Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-18

THE FAIRY TALE.
Of summery sounds, like the forest
music of 'Siegfried,' and the prince felt
his heart bounding with sudden exulta-
tion, and he almost laughed aloud In
spite Of himself.
What do | want? repeated the
princess, merrily. What do you want?
she queried In turn.
Nothing growled the prince, In as
fierce a tone as he could muster.
Everything promptly corrected
the princess.
Nothing asserted the prince.
Everything, persisted the prin-
cess, cheerily; and so they went on
contradicting one another for long
time, until the prince suddenly caught
himself repeating Nothing, everything
everything, nothing and discovered
that he had been doing the talking for
both sides, while the princess was
merely looking on with unmistakable
amusement. But as his brow began
to darken at this, she exclaimed en-
Enthusiastically
"'What a lovely garden you have
here!'
"'Tisn't a garden snapped the
prince, it's a courtyard, and a poor
one too. So that's all you know
"'There!' she exclaimed delighted
ly, clapping her hands, I knew you
lacked everything! Why, you haven't
even got any eyes! Look!'
THE prince raised his head as she
commanded, and, behold, the narrow
walls of the cramped and dark court
yard wherein he worked had disap-
peared. and he was sitting in an ex.
uuisite garden, flooded with golden
sunlight and fragrant with a world OF
wondrous flowers. AS he stared in
dumb fascination at the beauty about
him, the princess dropped down beside
him and pointed to the confused heap
Of blocks and puzzles at his feet.
"'What are those? she asked.
"Nothing but lot Of ugly. stupid
things he muttered. absent-mindedly
and without taking his eyes on the
garden.
"'Why, think they're splendid!'
she interrupted so enthusiastically that
the prince turned. and. 10, his clumsy
blocks had been transformed at her
words to things Of dignity and beauty.
But when the amazed prince looked
ND again. the garden had vanished. the
prison-like courtyard had returned.
and. worst of all. the princess had ut
terly disappeared"
Kennard paused for moment.
"Shall ] 60 on?" he asked
His audience merely nodded her an
swer. nesting closer to the fire with a
little shiver OF comfortable excitement.
For a while the prince sat rubbing
his eyes and wondering II 1t were all a
dream, and then suddenly his glance
fell upon his neglected blocks.
They're splendid was what she
had said. AS he repeated the words,
all his old delight returned and he be-
gan to work again with new energy
and understanding. But by and BY
things commenced to 90 worse than
they had ever done before. Everything
he touched seemed doomed to failure.
His blocks slipped and cracked and
split under his hands, no two would
fit together, and his most carefully
MANNED castles fell and hurt him sore
ly in falling. Then he swore In his
anger she had bewitched them and
brought about all his troubles. For
many hours he ragged, silently upbraid-
ing and reviling her with much bitter
ness Of spirit, cursing the day she had
come into his life, and plotting for ade-
uuate revenge. But even as he stormed,
the sound of her voice sang In his
ears, and he grew calmer. Then grad
ually the injustice and disloyalty OF
his suspicious were revealed to him In
their ugliest light, and he hated him
self horribly for his folly and little
ness Of soul, and longed to make repa-
ration. But though he often thought
Of confessing and praying for pardon,
| he feared, il the princess knew what
| pitiful fellow he was. she might with
draw forever from his sight. And that
be dared not risk.
$50 time went on, and the prince saw
much of the princess. who showed him
many wonderful things and many mar
veiious realms undreamed Of In his
narrow little Kingdom OF Desires.
broadening his view and giving new
inspiration and meaning to his daily
tasks. But disappointment attended
his every effort. and bitter, disheart-
ching failure stared him in the face.
1t was the princess who kept him from
abandoning his work in despair and
her splendid, unselfsh aid alone saved
him from utter disaster.
This the prince knew, and yet he
could speak no word Of what was In
his heart, for all his disloyal thoughts
and unjust suspicious turned into
giants which thrust themselves be-
tween him and the princess. and would
not suffer him to reach her ear. But
by the time the prince had attacked
and slain these ugly monsters and was
prepared to lay their severed heads be-
meath the princess feet. 10, she her.
| self had utferlv disapneared