The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-03

The third uncle had suit of blac8
velvet, but as there were no pockets fo9
him to put his hands into they werG
forced to cut slit on either side i'm
stead. His veil was of black lace, span~
gled with diamonds which sparkled
like the stars on a 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 az.
soon as he came to the ladder that was
100 yards high he took hold of the ham
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 and a mighty rush of people
toward the pavilion of the champions
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 50
much before his followers, he found the
mother standing and watching. She
saw at a 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 heI
ordinary clothes and looking more beau
tiful than ever
The retinue crowded in and stood by
the door, but the prince ran up to her
and, opening his arms, cried: Dearest,
l have loved you ever since we met in
the forest. Will you be my bridef'
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, "Kingsf
always caress." II 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 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 Swimming, by skimming,
by skimming." Then the prince asked
the second uncle, '''How did you get
that monstrous fiat footf" And the Sec |
ond uncle replied, ''By searching, by !
scorching, by scorching." Then the
prince asked the third uncle, How did
you get that hideous, huge hand?"
And the third uncle answered, "By |
shopping, by shopping, by shopping"
Swimming, scorching, skopping" 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. 81 never thought !
of that" said the prince, and, turninga
to his bride and seeing how beautiful
she was, he cried, "You shall never
ride bicycle again.
And they lived happy ever after.
James Budget.