The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-01
The King of oo,o-

The King of Cold.
"neh you visited the King OF Gold
you sounded knocker on a great nair
OF doors that were barred on the in
siue' ana when some one answered the
Knock and let you In you found your
selt In square hall. the back OF
which was altogether open upon a
courtyard.
ihe hoor of this strange hall was
made OF cement. and the Mexican who
hauled the wood ordered by the King
oil Colds papa brought his donkey and
cart also through the great doors.
In room off the hall you might find
the King of Colds mamma sitting by
little American stove. the pipe of
which was run out of front window
into the street.
Back in the kitchen Mamacita per-
haps was cooking the dinner. or It may
be that she was preparing some special
Mexican dish for herself and the King
OF Gold. 1t was Mamacita who named
the little boy the King of Gold, on ae-
count OF his yellow hair.
The King of Gold was yery fond of
his American mamma. but then she
had a very little baby lying in the
cradle in the room with the stove. so
the King of Gold was fonder still of
Mamacita. who had nobody but him
self
One day there was commotion in
the room heated by the American
stove, and the King of Gold stepped
DTiglxlV from he
was going on. His papa had opened
box, and his mamma had taken out
little red calico dress and was hold
ing it up. laughing the while
1T is very sweet of your mother"
she said to the King of Colds papa
but 1t is such funny little dressl''
1T seems to me II is very nice little
dress" had the King of Colds papa;
then he called to the King of Gold
Come. son. and see the pretty dress
your grandmother sent you from the
states"
The King OF Gold held out his arms.
and his mamma, still laughing, laid
the little red dress across them, say
ing, He wishes to show it to Mama
cita."
MY gamma give me dress, Mama
cita," said the King Of Gold, march
ing into the kitchen.
Mamacita went into rhapsodies over
the little red dress.
Il will wear 1t when 1 walk on the
platha," said the King of Gold.
"Yes. yes" said Mamacita
The King of Gold and Mamacita
walked on the plaza every evening af
ter Mamaclta had washed her dishes
81 want to wear the dess my gamma
give me-" said the King of Gold when
his American mamma prepared to
dress him for the plaza. for sometimes
Mamacita was slow with her dishes.
NO" said the American mamma.
"you can wear your little red dress out
in the courtyard"
The King of Gold had two big tears
in his round eyes while his mamma
dressed him, and then he put his little
fat arm over his face and went into the
kitchen to Mamacita. Mamacita said
his gamma" in the states had made
the little red dress herself; she had
shown him how his gamma" had
taker ctssh of the stitches. MamacIta
had bidden him kiss the little red
dress, and his American mamma would
not let him wear 1t on the plaza,
But one day all of the King of Colds
white dresses were in the wash.
Now can wear the dess my gan
ma give mel" cried the King OF Gold,
hopefully my pity wed dessi"
1t was such a beautiful day, and the
little boy did want to wear the red
dress so badly. that his American
mamma relented. saying to Mamacita,
"I am afraid all the people will know
that you are behindhand with the
wash"
While the King of Gold trotted hap
pily about the plaza and Mamacita sat |
listening to the music. little old lady
from the states got on the train in
the Mexican city and looked about her
in a puzzled way. She had expected
some one to meet her, and nobody was
there.
81 leave the street cars at the plaza
and walk two squares. she said. "and |
1 come to a house with stovepipe
protruding from a window. That's
where my son lives"
The old lady reached the plaza with
out any trouble She walked two
squares, but did not come to the house
with the stovepippe protruding from
a window. Then she returned to the
plaza and walked two squares In an
other direction, with no better sue
cess. Five times she walked her two
squares. and the last time discovered
that she was going over old ground.
She spoke to three men who looked
like Americans, asking her way. The
first answered in German and the
other two in French. Thereupon the
old lady sank down upon a bench In
the plaza. wondering what on earth
sbe would do. Then suddenly she saw
something that she recognized--a little
red calico dress on fat little boy who
was trotting from the plaza
The King of Gold and Mamacita
walked two squares, and the little old
,adv caught up to them just as Mama
eta sounded the knoeker of the great
doors.
And oh. MY now glad the American
mamma was that she had allowed the
K,ng of Gold to wear the little red
dress,-Louise r. Baker in Youths
Companion.
Paying Old Debts.
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