The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-18

lodgekeeper's children. The lips of the lone-r
ly. little princess were beginning to CULVER
again when the sentrys saber flashed de-
faint gleam as it rose in salute i-~-t Z,
, "Pass!'' said the sentry shortly. = -
The Princess Susette, bare1egged, ran down
the road and shyly made her way into the
bakery business with the lodgekeeper's chill
dren. The sentry glanced out Of the corner
Of his eye to the right Of him, to the left OF
him. No one was nigh. =.
Then he called cautiously after the Princess
Susette: Build a dam across the. creek
That's more fun than making mud PIES,
When the pony cart came dashing up in
hot haste, with a groom and frightened
nurse, the sentry, without a trace of ex-
preston in his face, was staring at the gate
post opposite :. T..
Where is the Princess susette?" gasped
the white-faced nurse. -. PEI. f.
The sentry sat in stern silence. It was
against his orders to talk. 3D., : ~
Where Is the Princess Susette?" demanded
the nurse In sudden terror.
The sentry stared on at the >gatepost OPP
poste, but beyond the gate came childish
treble that the nurse knew The Princess
Susette was shrieking with delight over her
first mud pie. -. = -.
The nurse grabbed the lines from the groom
and urged the pony forward by jerking the
| lines backward after the manner of women.
The sentrys horse moved majestica!y out
from the gatepost and blocked the way. r
Get out of sthe way!" ordered the nurse
| furiously. r' -
| ':You cannot ,pass!''> said. the sentry coldly:
81 want the Princess Susette!" cried the
nurse wildly. *. - <.A -
She terked the pony's head and tried to
| turn by the sentry, but great gauntlet
caught the pony,s bride and held it in a wise.
| The pony, bewildered by the whip behind,
began to plunge, and the groom had to run
| to his head.
| The distracted nurse scrambled from the
| cart and ran with flying skirts toward the
| gate, but the gray troop horse felt the dig Of
! sharp spurs and plunged desperately out to
head her off. Crowded into a corner by the
| palace gate, the nurse called to the groom to
drive on and get the Princess Susette.o.a
The troop horse wheeled. and the sentry
whipped out a cleaning pistol from his sad
! die holster. ~ -,
! Haiti he thundered. and the order rang
i In the ears Of the groom like a pistol shot.
The pistol looked big and black. and the
gaunt soldier by the gate with his bearskin
hussar cap and the scarlet dolman over his
shoulder was terrible to look upon. e$.
| The groom skunk back, and the nurse wept
| in despair.
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It was the best time the Princess susette
ever had In her whole life.
When she came back, the hair had struggled
down into her highness' face and there was a
smudge of blue-black mud across the tip of
i her highness' little snub nose Her highness'
! stockings, wet as a dishrag, were slung
around her highness neck in a lovely way
/ that the lodgekeepers' children had shown
i her. The princess carried one shoe In her
i hand: the other had 'foated off down the
A stream, after ten1oestuous career as an
I. ocean liner, plying across the creek and car
4 rying pebbles. The princess SMILED with a
! cold in her head, but the heart OF the princess
! was glad. s>2.t
The nurse on the verge Of Mysteries, waited
!. on the other side OF the sentry line. like a
4 football player ready to tackle.
But the Princess susette turned back to the
sentry.
'Mr Soldier" she said.
The sentry was staring 1xedly at the gate
! post.
MIR. Soldier" she said, Juggling at his
boot, '.Mr. Soldier, / fink would like to kiss
l you.''
The sentry looked down out Of the corner
Of his eye at the sweet little flushed face.
The sentry shcathed his drawn saber with a
clang. The sentry reached down his two big
4 gauntlets to the Princess Susette. = :. !.
The nurse and the groom were horriled ct
the spectacle.