The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-14

"uh ONGshOMcu tuIouSu open uOOf
and window out into the still
ness, and the red deer browsing heard
it, and scudded daway down the moon
lit glens nor dreamt then of the time
when they would fearlessly crop the
grass round the very walls oi the
palace, and rest secure and undis-
turbed upon it's weed grown terraces.
But no shadow Of the coming
gloom marred the glittering pagean-
try on which the morning sun threw
down his glory, as gay with silk AID
flushing steel, and timttering plumes
and prancing steeds, the gallant
train of knights and squires rode
slowly down the hill. And hearts
were light and hopes were high, but
no heart NO light rs the Princes, no
hopes SO high as his, as he rode at
the head of that gay throng, the gay
est OF them all.
AT each place that they came to
the Prince inquired for Love, but
found, to his astonislmcnt, that,
though people talked about her u
good deal, hardly any one know her.
Few spoke Of her az u reality. Most
folks looked upon her as IL joke; 9TH
eps, as IL popular ,ielusion; while the
one or two who owned to having
known her seemed half ashamed OF
the ncquaintanceship. There were
shams and limitations in abundance,
but the real thing, wien acknowIedg-
ed, was considered vulgar, and no
one knew or cared what had become
of her.
The first place at which they hnlt-
ed was the town of Common SENSE
a most uncomfortable place, all full
of close and narrow streets that
led nowhere, and inhabited bv IL
race celebrated for the strength,
OF their lungs, it being reck-
oned that one man of ftommon Sense
was equal to dozen poll parrots,
and could talk down fifty men of In
telligcnce (thrir natural encmirs) in
less than halt an hour. The religion
OF this charming people was touching
in its simplicity. 1t consisted of n
firm and earnest relief that they wcl,
infallible and that everybody cls,
was II fool; and each man worshipc,
himself.
They werequite indignant when tho
Prince asked them where Love was
I'VE know nothing at all about
her, said the men of Common Sense.
"Whnt have we to do with Love!
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give '"f H.
You can't buy it, exclaimed the
Prince. '-lt is given,
Then You won, ""t j, here, young
man, was the curt reply: aud they
went on with their travelling.
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ably received. and where tor the first
time he learnt the truth that every
thing is just precisely what onealways
thought it wasn't, and tlnt nothing
is what one thinks it is. The inhah-
itants were all philosophers. and
their occupation consisted of finding
out things that nobody wanted to
know, aud in each day proving that
what they themselves hnl stated
| the day before was all wrong They
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