The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-11
A Fairy Story for Crown Folks


land that vas ruled over by a king who
I had two daughters. In this land were
no princes or dukes that the king could
! receive as sons-in-laW all the raw ma
terial having been cornered by girls from
1 Cincinnati. New York. California and
Say city, Mich, ana 50 the king s
daughters pinned for love.
One Of the maidens was tan and sta e
ly. Her voice was as the tinkle Of the
shears-grinder's little bell and she ives
passing fair to look upon. The other
was plump md pretty, but distinctly not
! Ctoson's kind
And It hefell that while the wise man
and the fool tarried in the kings realm
{ a war was declared against him by the
duke who mad castle in an adjoining
township and wanted a strip Of territory
/ whose inhabitants were able to pay the-r
taxes to the king semi-annually in real
none-.
Then the wise man laid plans for the
Uudoing Of the duke. and the foo. led
the kings army in the field, and Whit
with the wise mans strategy and the
fools daring the duke was soon com
PEELED to yield q coaling station to the
king and agree to an open door policy
So the king spoke unto the wise man
and the fool saying:
For as much as ye have enabled me
to pump the tabasco into the duke I
/ viii give ye my daughters to be Your
I wives Co now and win their hearts,
and may ye all be happy ever after
! ward"
Now, It fortuned that the fool was
/ handsome man. His hair would stay
( parted all day: he was big and wen pro
/ porti0ned. and having been captain Of the
I kings militia. he was entitled TO wear
q uniform He was the cynosure Of all
/ the goo-goo eyes in the klnsdom
I The wise man. on the other hand was
/ not an Adonis; the lines Of thought made
I his face look like a railroad map of Ill
inois. and every little while his necktie
would work itself over the TOP Of his
! collar behind. Being wise, he knew that
1 the fool had but to choose which of the
/ kings daughters he wanted, and, more
1 over he had no doubt that the stately.
/ beautiful princess-the one he desired for
/ his own Uife-would be the fools first
( choice.
Therefore the wise man laid subtle
plan whereby the superb maiden would
( b left for himself Taking the fool
aside he said:
I'VE are invited to become members
/ Of the kings household His daughters
wait for us TO WOO and win them. h nee
/ it remains only for us to agree between
| ourselves which Of them each desires
for his wife. Now you are a tall man
/ and I am not. One Of the maidens is
tan and beautiful The other IS pretty.
/ and-we might say roly-poly. You can
| see for yourself that the pretty little
I princess is naturally the one for me,
while the stately, beautiful one should
/ be your choice You and she would he
/ a handsome couple. Think how you
/ would loom up in a grand march. What
/ do you say? Shall I try to win the
pretty little one while you WOO her
/ queenly sister? Come is it agreed?'
The foo, as the wise man had fore
seen, became possessed Of a strong pref
/ erence for the pretty little princess the
moment he began to suspect that anoth-
er preferred her above her sister, and
instead of entering into an agrc emen-,
he hurried away, found the vivacio1s
maiden trying to hole down at the sew
enth green, and began making love to
her with all his might.
The wise man followed directly. saw
what was going on, and rubbed his
/ hands with satisfaction From the first
he had loved the stately princess. and
with the fool and her sister safely mar
ried, happiness would be within his
grasp.
But he did not sit down, content to let
the scheme work itself out alone. Day
after day ne sought the little princess
and hattered her and made love 20 her.
and Whetted the jealousy OF the fool
Neanwhie her beautiful sister was left
to mediate alone and the king and all
his household marveIed that neither of
the travellers seemed to appreciate her
loneliness.
The rivalry Of the wise man and the
fool was of short duration. In a few
Hays 1T was announced that the hand
some fool and the pretty little thing
were TO be married. The wise man pre-
tended to be dOwncast until the cereuo-
NY was over. Then, with a bounding
heart, he went to the amiden of his
choice and lifted the purse without even
a stretch Of the neck, because there
were no other entries.
Instead. however of being supremelv
happy at the success of his diplomacy.
ne got away by himself, after the hon
eymoon. and brooded. HIS wife had been
won with too much ease. Nobody else
had tried to get her; nobody else as far
as he knew, would have had her.
Wasn't there a little too much Of her.
after alp He compared his lily with
the fools rose and sighed. The laugh Of
the beautiful stately princess ceased,
somehow. to be as q silvery tinkle In
his ears, and ne didn't ike the way her
bri3ged tooth was put in, on the left
side
Thus the wise man brooded day after
dav, and day after day became more
miserable He looked with longing eyes
upon his sister-in-law. He would run
to the window when she went To order
groceries and neep out at her and won
der IF she really cared for her husband
Occasionally she caught sight Of him,
standing there. and let him know hy her
smiles chat she wasn't mad
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