The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-07
NEVER DREAMED AGAIN

When the King asked him to confess that he
was really Prince seeking the Princess, and Her
bert replied that he American, King Hrae-
dus said:
"Then you shall marry my daughter, for she loves
you dearly. She told me so herself"
As he spoke the great ball room and all the COR
geOus dancers faded slowly away and with deep re-
greet Herbert realized that he was waking to the
humdrum life at home.
He never dreamed again, and so this story might
have ended right here.
As time passed and he found that his power to
dream true was gone he became sad and gloomy and
his parents and friends feared that he was beeom-
ing a misanthrOpe. He studied deeply in all man
ner of learning IN order to discover some way of
recovering his lost power but In vain and all this
time the picture of the Princess hung around his
neck and the Queens ring was on his finger Hourly
he gazed at them and mOurned without hope
But IN Aurora the Princess became truly Ill as
time passed on. Ali the doctors tried heir arts
magicians and wizards were summoned without
avail and she grew paler, thinner and sadder the
King grew frantic with the fear of losing his
only child. At last she herself proposed final re-
sort, and disclosed plan over which she long had
pondered. She declared that she would seek her
lover all the world, and, finding him awake
bring him back to Aurora They laughed at her. for
they knew nothing of other lands but one day she
stole out and down the marble steps to where the
tiny boat with siIken sails hoated just as it had
been left years before by Herbert.
She stepped IN, hosted the sail and instantly the
gentle breeze carried the boat from shore Her mar
entS came running to the waters edge and called
her back but away the boat shot If moved By
magic and she vanished In the distance. A few
hours later she shore, wide expanse of white
sand, upon which thousands of people were moving.
She steered her boat toward it, and stepped out on
the beach at Atlantic City. Everybody ran to see
the fairylike creature In such wondrous garments
and all asked her whence she came
THE PRINCESS CAME TO HIM
They took her to great hotel and there she asked
for Herbert Gordon, but nobody knew him, and then
began long search. Many people willingly assisted
the beautiful Princess, and all the newspapers took
up the search but, strange to say, Herbert or his
friends never happened to read about her. At last
almost in despair, she returned to Atlantic City
sail home again, and there Herbert, coming the
same day. saw her drive past his hotel
Startled at the wonderful resemblance he sprang
ND to look after her, and then, much was he i'm
pressed he began to seek for her in all the hotels
but in vain Then the very day that she had de-
termined to sail King Hraedus arrived with grand
retinue, having at last learned from the government
that she was there, and as she showing him the
wonders of the boardwalk Herbert came upon them.
Tourmaline, seeing him stand IN amazement, gave
one joyful cry and at him Then he knew he
had his Princess back again. and this time while he
was awake.
q will never let you go again., each cried at the
~No," said the King, smiling. eNo more dreams
and vanishing away, not If have TO sit up all night
even and keep you awake. After you are married 1t
viii be another matter"
turned promptly to Tourmalne's checks. They did
not go back to Aurora until they had seen America.
Now Herbert dwells IN Aurora, but every year he
and Tourmaline come to Atlantic City, where per-
shaps you may see them some time yourself.
WALT McDOUGALL.