Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-06-16
THE GLASS HEARTS.

ionhai iAaoie ior 'heir each Delng tur-
hisned win a heart OF glass
Children, children" said the queen,
when the princesses were still quite
small, "whatever YOU do. take care of
your hearts. for thew are of fragile
maken
Tha ol,;,aro, +,o,oe 4,;, !. l.,
- -, ~
'oS o",oiui' anu iof soihe liihe all
"en' "eii' anu 'ne hearts remained uh-
broken.
But one day the eldest girl, who was
leaning out of the window, looking
down into the garden below, noticed a
little bee which was buzzing busily
around soma foyars The l;ttla creatrre
interested her so mucb that sbe leonod
ont farther 90 az to he able to watch II
moro closelv when spd5anly- -sm.sb-
there came n sound of broken gl,ssi The
vannp princess had crushed her heart
aoainst the window sill and so alas, tba
moor Girl exnired
After this exceed;nelv sad acc;dapt
tbe other two s;sters ,vera st;ll mora
carafnl about their ba.rts
Some time after the daatb of tbe
nrincess the second daughter very
thouphtlessly drank n cun of rather hot
coffee and when sba bad n fr;sbod
something was suddenly heard to crack
and she fell hack fainting into an arm
chair The sound ON tbis occasion how
ever was not 90 lond no ~. .be frSt
The onean rnsbad to where A. ,,r;ncass
la,, and ON avo,n;n;n, bar fo,nd 70 lor
graat deliobt that the be,,t Voc o,ly
SLIGHTLY cracked and NOT brolen a,d
tbet ber danob+o,. ,vos et;1l ol;vo
"Wbat are we to do With ON. dorob-
ter9,, said tbe k;no to tbe oneen ..tnr
although tba i,inry +o ber bea,t .n,orn+a
only TO n crack at present tbis NAV in.
creasa to n dec;ded fractrre
PIT tha ,,r;n.oss baaaad tha,,, NOT 30
worry, +bop,Sal,as oho,,t har
"For Won know y said she .;ts tne
CRACKED nitcbar that ooes oftenast 70 the
we'll y
Meanwhile tbe vonnoest d.robter
grew nm and became a most beautiful
&c u,oIl os j.. ,nos+ ra,n,rl,.hly ol.y..r
o;r, ond many =. h,ndson,o and ,,o.I+br
nrince from distant lands came IN ,.i,
for be, fair hand Rnt tbe old Linz did
NOT foroot the hitter exnariencas be Lo1
nod wifi bis two older a;,ls
az have only ono dangbter left with
n whole ba,rt and be,s ;S ,lso of ,l.oo
Therefore If T rive her in ,narriaoa to
any one if must he to a l;no who il ot
tbe same ti,ne a glaz;or and Who nnder.
Glands how to treat an art;c,e 90 frao;le
so that in case of accidents he would
lnou how to r;vet tbe cr,cks
JTnfortnnateIv none of the vorno
nrincas and noblas who had coma as
suitors TO the princess knew ANYTHING at
ali about how 10 rivat hrol.en oloss and
were nome of them gloziors hv nrofes.
s;on co tbey had re rot,,rr 70 tho;r
,,ot;,,a l,ndo ,n;soroblo ond d;s.nno;,tod
levers
Among tba roval nages in tho na,ooo
,yoo ono whose form, nc ,,aoo ,,,oS sh,,r,I,,
toaxn;ro He had sti1I r. oarr,, +ha tna;,,
of +he yornoest n,;,,cess thraa t;,nos and
of+o, tho+ 5o ,,,as 70 ha ,,,o,ro,o5 =, -
eli H., oo,,rt;a,. :"
~ tha srst oooas;o,, ,,,ho,, .,,o u.o
bod +o corrv tho yo,,no ,,,.;n.ass, 20, 80?
L. e.1oaa - -. '5 -. -
mot sba hlrsbod Whom nav+ ta ,,r,.;o5
her train she waved her hand ~ him | OF
nart;ng and tbe nnfortnnate vo,,th n,as
,,nabIa 70 sIaa,, tla v,hol. ~ tbat ,,;.ht
in conseorance,
The third time when tho vorro fa,,ou
hora +ba nr;ncess, train tbo liz nan,a
forword 70 meet them half wov and d.
missed the nage SAVING.
"You have done yonr dutv now vorng
man and Won NAV 90 Itbank Won and
have also TO congratulate Won on vour
,ron,ot;onn
with that the king turned and walked
AWAY while the princess bent forward
to where the mage stood. and said:
.sYon carried nv train so beautifully
halter than anv one else, Oh. why
ara Won not a kin@ and a plazierpp
The unfortunate voune man felt so
oonfnsed as we'll as del;gbted that be
,yas unable to ntter word in renlv He
manaoed however to make 81 verv grace
f,,I ID ,ol;ta how When tbe ,r;ncoss
had Iaf+ him he ran 40 hard no aver be
could to the nearest plazier and asked
him ,ybetber he was in need of a fore