Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25

is My parents paid extra for manners when
| went to SCHOOL," and Eric drew himself up
and made very elegant bow:
"But YOU can just as well have them as
not" said the countess. can easily nave
another pair made: In fact, I've invented
better pair, with which l can see around
corner; SO you may have these"
i The next day Eric started tor home, rldlng
the white horse.
His companions thought him more fool
hardy than ever to do this. For what did he
know about horses? Perhaps the beast might
vanish of sudden and leave. him lying IN the
road, or turn and swallow him when he least
expected it. Besides, the king might be an
Eric, however, merely replied that he
shouldn't cross the bridge until he came to It,
He put on his spectacles, and, LOOKING
through the telescope diseGvere That n1Ins
which always put him into good hwnor.
The king was pleased with the result OF
Eric's mission, and with the horse, but ne
said he didn't care for riding. He ordered req
Eric to ride the horse every morning where
he, the king, could watch him. :
| Preparations were begun on grand scale "A
| FOR the reception of the princess, and all the
Gnowareans were in the best of spirits
But one day, about three weeks after Eric
return, the groom, who had come from Emo
land to take charge of the horse, came to the
king with the information that the animal
neeoed new shoes.
"Shoes' exclaimed King NillSin. %, "Do
horses wear shoes? Very extraordinary!
thev are worn out, and he must be shod
"Every one wears slippers here" said the
king. will have my shpperer make him
pair-two pairs"
"Pardon me, your Majesty. That woulo
not do. They must be of IRON" -,
"Well, well!" said the king, testify, "mak'
him a pair yourself, then"
"But, your, Majesty, ! can't. 1t is not m!
business to shoe horses"
"If it isn't your business, OF course, yol
can't be expected to-" said the king. "Bu
whose is it?"
"The smiths, in my country, your Majesty.
So the king sent for his smith, and orderet
him to shoe the horse.
"But, your. Majesty, l don't know how,
"Don't know how" thundered King Nilk.n
Don't YOU know your own business? Thel
you you shall AL be 5svp ps' to DEATH suppose y0
'But, your Majesty" said the smith, stout
ly, "it can't be my. business to shoe horses
for / learned my business thoroughly, AM
there weren't any horses then. It's the hors
that doesn't understand his, coming out of hi
prorer place. and wearing out his shose, whe
he might have known they couldn't be rt
|, There seemed some reason in this and Kin
, Nl.kin frowned thoughtfully, and pulled 81
I : hairs out of his head before deciding how
: "Go fetch the wiseacre," he said at last.
The wiseacre was the person whose bushes
it was to give advice to the king, but he wa
a q generally SO afraid of making the monarc
that that. his Sng Hdvlcs eDeeeS wss vePE vague @
s 3 side and then the other, leaving the king &
I liberty to act just as he pleased, thereby pro,
e ing ing that he understood his business.
= The present occasion was no exception. q
made long speech myth,fying m, hEy his hearel
, "Your Majesty, it is clearly. the fault
/ the foolhardy Eric. If he had not allowe
the horse to be brought, these complication
would not have arisen. He should think {
{ $50 So the king said, to one Of his runners,
3 before in this history;