Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-08-30
Became Denizen of the Palace and Dis.
ported as Freely as the Royal Mistress.

Once upon q Time there was a Prin-
cess who believed so ardently in the
supernatural that at last she thought
and talked of nothing else, and occu-
pied herself solely discussing dreams
and spiritual manifestations, and she
surrounded herself with people only
who had seen visions and whose strange
dreams had Cor had noD come true,
and who had received spiritual mani
festations and seen apparitions-or at
least whose second cousins and great
aunts had witnessed the extraordinary
Now the Princess dwelt in palace
which had oace been II place of luxury
and delight, where people could move
about fearlessly during all the twenty
four hours OF every day and night.
But now that this Princess reioned in
it, it was haunted by spirits. and, go
where one might, some intangible
presence or some eerie appearance
filled every nook and corner of it. One
day the Lord Chamberlain met u Shad-
owy lady III blue on the staircase, who
seemed to gaze at him out of eyeless
sockets. The Lord Chamberlain did
not fail to relate his adventure, and
the next day the first maid of honor
encountered the same lady in the pic
ture gallery. Then she was seen by
the chief page; then by the mistress OF
the robes. Soon she had been seen bv
the whole household, including the
Princess herself, and thenceforth the
eyeless blue lady became denizen of
the palace and Walked tbaro 49, f,o,1,.
ms it's ROYAL mistress Neyt :, nbanto,,S,
coach was heard at midninht 10 driro
M TO the nalaco nortnIs ma n Yhonto,,1
hand ranG fnrionslv nj tbo a,.dnt Ill
No eve saw This vision TIL n,,,.io,itv
of those who noenad ran,,inad ,,rcr,.,t
flied Rut Tho sounds WOW, hoard b,,
m,nv and those ,yho bo.rd shudda,aS
and clunr to each Other in dion,a,,
soon unusual things bannanod n ,to
nalace with raguI.,.itv and frao,,arn,,
NIGHTLY a cold md te,rihle band w y,
laid upon the cheek of the Lord Chiof
Justice after he had extiruushnd he
.liobt Ni0htlv also a rnstIino eli,
Gown passed fhrouph the chamber Of
the Genoralissimo of tho Arn,v ~,
SUNDAYS at > in tbe e,rlv mornirr :.
bvsteric, Al laugh was l,,;rbod al d.
bedside of the Princess hesalf and Of
an ho1r before coclx-crow ovo,.v mnnth
whom Tho moon hep,n to yaro faot
scuff,ed n heavy bodv fall and a., doon
and dreadful proan was uttered in the
anartmant of tho moot l.,,roato A.
;nt.ng,blo morly soomod tn inh,I;. 10
library. an invisihle Int bloodv nro.0
ence WINS falt to invade Tho hoIi -
Men Stunned tbe smolxino room, Of tho
roiro down of tbe SIM 6acanso ~ tho
9na,Sront WINS nor,,,oated h,, tha f,i,t
and exouisite aroma Of n fobacco no
,no,tai had eve,. inbolad Tho or,n1
,iono in tbo dr,yinn roor, ,vas oon
stantI,, nIaved mon and ,vbon tbo
P,.;nss,lP and boz IT, Itanod y, vito
-aIthonah bnt tbat instant no $50 roo,,,
bod hoan ,.;,rri,,n. lii, r,oind,, tian
,,;a,,o ,ro,,ld 5a fo,nd alorod "a ~ ~
ana,tment Void CbiIdron sconnorad
mp and down tIo ,yido etai,oosos. wh an
tlo,,a 80 ,iidro,, ,,,;tH; IL
Of tho nolooa NO. ,rb;nod ~ olnla1
doors and lo, ,ybnn ono rosa 10 admit
the croat,,.a NO doc, ,yas 10 he fo,,nd
In short thore ,yos no and to the ovt,.a.
ordinorv occnrroncns nbich tool, n1aoa
in The P,.incoss, na,ace ds iT p Tbo
Princess GROW thin and bsggsrd and
be, l.,,,, and I,n,ino,s ovos 1ooiTod as
n tbo,, would fall ont of hor bond And
her wboIe court grow mea~er and
nallid also and none smoke above hie
hroath and tho women clnsteraa 70.
gethor in tyos md tbreoe and whom
anv one entered n room the occunants
would aslr At orca ..Wb.t have Won
scent What have Won evneriencedp
What did Won dream last niphton
Then some who had formerly held
biob offices at the cont hut who had
been displaced because thev were in
credulous of the Princess second sight,
and because they had declared that he
only who desired to see ghosts saw
them. for that GHOSTS Der Sc existed not
drew together in consultation and
agreed that something must be done.
"Let us prevail upon the Princess to
marry. MARRIAGE is a healthy state.n
said one.
This nronosition was received with
unanimitv and an audience of the
Princess heinz obtnined. two gentlemen.
who had once been respectively Prime
Minister and Chief Court Physician.
were admitted into her ROYAL Hiphness'
AUGUST presence. They found their
ROYAL mistress-who was herself rs
slender as n lily and very wan-sur-
rounded by her maids of honor, lem
and terrified damsels. and by her Min
listers of tate-cadavcrous and melan-
choly personages. The whole assem-
hlv iaoi,od ,s if n ,vo,.o s,nittar Inv soma