~ 10 promise. Then away they ]oggeu
"a. as little was TO be gained by stay"'
q there for a longer time. ).
rnr But ii anybody ever was down y
ne the dumps, the Fiddler was the lei ,,,.,
90 After a time, he saw pretty I'LL,
fiddle that hung back of the CUPBOARD
ev Gan ~ says he, sthere Is some puue
81. 10 the crust. after all and now W
"a will lust have a bit of a jig to cheer
-, IN n little." So down he sat, an
-. began to play. And then what y
~ YOU think happened Up popped
no little fellow no higher than your kne
!, . and as black as your hat.
- aWhat do you want, master
said he.
oe ..So!'' said the Fiddler .sand
~ that the tune we play? Well, snou
mo like to get out Of this, that snoulo
,..s No sooner said than done ior
~ had hardly time to pick up MS st'
ms aud tuck the fiddle under MS al
nds when-whisk he was up ABOVE
,o,v quick as a wink.
ecI uHi!' said he, "but this IS pref
4 a fiddle to own, and no mistake
ma of ne went, right foot foremost, 20
low his nose and see where IL leu IA
he, After awhile he came to the TOY
the where the King lived, and there wa
great buzzing and gossip, Ana u
kin; was why: All the folks were tslkl
Tub, about how the Tinker ana the Sh'
the maker had brought back the ffinc
,gan from the ugly little Troll, ana now
and King had promised that Whoevs.
was was 10 have her for his vile, anu !
hen If the Kingdom TO boot. But the Fl
,me, ces did nothing out 81. "iu oy :
| do cry. AS for marrying, sne So"u
inc OGClATCu NuuV Ch0 "O
till she had pair OF slippers OF p
with gold. and O real diamond buckle
word ZACH slipper and nobody In all OF
!. saw town was able to make the KIND I
how sho wanted.
the $50 ~ said the Fiddler "that 10
like way the wind lies, is 1t 2"
they So. out he went to shoemak
for shop. "Will you take journeyf
,giug shoemaker SAID ne; ~, ,,.o,
we'll master shoemaker.
the 81 can make pair OF slippers
that as the Princess wants, only l n
dis. have room all to myself to NJ
wood them in" says the Fiddler.
and That was a tune that tickle"
i the shoemaker's ears, can tell you.
i, for was wanting just such journeyma
that that and so the bargain was cie
# the and that settled the business.
AS soon as the Fiddler was alon
as the drew out his fiddle aud began to pl
long bit of jig, and there stood the
black fellow, just as he hao
3 he. before.
3 the ssWhat do you want ?" says he.
Why, the Fiddler was waiting
me.n and suck a kind of golden slip
hut he only wanted one buckl
:. them, and that must be made OF
Mani diamonds.
Oh that was an easy thing to h
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