The sun., 1901-07-26
THE SUN VIII NlNATON. DELAWARE FRIDAY JULY 20 1901

fence, sweetness, laSclhatioh, Gun
ming and warness, that ] could sell
cheaper, but / am afraid they wont
suit your complaint; they are more
for gaining love than for giving it,"
.'But," said the princess, wayerlng,
81 don't want to lose my white
wings" Then, seeing the woman did
not say anything, she asked, abrupt
~: "Is it nice?"
sometimes it is, sometimes 1t is
not" said the woman. "Iou pay your
money. but you can't take your
choice. You must risk 50 much.
"Thank you," she said, "for your
advice; but | don't think | care to
take your tonic. don't want to
smirch my white wings Just as soon
as | have discovered that | have got
them"
"Perhaps you are right" said the
woman, laconically. Then she added
passionately: "Oh, wish had been
as strong as you are! Mine are full
of black quilts; not really black, you
know, but smirched and smeared--
their freshness gone. lhe worid
would rub up against them, and had
silly idea that men liked piebald
effects. Now | know that this is 2
mistake"
"Never mind, you have had the lux
urv of love and suffering, Sald 'he
princess. 81 know neither"
So, although the princess did not
take the advice, the two parted
friends. "You will let me know when
You find yourself in the last depart,
mant on the left" the woman cried
after her as she went away.
"Yes." said the princess, ~ will
| if ever arrive there
So the princess returned to the pal
ace really no wiser tnan she had lef1
| ii. All the comfort she had found
was that when the little gold heart
hung more heavily than usual she
used to wrap her white wings closer
around her and tell herself that there
was not one single smirched feather
| in either of them.
| Suitors still came and wooed her
in vain. She listened graciousiy 10
| them all, because she longed to pc
| able to learn the lesson they came To
try and teach her. They used 10 look
III her tip-tilted nose. her dawn
kissed checks. and eyes whose charms
were only accentuated by those trail
inc shadows, and love her TO diStrac-
tion-all il vain. For the white wings
wrapped her round like a coat OF
armor. There was no beating them
down: they shielded the princess
heart and caused all her sntors ia
stand on one side in awe and rever-
ence.
But one day there came q bolder
wooer. A prince with bright eyes
that knew no fear.
He saw in glance what was The
matter. The whiteness Of the wings
was freezing the princess into
beautiful saint. He stopped his WOO
ing abruptly and took the princess
into his arms without rs much rs
saving "By your leave" or asking hel
to love him back and gave her one
kiss after another-and then waited
The princess was so nightly as
tonished that before she knew wha
she was about she put her two sot
lips to his cheek and gave him hacl
little ghost of his own kisses ant
then slipped away.
That night when she folded he
wings she noticed that one of TIN
feathers was tipped with gray
When she woke up in the morning
she wondered what had happened
, for her heart was aching and flntter
, ing as never golden heart has eve
ached or futtercd before or since.
'Why IS it heating like bir'
against the bars Of its cage?" sh
asked herself in wonderment at th
new sensation.
Suddenly She knew, and turne'
blilshng away from her glass, no
:. liking even TO meet the reflection o
her own eyes. ''It cant be that" sh
told herself. "Why, | was very an
gry!"
! Hut all the same it was the tippet
feather that got all the preening tha
morning.
Il wonder if am really in the las
department on The left at lasto" sh
said TO herself.
Even the people who loved the prin