Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-20

Wales made up his royal mind what he
would do Selling his toy boy and setting
his lips tight. he said: Il won't put up
with her nose any longer III see If can
hit it.
"Whizz.' went the string Charles saw
that he had hit the nose and the panel
began of its own accord to slowly turn as
If it were swung on a pivot. 1t only took
a minute more for Charles to discover that
behind this panel secret passage was
| revealed, and following it the young prince
was soon on his way out of his bondage:
Katherine had just gotten this far in her
book when she heard the voice or her
Chum beneath her window. She opened the
SASH thrust out her curly head and a
pleasant chat followed between the two
girls. katherine's curls were her most
pleasant feature, just as Minerals nose had
been her most unpleasant. They were long
and yellow and no doubt looked so pretty
In the golden sunshine that some mischfey-
Gus fairy could not resist the temptation
to play them trick. What this was,
Katherine did not discover until the Good
bye" of her friend had died away in the
distance.
Down came the window and katherine
turned to pick up her book and learn
what happened further in the life OF the
prince She had not turned more than a
few inches when she discovered that she.
like him, was a prisoner even as he had
been Her longest curl had caught in the
hinge of the shutter. and the tightly closed
window made her doubly a prisoner.
What shall | do?' cried the terrified
child II cant make Della hear in the
kitchen and mother won't be home before
; o'clock There is nothing for me to do
but to stay all these hours in this cramped
position l am worse off than Charles, for
he could move around his room while L
get a dreadful yank every time L try to
move This is ever much worse than
making calls, but then mother has often
told me that we do not appreciate our
blessings until they have flown away If
| only had a bow and arrow, or even pair
of scissors, Wouldn't l cut off this curl
quicker than l could say Jack Robinson
Patience was not one of Katherine S virtues.
Perhaps you thinking that wisdom, or
even what is called common sense, was also
sadly lacking in her. nS.ead of doing q
little quiet thinking she worried herself
until the tears came, and finally her head
began to ache with her frantic efforts to
free herself from the shutter. Her whole
condition was most miserable when her
mother found her on her knees several
hours later.
When the situation was explained to her.
what do you suppose she did? Instead OF
CRYING over the unfortunate Katherine as
Katherine expected her to do, she burst
into a loud and hearty laugh Katherine
was surprised and hurt that mother should
show herself so unsympathetfc, when her
position was cruel enough to melt heart
of stone
you foolish child" began her mother.
Here you have been torturng yourself
this whole long afternoon when all you had
to do to raise the window, release
your hair from the shutter. when you would
have been as free as Charles was when he
found the secret passage"
katherine was in the fifth grade at
school and had always been regarded as
bright little girl. Where had her faculty of
landing on her feet vanished? When she
realized how foolish she had been she de-
cided the best thing she could do was to
join in the general laugh at her own eX-
penSe.