Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-20

diers who were sick died misera bly,, and the
noble army of Prince Bull persisted.
When the dismal news of his great loss
was carried TO the prince ne suspected his
godmOther very much indeed. but he knew
that his servants must have kept company
with the malicious beldame. and must have
given way to her, and therefore he resolved
10 turn those servants out of their places.
So he called to him roebuck who had the
gift of speech and he said: Good roebuck.
tell them they must go. So the good roe
buck delivered his message. so like man
that you might have supposed him to be
nothing but man. and they We're turned
out But not without warning. for that they
had had a long time.
And now comes the most extraordinary
part of the history of this prince. When he
had turned out those servants, of course, ne
wanted others. What his astonishnent
/" md that in all his dominions, which CON
tanned no less than twenty-seVen mil
lions of people. there were not above
hve-dnd-twenty servants altogether. They
were so lofty about it. too. that In
stead of discussing whether they should
hire themselves servants to Prince
Bull. they turned things topsy-turrE.
and considered whether a favor they
should hire Prince Bun to be their master.
While they were arguing this point among
themselves quite at their leiSur" the wicked
Old red fairy was incessantly going up and
down, knocking at the doors of twelve Of
the oldest of the fiye-aud-tWenty, who were
the oldest Inhabitants in all that country
and whose united ages amounted to one
thousand, saying: "Wlll you hlrP Prince
Bull for your master, Will you hire Prince
Bull for yOur master?' To which one an
swered: II will If next door will: and an
other: Il won't If over the way does; and
another: Il can't If he. she or they might
could. would or should And all this time
Prince Bulls affairs were going TO rack and
ruin.
At last Prince Bull. in the height of his
perpleXity. assumed d thoughtful face. as
If he were struck by an entirely new idea
The wicked old fairy. seeing This, was at
his elbow directly and said: How do you
DO my prince. and what are you thinking
off, Il am thinking. gOdmother." says he,
that among all the seven-andtwenty mill
lions of my subjects who have never been
in service there are men of intellect and BUSH
less who have made me very famous both
among my friends and enemies" ''Ay, tru-
iy? says the fairy. ''Ay. truly, says the
prince. And what them says the fairy
Why, then, says he, since the regular
old class CT servants do so ill. are 50 hard
TO get and carry il with so high a hand
perhaps | might try to make good servants
of some of these" The words had no soon
er passed his lips than she returned. chuck
ling: You think So do you? Indeed, my
prince? Tapei" Thereupon he directly for
got what he was thinking of and cried out
lamentably 10 the old servants: oh. do
come and hire your poor old master, Pray
do. On any terms
And this, for the present finishes the
story of Prince Bull | wish | could wind
it up by saying that he lived happy ever
afterward, but l cannot in my conscience
estranged children fatally repealed by her
from coming near him, l do not, to tell
you the plain truth. believe in the possible
lily of such an end to it.