The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-02-09

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Write at the first indication of trouble.
him away. He pleased her very much.
she admitted. but she was SO extrava-
gantly fond Of the music of the jews
harp that she would never marry man
that could not play it.
The king and his minister returned
home, and as they alighted from their
carriage the king said:
"Nothing has come of all this!'
"Nothing, your majesty" said the
minister mournfully.
"What shall do?' sighed the king.
81 must have a wife"
eff you would only give up the ginger
nuts" ventured the minister timidly.
"For the good of my people willy
exclaimed the noble king. and be re-
solved to marry the princess whom he
had first s..ught.
'She is the one who knows how to
bake almond cakes" he said. $50 and
ask her if she will be my wife. "
The minister went, returned the next
day, and said she was no longer IN the
matrimonial market, for she had mar
ried the king of the Land of Capers.
"Then SO to the second princess, y
said the king. Again the minister re-
Turned without having accomnlish"d
for This nrlncAEG had died.
Then the king thought long time.
He absolutely must have wife, so he
ordered the minister to go to the third
princess and see if she bad changed hel
mind. The minister obeyed, though he
did it unwillingly, for his wife assured
him that his errand was a useless one.
The king anxiously awaited his re-
turn. His mind was OH her question
concerning the jews harp, and the re-
membrance OF it was most annoying.
The third princess received the min
lister very cordially. She said she had
changed her mind about marrying
man who could play the jews harp.
"Dreams, are but vain and empty
things, especially those of youth"
She realized that her wish could not
be fulfilled, and as the king pleased
her she had decided to marry him.
| The minister rode home as fast as hi
horse could go, and the king embraced
him, and conferred so many decorations
on him that he had to wear some Of
them on his head.
The town was trimmed with bunting,
garlands were thrown across the streets
from house to house, and the marriage
was so splendidly celebrated that thu
people could talk of nothing else for 9
fortnight.
All went we'll with the king anG
queen for a year. The king had quite
forgotten his ginger nuts and the queer
her jews harp.
However, the king got out Of bed ont
morning with the wrong foot foremost
and after that, of course, all wen
wrong 1t rained the entire day; tn
imperial globe fell down and the littl
cross on the top broke off; the cour
painter brought new globe on which
Macronia was painted red instead o
the climax the Queen 'i6alGrad AZ and to ca
1t came to pass that the welded PAL
quarreled for the first time; why O
wherefore they knew not. In short, tn
king was CROSS and the queen was snap
Ply, and would have the last word. Aft
or the quarrel had gone on for som
time the queen shrugged her shoulder
disdainfully and said:
you've found fault the entire 6av
And why, pray-you, who can't O.
much as play the jews harp?'
He retorted sharply:
you've nothing to say. You cam
even bake ginger nuts"
For the first time the queen did NO
reply, but remained quiet, and withou
Exchanging another word they went t,
their respective rooms.
The queen seated herself in q oorne
of the sofa and wept and Thought sadly
"What foolish wife you are! Hav,
you lost your reason? You should no
have begun quarrel SO stupidity"
The king paced up and down hi
room, rubbed his hands and said:
''It is truly bit of good LUCK tina
my wife can't bake ginger nuts. WIZ
did answer her when she reproaohst
me for not knowing how to play ON til,
jews harp?''
After repeating this three or fou
times he felt more cheerful He begaI
to whistle his favorite tune, examined
the large portrait of the queen which
hung in his room, mounted a chair, anl
with his handkerchief brushed of {
cobweb that hung over her nose anG
said:
"She is surely fretting, my good lit
tie wife. I'll see what she's doing"
| He went down the long hall to he,
door. All had gone wrong ON this day.
The servant had ever forgotten the
lamps, although it was 8 O'Clock and
quite dark. He entered the room. put
ting out bis hands before him so as not
to stumble against the furniture. Sud
denly he felt something warm.
"Who is it?'' he said.
"It is l." replied the queen.
"What's the matter, my pet?''
II want to ask your forgiveness. ~
said the queen, "for having been &C
Cross
"You don't need to do that at all, -
said the king, throwing his arms about
her neck "I'm more to blame than
you are. Let's forget all about it, There
are two terms that we'll never allow
used in our kingdom, jew g harp and
And ginger nuts" interrupted the
queen, laughing, as she secretly wiped
two little tears from her eyes.-From
the German For Short Stories.
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