The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-25
CHAT AND CHAFF.

l Sftc Hdu DIue eyes ana soiuen hai'
and she wore rich robes OF cerlse print
goods and a gown studded with rhine
stones and asphaltum pearls which she
rfveted TO Her beautiful hair with rub
Der neck hat pins.
The King, her father, had vast es-
tates consisting OF an upper tenement
OF four rooms and a half interest I'm
a tar papered wash shed for all OF
which he paid nine dollars month
and had his ashes removed without ex-
ira charge.
The Queen was not the real mother
OF the beautiful Princess but was a
wicked stepmother. When the King
was away from his palace visiting
other realms or engaged in the royal
pastime OF shaking dice for the nigh
balls I'm Jim Rickey's crystal palace
around the corner. the wicked step
mother was very cruel 10 the Princess
and made her wash the frying pan and
the iron kettle. while she only rinsed
the glass ware and silverne spoons and
did such light work.
The Queen was a proud thing any
way and very selfish.
Now the beautiful Princess had
dream that a fairy Prince came TO her
who was an exact duplicate of Lord
Reginald de Fortescue. the hero of that
thrilling romance Lost But Found,
by the well known authoress May Belle
Veredumond. published in paper covers
for ten cents copy, for sale by all
newsdealers or sent by NAL from the
place of publication. postage paid, on
receipt OF price.
The beautiful Princess sought in vain
through the pages of the city directory
for anybody by the name OF Reginald
de Fortescue or anything approaching
IL in texture.
But one Saturday evening, when she
was taking her constitutional with her
fairy godmother up and down West
minister street, the beautiful Princess
discovered the fairy Prince though
he did not have his name with him.
There he stood, as radiant as the
dawn. supporting the corner post of a
magnificent cigar store, his glossy black
hair spatted down under his derby head
dress. his curly moustache wreathed
about two-fer OF rich perfumes.
The beautiful Princess trembled at
the sight of the fairy Prince.
She knew she had met her fate.
And the fairy Princeton IL was he
caught on and got next.
The King. her father. upon hearing
about the fairy Prince was filled with
JOY, for he was desirous that his daugh-
ter should be welded as became her
rank and station. as she would not
work out for "a living. preferring wealth
with honor TO poverty and disgrace.
But the wicked Queen. her step
mother, was wroth and wanted to know
what the fairy Prince did with himself
when he wasn't engaged in holding up
the cigar store or spattlng his hair
down over his forehead
So she cast the beautiful Princess into
the pantry and ordered her to make a
dish of corned beef hash for the ban
quet. when there wasn't any corned
beef in the house, not even frankfurt
ters
The beautiful Princess was in des-
pair and wept for thirty hours without
stopping to dry her tears.
The tears grew into lake and taxi
ing the butter boat the beautiful Prin-
cess set sail for the home OF the fairy
godmother to ask her for help in her
trouble. as she had neither pen, ink
nor paper with which to write 10 the
editor of the Sunday Journal and find
out what he knew about 1t.
Upon hearing her tale the fairy god
mother waved her wand thrice and in
stantly four pieces of corned beef few
in at the window and alighted on the
centre table.
I'VE are here 10 do your bidding"
said the corned beef, bowling low.
The beautiful Princess was, OF course.
delighted. She stepped into the butter
boat with the four pieces of corned beef
and they quickly sailed back 90 the
pantry where. with the magic chopper,
the hash was soon prepared.
The Queen, her stepmother, few into
a rage when she saw the lovely dish Of
corned beef hash. But she could do
nothing but set II on the banquet board
with as good a grace as she could COM
mand
The Queen and all the guests ate
heartily OF the corned beef hash but
the beautiful Princess warned the King
not TO taste IL and she did not taste IL
herself.
Then the Queen and her guests died
in great agony for the corncd beef hash
was full OF magic microbes.
And the Board OF Health auaran-
tined the premises.
SO the beautiful Princess and the
fairy Prince were married and lived
happily for fifteen days when they filed
cross petitions for divorce and lived
happily ever after.
tDictated) DAN II. LOW.
REWARD FOR THE ARREST OF