The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-26
ed him if they had any more in his fam

would not consent TO marry as he wished,
n that he had banished her out OF his
1ack said that he would like to see
he-.
The King said he would never let her
enter comDany again, but ne could not
refuse Jack; so the Yellow Rose was sent
for.
Jack fell to chatting with her and used
al his arts TO win her and, or course, IN
this handsome Jack she did not recognize
ugly little HOokedy-CrOokedy. be told
her he had heard that she had & very bad
taste TO fall in love with an ugly crooked
wee fellow in her fathers garden
= am a handsome fellow, rich prince,
says Jack, and l viii give you myself
and all l possess II you viii only say you
Will accept me-"
ed him that very quickly. She said: I
went sit here and hear the man l love
abused" and she got VI to leave.
Well says Jack. I admire your spir-
II; but before you go" says he, let me
make you a little present" and he hand
ed her a tabiecloth. There" says he.
If you marry HoOkedy-Crookedy, as long
as you have this tableclOth you Will new
er want eating and drinking OF the best"
The other two sisters grabbed to get the
tablecloth from her, but Jack put out
his hands and pushed them back
At dinner time the next day Jack came
in in a dress in which he had gone into
the second battle, and, with the mare, he
cleared the walls, as he had done the day
before.
The King was enraged at the gate keep
ers and began to scOld them, but Jack
laughed at them and said a trihe like
that was never to him n his mare
harmful.
After dinner was over the King asked
what he thought of his daughters and
their husbands.
Jack said they were very good, and
asked him if he had any more in his fam
lily.
The King said: Il have no more ex-
cept one daughter, who won do as l
wish, and who has fallen in love with an
ugly crooked wee fellow in my garden,
and 1 ordered her never to come in my
sight again."
But Jack said he would very much like
TO see her.
The king said that on Jacks account he
would break his VOW and let her come in.
So the Yellow Rose was brought in and
Jack fell to chat with her. He did all
he could to make her fall In love with
him, and h told her of all his good
wealth and good possessions and offered
himself to her, and said II she only would
marry him she would live with ease and
luxury and happiness ali the days or her
life, things she would never know with
/ HOOkedy-CrOOkedy.
But Yellow Rose got very angry, and
said: I won't sit here and listen 10 such
things and she got up to cav the room.
Well" said Jack, 4 admire your spirit,
and before you go let me make you a
little present." So he handed her a purse.
Here" a he, sis a purse, n all the
days yourself and Hookedy-Crookedy live
you Will never want for money for that
purse will never be empty"
He sisters made a grab to snatch II
from her, but Jack showed them back and
went out, n Jack roc away with the
mare after dinner and left her in the
wood.
When he came back to his garden
he always came in the HoOkedy-Crook-
edy ship and always pretended he had
been away on a message for the king
The third day he went to the wood
again. He dressed ia the suit In winch
he had gone to the first battle, and when
he came back he went to the castle and
cleared the walls, and when the king
scOlded the gatekeepers Jack told him
never to mind, as that was a small trihe
to him and his mare.
A very grand dinner indeed Jack had
this day, and when they chatted after
dinner the king asked him how he liked
his daughters and their husbands.
He said he liked them very well, and
asked him if he had any more in his
family.
daughter. who wouldn't do as he wished,
and who fell in love with an ugly, crooked,
wee fellow in his garden, and she was
never to come within his sight again.
Says Jack, Il would ik TO see that
girl"
The king said he could not refuse Jack
any request he made, so he went for the
Yellow Rose. When she came in Jack
fell into chat with her and did his very,
very best to make her fall in love with
him, but it was of no use He told her OF
all his wealth and all his good possessions,
and said if she would marry him she
would own all that, and all the days she
would live she would be the happleSt
woman of the wide world, but il she
would marry HOOkedy-CToOkedy, he said,
h would never be out of want nd hard
ships. besides having an ugly husband.
If the Yellow Rose was in a rage the
two days before. \ was in a far greater
/ ~ ga aAnF Che said Ehn urnT1nnT cit rharn
to. listen to that. She told Jack that
HOOkedy-CroOkedy was in her eyes a far
more handsome and beautiful man than
he and any of the Kings son she had
ever seen. She said to Jack If he was ten
times as handsome and 100 times as
wealthy, she wouldn't give H0okedy-
CrOOkedy's little finger for himself or for
all his wealth and possessions, and then
she got up TO leave the room.
Well" says Jack, says he "1 admire
your spirit very much, and" says he.
Il would like to make you a little pres
ent. Here is a comb he said. and It
will comb out of ones hair a bushei of
gold and a bushel of silver every time
they comb with it, and, besides" avs he,
1T Will make handsome the ugliest man
that ever was"
When the other sisters heard this they
rushed to snatch the comb from her, but
Jack threw them backwards so very
roughly that their husbands sprang out.
With the back switch of his two hands
Jack knocked their husbands down sense
less. The king few into a rage and said:
How dare you do that TO the two finest
and raves men of this world?'
Fine and brave. indeed, said Jack
"One and the other two are worthless
creatures, and not even your lawful sons
How dare you say that?' says the
king.
Strip their backs where they lie and
see for yourself" And there the king
saw written A unlawful married man.
What is the meaning of this?' says
the king. They were lawfully married
to my two daughters, and they nave the
golden tokens of the marriage
Jack drew out from his pocket the two
golden balls and handed them to the king,
/ and said. 1t is l who have the tokens,
and handed them to the king.
The Yellow Rose had gone off to the
garden in the middle of all this. Jack
made the King sit down and told him all
his story, n how he came by the golden
balls. He told him how he was Hookedy-
CroOkedY, and that it reflected a great
deal of honor that she the King thou=ht
so worthless o refuse to give VI
HOokedy-CroOkedy for one she thought
a wealthy prince, and that she walked
away in a hurry. The King, you may be
sure, was highly delighted to grant his
request A couple of drops of Ioca then
brought the Kings two sons to their
senses again, and at Jacks request they
were ordered to go and live elsewhere.
Jack went of, left his mare in the wood
and came in the garden as Hookedy-
CToOkedy. He told the Yellow Rose he
had been gathering bilberries.
90" says she, L have something grand
for you Let me comb your hair with
this comb"
Hookedy-C rookedy put his head in her
lap and she combed out a bushel of gold
and silver. and when he stood uD again
she saw HoOkedy-CrOOkedy no more, but
instead, the beautiful prince that had
been trying to win her in her fathers
drawing room for the last three days, and
then and there to her Jack told his whole
story, and it's Yellow Rose is the de-
lighted girl.
With little delay they were married.
The wedding lasted a year and a DAY and
there were at It 500 hddlers. 500 huters
and 1000 fifers, and the last day was bet
ter than the first.
Shortly after the marriage lack and his