Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-13

the prince, the good fairy carried away
one of the children, and no one knew
anything about 1t save the princess
and the fairy. When the remaining
child was years old, the princess died.
The child from then en- grew like a
wild flower. The prince did his best to
spoil her. but the good fairy watched
over her just as carefully as she watch
ed over the child she had hidden away.
By and by the wicked prince died. The
child reached womanhood. The good
fairy went away and left her. Per-
haps she now gave her whole attention
to the other" let the palm leaf slip
back and drew down fresh one. Phyl-
Ms watching me with interest. "The
child the fairy left was still a child for
all her womanhood. She was willful
and capricious; she rode. she fenced.
she hunted; she was as unlike other
women as could be. At last the king.
who was her guardian. grew weary OF
her caprices So he commanded that
she marry. But what had the fairy
done with the other child, the twin
sister Of this wild princess? Perhaps
In this instance the good fairy died
and left her work unfinished, to be
taken up and pursued by a convention
al newspaper reporter. Now this pro
tenn. fairy ascertained that the good
fairy had left the lost princess In the
care of one Of foreign race. Having
wife and daughter Of his own, be
brought the princess up as his niece,
not knowing himself who she really
was. She became wise, respected and
beautiful in mind and form. Fate,
who governs all fairy stories, first
brought the newspaper reporter into
the presence of the lost princess. She
was a mere girl then and was selling
lemonade at-at 25 cents glass
She"-
Jack" came in wondering tones,
"for mercy's sake, what are you telling
mew
phyllis. can you not look back, per-
haps as in dream, to an old inn where
soldiers and ministers In hurry and
confusion moved to and fro? No; |
dare say you were too young. The
Princess Hildegarde of Hohenphalia
Is your sister," l rose and bowed to
her respectfully.
"My sister. the princess? l prin-
cess? Jack" Indignantly, you are
mocking me! 1t Is not fairp
"Phyllis, as sure as l stand before
you all have said Is true. And now
let me be the first to do homage to
your serene highness," taking her hand
despite her efforts to withdraw 1t and
kissing it.
1T is unreal! Impossible! Absurd"
she cried.
"Let me repeat the words Of the
French philosopher who said, AS
nothing is impossible let us believe In
the absurd" said l.
"And does she know-the Princess
Hlldegarde! My sister? How strange
the word feels on my tongue
"No; she does not know, but present
ly she will"
Then Phyllis asked in an altered
tone, "And what is all this to you that
you thrust this greatness upon me, q
greatness. assure you, for which /
/. do not care?"
l regarded her vaguely. l saw q
precipice at my feet. could not tell
her that In making her princess l
was making Gretchen free. l could
not confess that my motive was pure
ly selfish one.
ut was a duty" said l evasively.
"And In what way will 1t concern
the Princess Hildegarde's affairs-and
yoursY She was rather merciless.
why should it concern any affair OF
mine" l asked.
"You love her, and she loves you.
May she not abdicate in my favor"
"And If she should?" with an accent
of impatience.
Phyllis grew silent. Forgive me,
Jackw impulsively. "But all this is
scarcely to be believed. And then you
say there are no proofs"
"Not In the eyes Of the law" l re-
piled. But nature has written 1t In
your faces" | was wondering why
she had not gone into raptures at the
prospect Of becoming a princess.
"It Is q great honor" she said after
some meditation, land 1t Is very kind
% Dat
title as | do for this rose." And she
cast away one Of Pembroke's roses. 1t
boded Ill for my cousins cause.
The next person saw was the chan
cellor.
well" l interrogated.
"There can be no doubt" he said.
"but'- with an expressive shrug.
Life would run smoother If it had
fewer butts and ifs and 'perhapses.'
What you would say" said l. ''is that
there are no proofs. Certainly they
must be somewhere"
"But to find them" cried he.
81 shall make the effort. The pur-
suit Is interesting"
The expression In his eyes told me
that he had formed an opinion In re-
gard to my part. "Ah, these journal
istsw as he passed on.
Everything seemed so near and yet
so far. Proofs? Where could they be
found If Wentworth had them not?
II only there had been trinket, ker-
chief even, with the Hohenphalia crest
upon it! shook my fists In despair.
Gretchen was so far away, 30 far!
went In search Of her. She was still
surrounded by men. The women were
not as friendly toward her as they
might have been. The prince was
standing near Seeing me approach.
his teeth cleaned for an instant.
"Ah." said Gretchen, "here Is Herr