The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-03-14

to give up all your own happiness that
she:might become happyY' s.
II she never. can be happy without me
lii she loves me as believe" I ad-
NIT that this was q selfish thought to
express. ~ st'5 49,
"Then why Il ii impossible. your
loveSand hers? II her love for you 10
as great as you say 1t is. what IFS a.
king. princeSor aprincipality to her ~
"It is none Of those. ! It IL because
she has given her word, the word Of q
princess. What. would you do In her
placer" suddenly.
T?" Phyllis leaned back among the
cushions. her eyes half closed and a
smile on her lips. II am afraid that II
loved you should follow you to the
end of the world. Honor Is a fine
thing. but in her case 1t is an empty
word. II she broke this word for You,
,who would be wronged2 No one, since
the prince covets only her dowry and
the king desires only his will obeyed.
Perhaps do not understand what 30
cial obligation means to these people
who are born in purple"
Perhaps that Is 1t. Phyllis. listen,
and will tell you romance which
has not yet been drawn to Its end.
Once upon q time-let me call 1t
fairy story" said I, drawing down
palm leaf as II to read the tale from
its blades. "Once upon time In q
country far from ours there lived q
prince and princess. The prince was
rather a bad fellow. His faith In his
wife was not the best. and he made q
VOW that If ever children came he
would make them as evil as himself
Not long after the good fairy brought
two children to her godchild. the prin-
cess. Remembering the VOW made by
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 2 years old, the pr ss died.
The child from then on grew like q
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" l. let the palm leaf slip
back and drew down fresh one, Phyl-
lis watching me with interest 'The
child the fairy left was still child for
all her .womanhood. She was wfllful
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 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 a foreign race. Having
| wife and daughter Of his own, he
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 q mere girl then and was selling
lemonade at-at Is cents q glass
| She .... ..r-
Jack" came in wondering tones
lyn hot fol1 n @
| mer' H.. a.. .s-.. -.,.. III
phyllis, can you not look back, per
haps as in q 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" rose and bowed to
her respectfully. ....~ ..i.... .4~rat
| MY sister, the princess? prin
cess1 Jack" Indignantly, you are
| hooking me! 1t is not fairr'
phyllis, as sure as stand before
you all l have said Is true. And now
let me be the. first to do homage t.
| your serene highness," taking her hand
despite her efforts to withdraw it and
kissing it. 4..@9rns Il. @ztJt.}~'- t~fss.
1T is unreal! Impossible! Absurd
she cried. ....5 .....,.-.... ....
LET me repeat the words Of thu
French philosopher who said, Al
1 nothing is impossible let rs believe II
the absurd said 1. eye
"And does she know-the Princes.
Hildegardef My sister? How strange
the word feels on my tongue" gla1i
| mo; she does not know. but present
ly she will" ...-. .--.-. ,+
Then Phyllis asked in an altered
tone, And what is all this to you tina
you thrust this greatness upon me, {
greatness, l assure you, for which
do not carer - ~. - ~
/ regarded her vaguely. saw ,
precipice at my feet could not tel
her that Id making her a princess
was making Gretchen free. L. coult
not confess that my motive was pure
ly q selfish one.
| TT was duty" said evasively.
/ "And in what way will it concerl
the Princess Hildegarde's affairs-ans
yoursw She was rather merciless.
''Why should 1t concern any AFFAIR o
miner I asked. g.r>a< II
i sYou love her. and she loves you