The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-29

er thought Of that" But the eirl b,nsh-
ed and said nothing, for the smart
young soldier was the same hondsoma
young huntsman whom she had no1ynd
should DO her husband. .'And now I
must leave you," said the smart young
soldier, and he marched off, whistline
'Tho Girl Left Behind Me. -
Then they prepared for the first ride
and dressed tho first uncle in q crimson
suit and put on him veil of gold ON.
broidery that glittercd like the sun. Tho
signal sounded, and they opened the
pavilion door, and the first uncle sped
out like tho wind and kept his ewes shut
till he came to the hedge that was 100
yards thick, and there he opened them
and saw his way through in trice.
and SO. shutting his eyes again, he sped
round the track to the other door of the
pavilion.
Now they dressed the second uncle in
suit of dark blue and put on him a
suit of silver filigree work that glisten-
ed like moonbeams. And he flew out of
tho door like bird and kept his. feet on
the forks till he came to the pond that
was 100 yards across, but then he put
his feet on tho treadles and SKINNED
over the water without even splashing
it. and so, coming to the other side, he
put his feet on 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 were no pockets for
him to put his hands into they were
forced to cut Il slit on either side in
stead. His veil was of black lace, SPAN.
gled with diamonds which sparkled
like the stars OH frosty night, and
when tho door of the pavilion opened
he shot forth like lightning, with his
hands i'll tho Sits of his suit, but as
soon rs he came to the ladder that was
100 yards high lie took hold of the han
dies and darted up and down the ladder
i'll a twinkling, and SO, putting his
hands i'll the Sits again, he whirlcd
round the track to the other door of the
pavilion.
You may be sure there was n great
shouting and q mighty rush of people
toward the pavilion Of the champion
lady bicyclist of the world, but line
of soldiers barred tho way, and only
fell back to let tho crown prince and
his retinue gallop past.
And when he got to the door, ever so
much before his followers, he found the
mother standing and Watching. She
saw at n glance that ho was the smart
young soldier who had met them i'll 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 her
ordinary clothes and looking moro beau
tiful than ever.
The retinuc crowded in and stood by
the door, but the prince ran up to her
and, opening his arms, cried: dearest,
1 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" "I never thought of
that" said the girl, and fell into the
princes embrace.
So they were married, and Of course
the three uncles were asked to the feast,
and then for the first time tho 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 SWIMMING, 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, "How did
you get that hideous, hugo hand?"
And tho third uncle answered, "By
shopping, by .kopping, by shopping"
Swimming, scorching, skopping!" said
the prince. Il 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 pcdaling us hard as he can, which
is called scorching. and my youngest
brother has the cycle hand, which comes
OF always stcadying the machine over
ups and downs, which, as it is some
thing between skipping and hopping. is
called shopping Some people who BIZ
cycle Il very great deal have all these
three peculiaritics. " 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.
And they lived happy ever after. st.
James Budget
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