Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-11

great dsiiSkf. thai the heart wss only
shghfly cracked. and uot broken. and
thaf her dsas nssr was sfill alive.
'sWk.a ere We 20 do with ear dAagh-
ter said the king 10 the queen, TOR,
although the INJURY Co her heart amounts
only 70 . crack al present. this may IN
crease 70 . decided fracture
But the princess begged them not 10
worry themselves about her.
For you know said she. its rhs
cracked pitcher that goes oftenest 70 the
we'll
Meanwhile the youngest daughter
grew up and became most beautiful
a. well as most remarkably clever
girl. and many handsome and wealthy
prince from distant lands came - ask
for her fair hand. But the old king did
not forget the bitter experiences he lad
bad with his two elder girls
Il have only one daughter left with
. whole heart, and hers Is also % gla<s-
Therefore IL give her in marriage TO
any one, IL must be 10 a king who Is az
the same time giaxier and who under
stands how 10 treat an article 50 fragile,
so that Ia case Of accidents he would
know how u rivet the cracks"
Unfortunately none OF the young
princes and mobiles who had come rs
s1itors To the princess knew anything at
all about how to rivet broken glass and
were none of them glaciers by profess
sion, so they had to return 10 their
native lands miserable and disappointed
lovers.
Among the royal pages in the palace
was QUO whose term as page was shortly
toexpire. He had still to carry the train
OF the youngest princess three times, and
after that he was to be promoted to q
full blown courtier.
On the FIRST occasion when the page
had to carry the young princess train
she glanced at him, and as their eyes
met she blushed. When next he carried
her train she waved her hand to him at
parting, and the unfortunate youth was
unable 10 sleep the whole Of that night
in consequence.
The third time when the young fellow
bore the princess train the king came
forward TO meet them half way and dis
missed the page, saying:
You have done your duty now, young
man. and you may 60. THANK you, and
have also to congratulate you on your
promotion"
With that the king turned and walked
away, while the princess bent forward
to whore the page stood. and said:
you carried my train so beautifully
better than any one else! Oh. why
are you not king and glazier?"
The unfortunate young man felt so
confused, as well a. delighted, that he
was unable to utter . word in reply. He
managed, however, to make q very grace
ful and polite bow. When the princess
had left him he ran as hard as ever he
could to the nearest glazier, and asked
him whether he was in need of fore
man.
"Yes," replied the other, "but you will
have 70 work four years with me before
you can be foreman. At first You must
be sort of err.nd boy, and go to the
bakers to fetch me my bread, and also
to look after my children, wash them
and dress them. Secondly, you must
learn to putty the cracks; thirdly, you
will have TO learn how to cut the glass
and dx in windows, and after that, in
the fourth year, you shall be my fore
man"
The page thought this would take
rather too long, so he asked the glaxier
whether he could not possibly begin
with cutting the glass and fixing win
down, and leave out the rest 30 as to get
ON quicker. But the glszier shook his
head and assured the young fellow that
every good glazier had to begin his
career from the beginning or he could
never be clever. So the page was obliged
to reconcile himself to his fate.
The whole Of the first year the un-
fortunate young courtier spent his time
in running to the bakers for bread for
his master and In washing and dressing
the children In the second year he did
nothing but stop cracks with putty. In
thu third year he learned how to cut
gloss and fx windows. and at last at the
commencement Of the fourth year ne
was made foreman.
After having been foreman for q
whole year be took leave Of his master
and. dressing himself up once more in
court drees, he walked along the roads
in deep thought. wondering how he
could possibly become q king. AS he
was walking on . man came toward
him and seeing that the young courtier
was in deep thought he stopped and
asked him whether he had lost any
thing.
well, I don't know that have ex-
actly lost anything. but at any rate ]
cannot find what I want"
And what is that?'
"a kingdom. am wondering how
on earth can become king"
well, il you had been glaxicr, y
said the stranger, Il might have helped
you-"
That IL jus. exactly what smr' ex-
claimed the other. Il have only lately
been foreman to a glaxier."
Then you have nothing to fear. You
are no doubt aware that our king do
eided some time ago to give his young
ct daughter in marriage to a glaxier
who was - be IT the anne time king
or At any rate . prince: but as they have
been unsuccessful in finding such . per-
son. the king has been reluctantly OBJ
hged to noiify his demands by adding
two other conditions. The bridegroom
must in any case be glazier. that Of
course goes without saying"
"But what are the two confsitions;'
asked the young coartier excitedly.
ssIhA flfaf condition "a that he shnuld