Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-06-16
commencement Of the fourth year he

was made foreman.
After having been foreman for a
whole year he took leave of his master
and. dressing himself up once more in
court dress. he walked along the roads
in deep thought, wondering how he
could possibly become king. AS he
was walking on a 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, don't know that have ex-
actly lost anything, but at any rate l
cannot find what want"
"And what is that?''
ga kingdom. | am wondering how
on earth can become king"
"Well, if you had been glazier,"
said the stranger, II might have helped
you"
"That is just exactly what l ami" ex-
claimed the other. Il have only lately
been foreman to a glazier."
"Then you have nothing to fear. You
are no doubt aware that our king de-
cided some time ago to give his young
est daughter in marriage to a glazier
who was to be at the same time king
or at any rate a prince; but as they have
been unsuccessful in finding such per-
son, the king has been reluctantly OBJ
hged to modify his demands by adding
two other conditions. The bridegroom
must in any case be glazier, that of
course goes without saying"
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asked the young courtier excitedly.
1.-The first condition is that he should
please the princess, and the second is
that he should be a nobleman by birth
There have already been great num-
ber of GLACIERS applying at the palace.
but not one of them took the princess
fancy and all of them had coarse, rough
hands like those of the commonest gla-
zier."
When our young courtier heard these
words he jumped three times about
yard above the road for very joy, and
then, turning around, ran helter skelter
back to the town and presented himself
at the palace in less than no time.
The king at once ordered the princess
asked her whether this young glazier
took her fancy.
The princess glanced at the young
man, and recognizing him at once, she
blushed and said, "Oh, yes"
The king ordered the young fellow TO
take off his gloves and show his hands,
so that they might know whether he
was of noble birth. However, the prin-
cess said that it was quite unnecessary
for the young man to do anything of the
kind, as she felt perfectly certain that
there was no doubt whatever of his be-
ing of noble birth, and that his hands,
she was sure, would be as white as those
of prince.
So they were married, and as the
young princess husband was a glazier
by profession as well as nobleman
by birth, he understood how to treat a
heart so delicate and fragile as hers,
therefore she lived blissfully to the end
of her days without any accident hap
pening.
The kings second daughter, with the
cracked heart, had the pleasure of being
an aunt, and very excellent aunt she
made too! She taught the little princess
to read and write and make dresses for
her dolls; she also took great interest
in the little princes lessons, and when
he knew them well and had good marks,
like a good little boy, then she would
praise him and make him all sorts of
pretty presents, and he would leave her
looking red and rosy and flushed with
delight. When, on the contrary, he did
not know his lessons and his marks
were anything but good, then she would
be very different, and he would leave
her looking also very red and rosy, very
flushed, but not with delight.
This princess lived to very old age,
notwithstanding that her heart was
cracked. and if any one marveled at her
living so long, she would answer them
as she had done her parents once before:
Remember, It's the cracked pitcher
that goes oftenest to the well. STRAND
Magazine.