Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-06-18

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hands. "That is best, said the moth
er. "Will you help my daughter to vii
the crown prince for husband"
'That will l." said the man, for NJ
girl ever called me uncle before"
"Now 1 have enough uncles," sale
the girl. ''The next stranger | NEE
shall be my cousin. But they met NJ
one else, for all the world had gone tt
the tracks. Only when they reached the
pavilion they saw smart young soldier
pacing up and down. "Good morning
cousin" cried the girl. GOOD morn
ing, cousin" replied the smart young
soldier, and he gave her hearty kiss
"How dare you?" cried the mother il
a rage. Cousins always kiss" replied
the smart young soldier. The uncle
looked at each other and said, "We new
er thought of that" But the girl blush
ed and said nothing, for the smar
young soldier was the same handsome
young huntsman whom she had vowed
should be her husband. "And now
must leave YOU" said the smart young
soldier, and he marched off, whistlins
"The Girl I Left Behind Me-,
Then they prepared for the first ride
and dressed the first uncle in crimson
suit and put on him veil of gold EN-
broidery that glittered like the sun. The
signal sounded, and they opened thu
pavilion door, and the first uncle spec
out like the wind and kept his eyes shu
till he came to the hedge that was-10(
yards thick. and there he opened then
and saw his way through in a trlce
and SO, shutting his eyes again, he spec
round the track to the other door of the
pavilion.
Now they dressed the second uncle il
suit OF dark blue and put Oh him s
suit Of silver filigree work that glisten
ed like moonbeams. And he flew. out Of
the door like a bird and kept his feet OIL
the forks till he came to the pond that
was 100 yards across, but then he put
his feet Oh the treadles and SKINNED
over the water without even splashins
it, and SO, coming to the other side, he
put his feet Oh the forks again and flew
around the track to the other door of the
pavilion.
The third uncle had suit Of black
velvet, but as there We're no pockets fol
him to put his hands into they were
forced to cut a slit OH either side i'll
stead. His veil was of black lace span
gled with diamonds which sparkleC
like the stars on frosty night, and
when the door of the pavilion opened
he shot forth like lightning, with his
hands in the Sits of his suit, but as
soon as he came to the ladder that was
100 yards high he took hold Of the han.
dies and darted up and down the ladder
in twinkling, and SO, putting his
hands in the Sits again, he whirled
round the track to the other door Of the
pavilion.
You may be sure there was great
shouting ana mighty rush of people
toward the pavilion of the champion
lady bicyclist of the world, but line
of soldiers barred the way, and only
fell back to let the crown prince and
his retinue gallop past.
And when he got to the door, ever sc
much before his followers, he found the
mother standing and watching. She
saw at glance that he was the smart
young soldier who had met them in the
morning, but she pretended not to know
him. Little he cared as, leaping from
his horse, he rushed into the room,
where he found the girl dressed in hel
ordinary clothes and looking more beau.
tiful than ever.
The retinue crowded in and stood by
the door, but the prince ran up to hel
and, opening his arms, cried: Dearest,
I have loved you ever since we met in
the forest. Will you be my bride?"
The girl hung her head, for she was
frightened when she saw all this gran
deur and knew that her lover was a
prince But her mother said, "Kings
always caress." IT never thought of
that" said the girl, and fell into the
princes EN- brace.
So they were married, and of course
the three uncles were asked to the feast,
and then for the first time the prince
looked away from his bride and saw
how odd looking they were, and he
asked the first uncle, "How did you get
such projecting eyes and that hard,
fixed gaze?'' And the first uncle an
swered, "By skimming, by Swimming,
by Swimming" Then the prince asked
the second uncle, How did you get
that monstrous fiat foot:' And the sec.
ond uncle replied, "By scorching, by
scorching, by scorching." Then the
prince asked the third uncle, Glow did
you get that hideous, huge hand?''
And the third uncle answered, "By
shopping, by shopping, by shopping "
Swimming, scorching, shopping" said
the prince. II don't know what you
mean.'
Then the mother explained: MAY it
please your royal highness, my eldest
brother has the cycle eye, that comes
from always looking miles ahead, which
is called skimming; my second brother
has the cycle foot, which comes from al.
ways pedaling as hard as he can, which
is called scorching, and my youngest
brother has the cycle hand, which comes
of always steadying the machine over
ups and downs, which, as it is some.
thing between skipping and hopping, is
called shopping Some people who BIZ
cycle very great deal have all these
three peculiarities." II never thought
of that, )" said the prince, and, turning
to his bride and seeing how beautiful
she was, he cried, "You shall never
ride bicycle again. y
And they lived happy ever after. st.
James Budget.
British MOdesty.