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closed. Your majesty must act, and act

closed. Your majesty must act. and act
promptly"
I'VE have acted" said the king, land
nothing has come of 1t. We have Of
fered a very large reward-our daugh-
ter and half of our kingdom. We have
done all we can" The king always
spoke of himself in the plural. He con-
sidered that he owed it to his position.
There is one thing that is always done
in these cases and that has not been
DONE" said the Lord Chamberlain.
What is it.? asked the king.
THE princess must be sacrificed"
The king grew thoughtful. DO you
really think so?" he asked
1T is the only course left to U.S."
1T doesn't seem a bad idea," said the
king. But we are not quite sure how
her Royal Highness might take it,
Your majesty can command"
L "YeS-there is that. We can command
Of course. We say. 'Sploschstein, just
come here a minute You'll break it to
her, won't your"
Wen, your majesty, 1t would come
better from you, 1 think"
"oh. sploschstein. just think of a ia
theirs feelings"
IF the worst came to the worst. we
could mobilize the army to take her
| along. couldn't WEI"
DO you think there is enough of 1t
left?''
What six brawny men-the gallant
army of Dummeleutia not enough to
take one old
I'VE beg your pardon?"
Il mean one simple maiden, a couple
of miles?"
well, we should think it might do.
perhaps. You arrange it all, Splosch-
stein, just as you think best. We must
be off now. We've just to go round the
corner 20 see a man about a dog. Good
BY"
The Lord Chamberlain pulled himself
together and went to see the princess.
She tumbled to the idea directly, much
to his relief. She liked the idea of the
white robe, and the flowers, and the
weeping maidens, and being allowed to
choose what she liked for breakfast;
she was a sentimental woman, and had
little doubt that st. George would turn
up in the nick of time to save her from
the dragon, and marry her afterward
They had no trouble with her at ALL
The King objected at first to having to
fall on her neck before leaving her to
the dragon-he wanted the whole thing
over as quickly as possible-but it was
pointed out to him that If he didn't do
his part he would spoil the whole per-
Torrance, Sc he consented.
The ceremony went off very well The
stage manager of the Royal Opera House
arranged the details and was congratu-
lated on his success by the whole of the
press. They got together a dozen vir-
gins to strew flowers in the way and
the station masters little daughter offered
the Princess a magnificent bouquet of
choice hot house blooms. There was a
band. but the less said about that the
better. The Princess enjoyed herself
thoroughly. She was more popular than
she had ever been in her life. The whole
population of Putzenheim turned out TO
see the last of her, but the concourse
thinned off a bit as they neared the
swamp. However, nothing was seen Of
the dragon.
The proceedings were a little hurried
when they reached the margin of the
swamp, but the Princess was duly chain
ed to a tree-she would have preferred a
rock If there had been one-and then the
King tucked up his robes and scuttled
back to his royal city as fast as his legs
could carry him, followed by the Lord
Chamberlain and the rest of the cast.