Evening star., 1901-08-31

upon the royal grass plots and under
growth.
In a few moments after they had reached
the pavilion the princess came shouting
back. She was certainly a most jovial lit
tie person, full Spanish at all points, with
great dark eyes and cheeks apple-red with
good health and the sharp airs of the Guar
arrama. Dona susanna had walked a little
in front of La Giralda and her flock to
show the superiority of her position and
also, 1T may be, to display the amplitude
of her several chins by holding them in the
air in a manner as becoming as dignifed
milk them! Milk them quickly! Let
me see" the princess shouted, Changing
the pals together. The walls of the pa
vilion in which La Giralda found herself
were decorated with every kind of house
hold utensils but not such as had ever
been used practically. AT least so it ap-
peared to La Glralda, who, much impressed
by the magnificence of the installation
would promptly have driven her goats out
again.
But this the little Isabel would by no
means permit.
mine-my very own. My mother has a
daryl have a kitchen. Milk the goats
here, command you-nowhere but herer'
And. thrusting the bucket into the old
womans hand, she watched carefully and
eagerly as La Giralda pressed the milk
downward in kissing streams
AT this the little girl danced with delight
1T looks so easy-I could do it myself,
d., L
do it. Stand still, cabra! Do you not
know that am Isabella the Second, Queen
of all the Spains?"
But the shegoat. having no very strong
monarchical sentiments or perhaps being
inclined to Carlist opinions, as soon as she
felt the grip of unaccustomed fingers
promptly kicked over in the dust the Queen
of all the Spains.b
herself up or even to emit the lusty howl
of disappointment and anger which how
cred upon her lips before her attendant
rushed at her with pitiful cries
"Oh, the wicked goat! The deyil-pos-
sessed emblem of Satan! Let it be slain!
Did not your poor Susana warn YOU to
have nothing to do. with such evil things?
thus to overturh In the dust the best.
the sweetest. the lnoblest of princesses!'
But the best and sweetest of princesses,
having violent objections to being gathered
up into the capacieus embrace of her nurse,
especially before company, vigorously OBJ
jected in much the same manner as the
goat had done. and at last compelled Dona
Susana to deposit her once more on the
paved floor of the miniature kitchen. Hav-
ing arrived In which place, her anger ap-
peared to have completely vanished, for
a tankardful1 of rich warm goats milk was
handed to her by La Giralda, and in this
flowing bowl she soon forgot all her woes.
You must come down to the palace
and be paid, said the little girl; 1--WE are
most of us very hungry there and those
who are not un hungry are thirsty. The
on the way, and all the guards have gone
to bring them back!'
At this Dona Susana looked quickly
across to the Old goatherdess and sig
nailed that the little princess was not to
be informed OF, anything she might hap
pen to know.
You have been in the town, I trust"
said Dona Susana.
La Giralda declared that she had come
directly down from her farm on the noun
tain side, as, indeed, they themselves had
seen her do.
Satisfied of her veracity. Dona Susana
led the way toward the palace of La
Granja.
When they arrived at the palace front,
sana's call an ancient major-domo ap-
peared, his well-deveioped waistcoat mat