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in time to save his life, and together they
hurried beyond the castle grounds.
AS soon as they were at a safe distance
Rosebud told him to take off the coat and
return it to her. which he did. Now,
Jumbo, you must fly for your life. The
officers are searching for You high and
low, and if you are captured they will tor
ture you terribly"
'Oh. sweet Rosebud, first tell me,
pray thee, how may have revenge on the
wicked King. Thou knowest it was my
sadness and need of thee that excited his
anger"
"Oh, foolish youth "she answered.
"But if you travel 1000 miles directly south
you will come to a desert, in the center of
which stand two large date trees. From
these trees you must pluck twenty dates
ten from each tree. One bears very small
fruit while the other bears a large va
riety. After doing this return, and send the
ten small dates as gift'to the King"
"But l can't see how that will revenge
me- cried Jumbo.
wait! These dates possess a strange
power. The small ones cause the nose to
grow to be of an enormous length, while
the large ones restore it to its natural
sizep
"Oh!" said Jumbo.
Now" continued the fairy, "when
your gift is received the King and his Queen
and the young Princes will eat of it, and
Immediately their noses will become a
yard long and they will be in great
trouble. The King will send messengers
here and there for learned doctors and
magicians, but you alone hold the secret
by which their noses may be restored to
their natural size. Dress yourself in the
garb of physician, go to the castle and
state your errand. In the confusion you
will be easily admitted to the Kings
presence.
Then tell him for half his treasure, de.
livered at the port of the city, you will re-
store the noses of the royal family to
their original sizes. He then will order
his servants to deliver the sum you ask
and then you present to each membe o.
| his family one of the large dates, with the
exception of to the King himself.
Make an excuse of your supply giving
out and hurry away seemingly for more
Then take ship and leave the old King tc
ENJOY MS long nose forever.
With these words Rosebud babe the
clown goodby, and he went on his way.
He had many narrow escapes from death
by wild beasts-one day killing large
lion with his dagger. The skin of thi,
animal served him as warm covering al
night; with part Of it he made bag in
which he could carry water, and some.
times he would frighten other wild beast:
away by throwing the skin over his hesC
to make believe he was the king of beasts
| Finally, after many hardships and aftel
suffering greatly at times from both hun
ger and thirst, he came to the desert in
which the two trees stood of which Rose
bud had told him.
Filling his water-bag at spring neal
by, he started TO cross the sandy PLAIN
and by sunrise the next day stood in the
shade of the wonderful palms.
Jumbo's curiosity led him to eat one o.
the small dates, and. sure enough. hi.
nose grew so rapidly that he made haste
to pluck and eat one from off the Other
tree. ION. how sweet will be my re
venge," cried he, as he began to gather
the required number with which to per
form his purpose.
After homeward journey free from ad
venture he arrived at the city's gates. aut
i'm IN ediately was met by messenge
from the ever faithful Rosebud.
By this messenger Jumbo sent his gif
of ten small dates to the palace. and whel
the King saw the splendor of the dress o
the servant he thought, of course, they hat
| been sent to him by some royal parsonage
| and he and his wife and their sons at
freely the delicious fruit. But, oh, wha
was their horror to see that their nose
Immediately grew to be of a tremendou
length.
In the midst of their distress. and whil
the King was sending for all the grea
bealers of his realm, jun bo, dressed as
physician, appeared, claiming to oe abl
TO cure the strange malady. He followed
the fairy's directions to the letter, ant
soon had the satisfaction of seeing wagon
load after wagon-load of the Kings treas
ure being taken to the port of the city
where large ship was waiting to carr,
him far away from the Kings wrath.
Then he gave to each member of tn
household one of the large dates, save t.
the King, who became little impatient
but Jumbo quieted him by saying: "Oh
my supply of remedy has been exhausted
You must wait until go for more"
With these words he hurriedly left