The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

the hut where we slept. 1t was SO cold
it froze me- and took it out of my
pocket and put it on the window sill,
and forgot ii. I am lost, I am lost.
The nurse wheeled her little white
donkey around ST will go back across
lots for it, : said she. Should the giant
drag her from the saddle, sir prince,
wrestle with him and keep her feet
from the ground until I return" SO
saying, she struck off across lots.
ride faster" moaned My Lady
Primrose, and the prince spurred his
great black horse; but it was of no use,
the spring giant was upon them.
Suddenly they seemed to be caught
among furious lashing branches, their
ears were deafened with cries Of angry
birds and My Lady Primrose was swept
shrieking from the saddle. The prince
promptly leaped off after her and at
tackled the spring giant with his sword.
The giant buffeted him with one great
woody arm and held My Lady Prim-
rose with the other, and the prince
hacked at him until the splinters flew,
but he seemed to make little impress
sion, the giant was so large. Suddenly
My Lady Primrose gave a shrek of de-
spair. ooh, I am turning into a prim
rose" she cried. IT am! I am! 1t is all
over. Goodbye, my dear lover" and
she hung Imply like a newly planted
flower over the giants arm, and the
prince saw that her. yellow gown
seemed to curl around her just like
primrose petals and her green bonnet
curled over her round pink face like a
primrose leaf; moreover, the fragrance
of primroses was all about them. The
prince caught hold of her and tried to
tear her from the giants clasp, and he
found TO his horror that her little green
Sh0d feet seemed to be growing fast to
the ground, but ne pulled her loose with
an effort and struck at the giants arm
again and again to make him loose his
hold; that he could not do. He succeeded
only in keeping My Lady's feet from
the ground, and that with a terrible eff
fort. At last he was almost overcome,
he was fainting, bruised and breathless
from the blows of the giants woody
arm; leaves seemed to fly in his face
and sting him and blind him, and his
brain reeled with the clatter of angry
birds. The giant was forcing My Lady's
feet ito the ground again, and the prince
could not help it, but just then there
was a tinkle of silver bells, and the
nurse came dashing up on her little
white donkey. She pulled the piece of
the north pole out Of her pocket and
clapped it to the giants arm and
straightWay a great shiver shot over
him and he let My Lady Primrose go.
Lift her quick to the saddle" cried
the nurse to the prince, and she
clapped the piece of the north pole
close to the spring giants heart Then
he trembled SO that pc shook the
ground, a shower of green leaves fell,
and he turned and fled away so fast
that in a second the sounds of rustling
leaves and angry birds that went with
him died away in the distance.
Then the nurse got on her little white
donkey. eve are safe now" said she.
He has a terrible chill, and he WON'T
rest until he gets some warm maple
sap to drink up in Vermont We shall
have plenty OF time to get over the
border
Then they rode on until they reached
the country where. the prince lived and
where prinroses would not grow. Then
they crossed the border and were safe
Even had the spring giant come up
with them he could not have changed
My Lady Primrose into a flower. She
shed tears of joy as they rode along 10
the kings palace. '.I am SO fappy."
said she. ct would have been so sad
to have been a primrose instead of a.
princess, with your true heart to keep
all my life 10