Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-04
SIMPLICITY.

Once upon time on an island, which
tho sea has long since cngulfod, there
lived king and queen who had one
ron. The king was u great King; his
drinking cup was the very largest in all
tho rcalmi his sword tho heaviest; ho
fought aud no drank royalty.
Tho queen was u beautiful queen,
sho had 80 many wonderful cosmetics,
ard thcy wrought 80 mysterious and
wonderful n charm that sho looked not
a day older than forty.
The son was fool. "a fool Of tho
most pronounced type" said the brill
liant lights Of the kingdom. When he
had reached the ago OF sixteen the king,
his fathor.sook him 10 the wars These
wnrs were carried ON In order TO oAtor-
inmate certain neighboring nation
that dared 10 possess toomuoh territory.
Here It was that Simplicity showed
himself Ounce. lie saved twcnty.iour
women aud thirty-six children from
slaughter. and cyory stroke of the sword
which no was himself forced TO give
caused him 10 weep bitterly, while the
battlefield itself, running over with
blood md encountered with the dead,
filled his heart with such deep pity that
for three days he could not eat.
So yon must SEQ that no was Ounce
my dear
When no was seventeen he WINS Obliged
TO assist at grca; festival given by th,
king TO all the magnates Of his kingdom
Hero again he committed many blum
ders. lie contentcd himself easily; h
ate sparsoly Of the great banquet sprca,
before him, and ho sworc-not at all
His glass would have remained Away
full before him had not the king him
self. TO save the dignity OF the family
emptiod It slyly from tiino TO time.
At eighteen, as he began to grow
beard, he was noticed by one OF III
queens court ladies'.
Court ladies arc dreadful creatures
my dear.
This particular court lsdy wished fc
nothing less than to DO kissed by III
princel The poor boy did not dream ,
such thingi he trembled when N
spoke to him, and hid himself the M
ment he saw the edge OF her skirts In Il
gardens. The king, who was goo
father. saw what was passing ~
laughed in his sleeve. But as the Lao
still pursued the prince, and the kiss W
still withheld, hu blushcd for such q 81
and himself gave the kiss asked for, {
ways, TO be sure, for the dignity N
honor Of his family and his race go
tho little foolr said the king, who "
piOn of spirit.
II was ut tho age OF twenty That Sil
plicity became completely idiotic.
met a forest and fell in lovol In tho
oldon times people did not try 10 beau
~ the trees by pruning and cruel IN
sons. The branches grew rs they list,
God alone had them in charge, u
moderated the roots and managed
sapliuga. Simplicity's forest was an /
mensc nest of yerdure, interpreted h
and there by majestic avenues, !
moss, drunk with the dew, ilourisl
wantonly; the cglantines spread III
plant arms, sought each other o
played mad pr,lnks around the mig
trunks of the trees, The great IT
themselves, standing calm and sero
twisted their roots In the shade /
llplulANA AAAAllhkANhaAg AtN"AA ~
the rays Of summer, Tho green ~
nourished, while In their hurry to b
som tho daisy and tho scorpion gr
growing confused nj times, chung
puther ON the broken trunks Of fa'
trees. And all these branches, all Il
grasses, all these flowers, sang; all u
gled aud pressed closely together
gossip more at ease, TO whisper low
gether of tho loves Of the corolla.
breath of life iloated low down in
shadowcd coppice, giving voice to
sprig of moss.
Tho forest held high carnival.
ladybirds, the beetles, the dragoni
the buttetilies-all the beautiful 10
OF the towering hedges-had gath
at the four quarters OF the forest.
There they established their little