The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-23
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be king in my place. ! want TIC neoa
40 love and respoe you I have a'aa
remembered That even tie pome
had rights. II is we'll that you should
De proud but 10 not be overbearlng
and tyrannical One who rules by 81
ranny does not rue long
AS the prince had no brothers 70
play with he often called Ia boys of
HIS own age TO indulge I'm games In
the palace grounds Some of these
were sons OF rich mon. and some Of
poor. but he treated an alike The poo
pie heard of this and were glad and
they said 10 each other
"Ahl When he Is king, Pon-Pon wiu
be like his father, and we shall an re-
ioice to do him honor and fight big
battles"
On the day that the Prince was II
years old there was a great celebra-
ton in honor of the event. but It had
a sad ending One Of the cannons
being fred as the procession marched
along the street burst and the flying
pieces hit the king and queen and
killed them
Pon-Pon escaped injury but he was
left an orphan and In trouble. Some
one else must reign until he had be-
come a man, and the people selected
a nobleman named Hussim, who was
a cousin to the prince. Hussim was
a cold stern man, and not well liked
by the people, but no one thought
him the villain that he was. lie
scarcely had been chosen for the high
place when he began to plot against
Pon-Pon's life. If he could get the
boy out of the way then he would be
. king himself.
Hussim pretended to love the
prince, and be his greatest friend;
/ thus the lad and most OF the people
D were deceived. After much plotting
the bad-hearted man asked the prince
to 20 hunting with him in the forest.
They did not go alone and on foot,
d but there was a large party and they
L went on horseback. There were
/, many savage wolves in the forest, and
!, this was what Hussim planned:
e When the hunt had been going on
/, for some time he managed to sepa-
h rate the prince from all the others
n and ride far into the forest with him.
II When they were we'll away from all
a. the rest, he asked Pon-Pon to get
20 down from his horse and look at a
al wonderful spring among the rocks.
n There was no spring there. The
Of prince was hardly out of the saddle
n when he was seized and bound to a
If tree. Hussim said to him:
III Il shall now get rid of you and be
It. king myself I have been planning
I'll this for a long time"
But you will not leave me here 70
if the wolves!" cried Pon-Pon, as he
es struggled to get free.
ri. AYE, but that l will. They vii
come and devour you and no one viii
N, know what has become Of you. /
or will be no use for you to shout, as NJ
he one can hear you"
- It was a cruel, wicked thing to do
~, but Hussim who wanted to be king
IL, and was naturally Of a cruel DISPOSE
80, ton, rode away and left Pon-Pon fas
On,
no away when two or three wolves cam
~ sneaking about When the boy erie
~ out in his fright and distress tn
40 beasts snarled and growled in repE
49,, Pretty soon there were six wolves, an
,an as they came nearer, they gnashe
49,, their teeth and their eyes became lih
W. Goals of fire. The would have Z
no tackled the boy in minute, and
- would have been all over with hir
had not the tramp of horses mat
their pause. OF a sudden sax horse
'ey and riders came iashing up and Po
me Pom was amazed to see a little g
~, ,iCI among them.
no eve have found him! Here he l
oro Here is the lost Prince!" shouted t
ond men as the wolves skunk away
CIV It was the little girl herself who L
49, tied the knots in the rope and set t
-il' - hoy free. AS he looked at her in VIC
der she laughed at him and said.
a., you never saw me before, aIid 81
lls will tell you my name. l am Fan-Fi
49, the Fairy. l have been watchi
soa, over you for long time past,
80 though you did not know it. y
l-I, sure your cousin Hussim meant y
+ia9 i'll, and today, when the hunt came
, e. followed you When l saw him
'- no YOU to the tree | hurried away a
- brought these people That they mil
know what Bad man he is. Now J
viii are free and he must be punished.