The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-05-04

{ What Cured the>P Princess

Little PRINCESS Blue Eyes had heen-iil
for two whole months. Her cheeks,
which once had been like tho flushed
petals OF q rose were white, and her
eyes. which used to be as beautiful as
sapphire stones, were weary. The
queen, her mother, would watch her
~apxiously as she sat propped UT by
satin pillows near the window looking
out over the royal gardens.
"Alas! Alas!" she would sigh to her
self. "1f only something could happen
TO make my darling laugh and take
the WEAKNESS from her eyes!"
Now, it CHANGED that out In the gar
den the king was having a new sum-
msr house built. There he himself
would stand sometimes, directing his
workmen, while his crown glittered In
the sunlight. But usualiy It was the
court chamberlain. The little princess
could hear the sound Of workmen's
hammers and she rather liked to see
the summer house growing there be-
fore her eyes. But even this entertain
ment could not divert her long. She
would turn her head tndifferently
away, her cheeks white against the
satin pillows.
One day, however, the funniest thing
happened, and she did not turn her
head away!
Princess Blue Eyes saw q workman
lay his stick of charcoal down beside
him while he sawed the piece Of lum-
Der he had just marked. Gn those
have lead pencilsl) When he turned
.4,,1 70 mot Ill, "a a. ,,- 80
there. so he borrowed q piece from
another man, and when he had marked
his board he began saving. 1t, laying
the charcoal down as before. But
when he reached back his hand for IT
behold, 1t also had %vanishedl
He looked q bit perplexed and
scratched his forehead, but just then
the court chamberlain came up, so lie
began to nail the boards he had meas
ured In place. Taking a lot of nails
from the pocket Of his working apron,
he put them down within easy reach.
Pretty soon he looked around TO get
more nails, but He jumped straight
up and scratched his head again. Not
a sign Of a single nail!
AT the sight Of the workman's per-
plexity little Princess Blue Eyes, who
had been watching the whole perform
ance, laughed aloud. Actually, she
laughed aloud! The queen, who aat
doing her fine embroidery work In the
next room, ran delightedly In to bee
what had happened.
"Oh, mamma, DEAR" cried the little
princess, with the merry tears stream
ing down her cheeks, "do come here
and see the fun! Now, watch that
mans cap" She pointed to the Gap
the workman had thrown down when
he had Jumped up and begun to scratch
his head.
OF course the queen wondered what
on earth the princess was talking
about, but she did as the princess had
asked her and kept her eyes steadily
on the cap After the man had ques-
toned the other carpenters. and
scratched his head some more he
went to his york again. Then, when
finally he had turned his back on his
cap, down from his home I'm q big oak
n few yards off scampered q lively
gray squirrel. Leaping upon his booty,
he made a bold homeward dash and In
another second, unperceived by the
carpenter, was chattcring with delight
upon the high limb OF the tree.
What do you say, Blue Eyes-shall
we arrest Miss Squirrel or shall we no.
tify the court chamberlain who the
thief Is and have him warn his menq"
The little princess was so much bet
ter the next morning that the queen
said she was sure that the laugh caused
by the squirrel's FRANKS had done her
more good than all the court physi-
clans medicine. True enough, her
skin began to take on the flush Of rose
petals again. The WEAKNESS, too, was
vanished from her eyes, which were
beautiful as sapphire stones once more.
New York Tribune.