The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-03-29

nave one daughter, and it's she who
has cooked the feast and waited upon
you" Then he called Present up from
the kitchen; she was dressed in her
sisters cast of clothes, and her hands
were red and rough with work.
Then said the prince: what can
you do that is worthy Of q princes
wife,"
Not much" said Present 81 car
cook and keep the house clean, and :
can spin"
THAT is not much for a princes wife
to do" said he; but better these than
to bring one to shame or to sing ones
thoughts away"
So the next morning the prince took
Present upon his horse, and they rode
away without turning back until they
came to his own kingdom.
But the prince had been away so long
that his W people no longer knew
him. and the old king had died and the
false minister had seized the kingdom.
So nothing was left for the true prince,
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the prince drove the geese out in the
meadow, but Present stayed behind in
the goose herds hut and cooked his
dinner and made the house neat. All
she asked of the prince was that, as he
followed the geese, he should gather up
the feathers that fell from them and
bring them home to her.
The prince was willing enough to do
that, for he had nothing else to do all
day long but tend the geese and watch
the clouds floating in the sky; so every
day he brought her home a handful of
feathers. These Present kept, and at
night, while the prince was asleep, she
rose and worked in the moonlight until
at the end of a year and a day she had
made for herself a pair of great gray
wings.
Then at night, when the prince was
fast asleep. Present rose up and took
the great gray wings and fastened
them on her shoulders. She opened the
door very softly, and, spreading the
| wings she had made, she flew away and
away under the stars until she came to
the castle where the false king lived.
There was a window wide open, and
into it Present few. There lay the
false king. fast asleep in bed, but
Present went by him so quietly that he
never stirred, and she opened door
after door until she came at last to the
room where the royal robes were kept.
She put them under her cloak and
then she few away home again
There she hid her wings and the
royal robes in the closet and lay down
again beside the prince, and all the
while he never stirred nor woke.
The next evening when the prince
came home he said: There is a great
stir over at the castle, for thieves were
there last night and stole the kings
royal robes"
What is that to us?" said Present
you had much better sit down and ca
your supper while it is hot" So the
prince sat down and ate and drank
and after supper he fell fast asleep.
Again Present took out the wing:
and fastened them to her shoulders ane
flew away to the palace, and this time
she brought back with her the false
kings golden crown.
The next evening when the primes
came home he said: 1.-THE thieves wer,
in the palace again last night, and nov
it is not only the royal robes but tn
golden crown that is gone"
"What is that to us?' said Present
come and eat your supper while it i
still hot" So the prince sat down a
the table, and, after he had eaten, h,
threw himself upon the bed and fel
again into a deep sleep.
Now, for the third time, resent ft
ted the wings to her shoulders, as sh,
had before, and few away to the falls.
kings palace; and this time it was til,
royal scepter itself that she took.
When Present reached the goose
herds hut again the dawn was jus
breaking. She hid the scepter in tn,
closet with the royal robes and tn,
crown. and then she woke the prime
After the prince had eaten, Presen
rose from the table. ''And now" sais
she, "the time has come for you to q
to the false kings palace and CLAIM
your own"
"But how can I do that?' said tn
prince. mo one would know me, an,
they would all laugh, as they did whe1
l first came home, if l were to 90 il
my goose-herd's dress to claim the king
DOM"
Then Present brought out the roya
robes and babe him put them on.
The prince looked at the robes an,
wondered.
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