San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-14

n The biggest ,Ooman he ever sav. -,
takes all the men Of any size and puts
them In his big overgrown regiment at
Potsdam. You amt going to propose to
me, are you, now that you are talking
about marriage2"
mo. not just yet; am too young"
"If you are matrimonially inclined
was going to recommend my grand.
mother. She Is widow about your age.
She was 103 last Summer. She Is Just
the kind of frisky young thing you
need to soothe your declining years. She
is daisy at frying pancakes" .--.sa. -
happy thought flashed through the
monarch'S mind:
"Look here, little one, want you to
take note from me to a gentleman In
Potsdam. Here is thaler for your
trouble" and taking his note book, Fred
erck tore out leaf, wrote few lines,
and handed the note with his ring, to the
giantess.
"You take this note and ring to the
colonel Of the guards at Potsdam, and
tell him that the gentleman who gave 1t
to you said to be sure and carry out the
instructions contained in the note" /
Cali right, SIR" she said, taking the
money and the note, edo you want me
to lift you back into the saddle, old man?"
"No, 1 thank you, little girl, replied
the king, mounting his horse. As he
rode off she called after him:
"Be careful, hubby, that you don't
spill yourself off that big horse"
The king rode off smiling. He was
under the impression that he had done
something very shrewd.
The giantess possibly suspected that
the old gentleman on horseback was
playing some trick on her. 1t is also
possible that she opened the note and
read it. 1t is not altogether impossible
that the sly piece knew all the time that
she was talking to His Majesty, and her
ignorance was altogether assumed.
At all events, she made up her mind
not to deliver the note. AS it happened,
an old woman, bent and wrinkled with
age, came down the road. The giantesS
motioned to her to approach.
GOOD morning, Grandmother Shipped,
do you want to earn thaler?"
Did she want to earn thaler2 That
was more money than the poor old Great
ure had seen at one time in years.
She took the ring and note and hob
bled off in the direction Of Potsdam at a
rate Of speed that was astonishing in one
30 aged.
The giantess looked after her, and
then throwing back her head she laughed
30 loud that a peasant blowing In field
half mile distant paused in his work
and looked back to see what was the
cause of the atmospheric conclusion.
AS for the old woman, it was not long
before she was ushered into the presence
of the colonel OF King Frederick's regi-,
ment of the guards. He was man Of
immense size.
After he had read the note and exam
ined the ring, he rubbed his eyes, looked
down at the shrivelled UP little old wo-
man, passed his hand over his perplexed
forehead, re-read the note, and seemed
to be more perplexed than ever.
The kings note read as follows: ffss
"Have the bearer married at once to
the tallest man in your regiment. You
are directed to carry out this order with
out fail or delay, and the slightest devia-
ton will incur my displeasure. a
FREDERICK WILLIAM l., REX"
"This is something extraordinary"
soliloquized the colonel. Chow this
marriage is going to promote His Males
TVS intentions in regard to the future