The Washington weekly post., 1900-08-28

| the youngest, v no was the most beautiful
| Of the three, and whose name was fel-
| low Rose. but she would not take one of
them, and for this the King ordered her
never TO come into his sight, nor into
| company again.
yellow Rose got very downhedTted and
| used almost all her time now in wander
! ing in the garden where Hookedy-Crook
/ edy was looking after the flowers. and
| she used 10 come around again and again.
| chatting 10 HoOkedy-Crookedy. And so
| it was not long until Hookedy Crookedy
| saw that the Yellow Rose was in love
with him. and he got just as deeply In
| love with her. for she was a beautiful and
| charming girl The next thing the grand
adviser cOunseled the King was that he
should send his two new sons-in-law, the
! Prince of Spain and the Prince of France,
| TO the Well of the Worlds End for bot
| ties Of locd% to take in the battle with
! them that they might cure wounded and
dead men, so the King ordered his sons
m-laW to go to the Well OF the World
End and bring him back two bottles of
! IOca.
The Yellow Rose told Hookedy-CroOk
edy all about this, and when he had turn
ed it over in his mind. he said to himself,
Il will go and have a chat with the mare
and bear about this"
So off TO the woods he went and right
glad the mare and the bear were to Sec
him. He told them all that happened,
and then told them how the Kings two
sOns-in-laY were 10 start to the Well OF
the Worlds End the next day, and asked
the mares advice about this.
| Well Jack" SAYS the mare, 81 want
you to go with Them. Take On old hunt
horse in the Kings stable, an old, bOny,
skinny animal, that is past all work, and
. put an old. strong saddle on it, and dress
yourself in the most ragged dress YOU
| can get, and join the two men on the
! roads, and say that you are going win
them. They will be heartily ashamed OF
you, Jack, and the figure Of yours and the
Old hcrse you get and they will do every
thing 10 get rid of YOU. When you como
To the crossroads one of them vii! pro-
pose to go OF ir and have a drink, and
then when you are chatting over your
drink they VIII propose that the three OF
| YOU separate and every one of vnU take
a road by yourself to go TO the Well al
the Worlds End. and all three will NEE!
at that crossroads again, and whoever is
back first with the bottle of water is TO De
the greatest nero OF them all. You agree
| II this When they start OFF on their roads
| they will not go many miles till they III
their bottles from Sparwclls by the road
side and hurry back TO the meeting place
and then continue on home 10 the King Oi
Scotland and give him the bottles ol
Icca from the Well OF the World $ End.
But you will be before them. and after
! YOU have set on yCur road. put ON yoEl
wishing cap when YOU have gone around
the nrst bend and wish for two bottles
os Ioca from the Wells of the World
End. and al once YOU will nave them,
ard then the mare directed Jack fully al
n that he was to do after. jack thanke,
the mare and bade good by to the mar
[ and went away.
g The next day when the Kings tw'
;, | scns-in-Iaw set out on their grand steed
/ to 20 TO the Wells oI-the Worlds EEd
. ( they had not gone far when Jack. In
ragged old suit. and sitting on stron'
| saddle. on an cid white. skinny horse
1 loined them and told them he, too, Wa
9 Going with them for a bottle Of Ioca
r. Rtght heartily ashamed OF Jack. the
= would do anything TO get rid OF him
2 Ry and bv. when they came 10 wher
= the road parted In three, they proposes
; :, have z drink, end es they set on 1
I drink they proposed that each take ros
= for himself. end whoever was 70 be bar
j first with a bottle Of Ioca would be IN
creates, hero. They agreed, and. eac
o chose his own road and set out
Y When Jack went around the first ben
n hA nut on his wishing cap, and Wtshe
10, two bottles Of Ioca from the Wells q
?, the Worlds End, and no sooner he Wish
u "a than he had them. and back again h
came. and was not very long. and whe
the ether two came riding up, surprise
2 they were to hnd Jack there before then