Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-12-05
CHAPTER II


All the way up the avenue the king
1 kept grumblin and growlin about the ac-
| cldent to his crown, but the moment his
| eyes caught sight of the princess as she
| stood ON the steps of the hall door of the
palace he became changed man. He
was all over smiles AN smirks, an he gev
! the crown, which was a thrifie muddy
afther the rowl it got on the road, a
/ jaunty cock to wan side of his head to
thry an make himself look younger an
gayer.
Prince Herman bounced off the car
just before it was dhrawn up, intendin
TO go round an offer hand to the king,
but faith the ould buck made "a fiyin
jump off the car himself, just at the
same moment as the prince, an he was
shakin hands with Mrs O'Rorke on the
steps before the husband got chance to
put in his spoke at all
'Begor, says the king, modheratin
his rough voice until you'd think he
was a suckin dove, . tbs fresh yon re
lookin, sure enough, ma am.
Faith, then, your majesty can t com
plain aither i'll regard of fresh looks, .
says she, tossin her head :. It's younger
You seem to be CROWN every time
meets You.
So the ladies tell me, = says the king
CALAMITY, but I'd sooner hear the re-
mark from your purity mouth that from
the mouths of all the queens in the five
provinces. =
The Prince of Brefney, afther ordher-
in Michael to put up the horse an car,
stood at the bottom of the hall door
steps while his wife an the king was
discoorsin, an fax he didn't feel at all
too well plaised at the manner of the
wife, for she seemed to take no notice
of his presence. i suppose . says he to
himself, ''she's off her balance a bit
wud pride at havin the king of Lem
sther soft sawdherin her At last he
couldn stand the smilin an smirkin of
the pair Of 'em any longer, SO says he
aloud, "Giilly, me darlin, isn't it near
about time you allowed me to AK his
majesty if he have mouth ON him?''
Not bad idaya at all, laughs the
king, turnin round to the prince, an
to tell no lies, says he. dhrawin the
back of his hand across his lips, I'm as
dhry as Il limekiln this minute
m not sorry to hear you say so, .
says the prince, for the roads are purity
dusty this weather, an | find the throat
wants il dale of garglin Gilly, - saws
he, mountin the steps an spaykin to the
wife, who was fannin herself wud a fan
made ont Of paycocks feathers-for it's
proud woman she was-''you might
take dive into the kitchen an have
look at that pigs head while meself an
the king are moistenin our clays in the
parlor !"
Herman, = says she haughtily, draw
IN herself up to her full hoighth, II
wish you'd thry an larn manners The
kitchen is not my place, an to talk to
me IN the presence OF the king of Lem
sther about pig head is nothing short
of an insult. -
'Ow. WOW. WOW = says the prince,
who was dacent soort of fellow wud
no false pride in him who are we at
all, at all? Maybe twould be an insult
TO ax you TO ate bit of fat bacon an
cabbage for dipner-an glory be to heav-
IN tbs fine appetite you have!'
Don { mind him, Princess O'Rorke.
ma am, says the King Mac, who
WASH / at all sorry to see the husband an
wife quarrehn. Wen laive You for
the present wud your kind permission,
an will join yon in the coorse of a half
an hour i'll the throneroom. = An then
the ould buck put his hand on his chest
an bowed most elegantly to the princess.
Wen, some days went by. an there
was plenty Of ATTN an dhrinkin an di-
varsion of al kinds goin on at the pal
ace in Brefney, an. no yer he managed
it, Guild King Mac conthrived to start
little family jars every now an again
between the prince an princess. an then
he'd comfort the young woman himself,
while the husband would be sulkin in
the back parlor or out in the grounds
or the stables.
For all his so years, an his terrible
voice. the king had some way Of con
varsin wud fsymales that won EN- over
70 him. Just as if lie wor on the sunny