St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-08-20

beneath the waves, carrying high
above her head the lamp which was to
light her lover, the Knight of the
Foamy Crest, to the cavern of that
monster, the Crab of the Deep?-when
she felt soft wrap folded about her
and the pressure of arms that were
withdrawn reluctantly.
ooh, thank your said Betty. "But
would you mind waiting just minute
until l finish with WavalettaW
Presently she turned to the princess
and told her all about it and that she
was sure the knight would conquer
the Crab of the Deep.
"And then what will happen?" asked
the princess.
"Then the knight will marry Wava-
letta."
"And them"
ooh, they will live happy forever
afterward," said little Betty.
All of which goes to show that Betty
was not a worldly wise little woman
and that she still believed in love and
many other things which it pleases the
world to call old fashioned, while many
a woman with an ache in her heart
wishes that the old fashion might be-
come new fashion and that she might
have some Of the sweetness of the ro-
nance and roses of her grandmother.
Now, the princess was wiser than lit
tie Betty, and she knew that in the
great world there are other things than
love and that to have money is very
great thing and to have name and fame
is greater and that to have coronet
on ones note paper is the greatest of
all.
So for a long time the princess was
silent, and Betty thought she must be
counting the stars, so steadily did she
look up into the heavens.
But the princess was thinking of a
girl who had believed in fairy tales
once. And now this girl had been mar
ried three weeks, and she had married
not her prince, her knight but title,
an estate a fine house and a position
in society. For the first time she loathed
it all. In the quiet night beneath the
stars, in the fresh, sweet presence Of a
little child, there came to her longing
for something beyond that at which
she had grasped.
Suddenly Betty spoke. "There comes
the prince" Then she laughed a lit
tie. "You see, made fairy tale
about you too"
The woman turned and looked at the
man coming up the steps. Yes, he was
good to look upon, and he was good,
and he loved her. She had not thought
of it before You see, there had been
the title and the estate.
He stood there for a moment with
the light from the saloon window shin
ing full upon him, then came toward
them in the darkness and stood behind
the princess chair, tall, straight, indif
ferent.
The princess rose and stood beside
him. There was a light in her eyes
but the moon was hidden, and he coult
not see her face. The night was no
dark to her, but glorious-glorious il
the light Of new resolve.
"This is Betty Marshall, OTTO" sht
said, "and you must thank her for en-
pertaining me while you were away
She has been telling me a fairy tale
Would you like to hear it,"
''If you wish"
"Well, prince loved a princess
Isn't that it, Betty?"
"Yes," said Betty, "and the princess
loved the prince"
The man laughed-a little bitterly
"That was only in a fairy tale," h
said.
The princess protested. mo, no; lis
ten, Otto. The princess did not know
her heart at first, but afterward, after
ward'-
ooh, you are telling it all wrong!
cried mystifed little voice. But n
one listened.
"Afterward she found that love wa
the only thing in the world, and so''
Her voice faltered.
"And sol" questioned the indifferer
listener.
The princess finished breathlessl.
"They lived happy forever after"
Her hand rested on his now, and
the unusual action and in the gladnes
= of her voice he felt that some chang
had come tO her
E Then the moon came out, and he sa'
her face, and slowly over his ow
there crept a daWning comprehension
: and when little Betty went sleepily
bed to be coddled by the Stewards
and told tales of "When yo' ma was
girl" she left on deck two people who
l fate had willed should be brought t
l gether by the faith Of little child
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