The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-06

moment from the door of the room
where the sacks We're The princess
turned around and saw in the doorway
a short and very broad girl. with a
wide face and struggling hair. The
girls nose was very fat and her eyes
were small; but her great mouth smiled
gOod-naturedly, and as the princess
looked she let slip to the ground a sack
of flour that she had been carrying on
her sturdy back.
LAY, Gertrude is we'll enough" said
the miller, looking at her contentedIy.
She is very strong and willing"
There was a crash upon the floor and
the 500 crowns rolled out OF the purse
and scattered hither and thither all
over the floor.
''Ah, you are the other girI!'' said
Gertrude with much amusement. And
that was your dOwry2 It is large. 7
am glad you did not come in time.
But see, III pick it up for you. Nay.
don't take on I dare say you'll find
another husband"
"Ay, you'll find another husband"
nodded the priest encouragingly.
''Ay, you'll find another husband" as
scented the miller placidly. And Just
as one girl is pretty nearly as good as
another, If she is handy and sturdy,
so one husband is as good as another.
if he can keep a house over you
Princess Osra, said nothing. But Ger
rude, having picked up the crowns.
came to her with a fun apron and said:
Hold up your lap and I'll pour them
in. They'll get you a good husband
Then Princess Osra suddenly bent
and kissed Gertrude's cheek, and she
said gently:
II hope you have got Il good husband.
my dear: but let him do some work
for himself. And keep the 500 crowns
as a present from me. for he Will value
you more with 500 than with 200"
Then she turned to the miller and
she bit her lip and dashed her hand
once across her eyes and said:
And you. miller. are the only sensi-
BILE man I have found in all the king
dom. Therefore. good luck and a good
wife to you And she gave a little
short laugh and turned and walked out
of the cottage, leaving them all spell
bound in wonder.
One day King Rudolf rode again To
the miller of HofbraU, and, having sent
for the priest. told the three enough Of
the truth. SAYING that the affair was
the outcome of q jest at court; and he
maze each of them a handsome pres
ent. and vowed them to secrecy by their
fealty and attachment TO his person
and his honor.
Then we are but quits. and all is
WE'LL said the miller. Gertrude, the
jug. my lass!"
And SO indeed, 1t seemed to the
king that they were but quits, and he
said so TO the Princess Osra But he
declared that she had so far prevailed
with the miller as to make HIM desire
marriage as a wholesome and useful
thing in itself. although she had not
persuaded him that il was of great mo-
ment whom a man married Therefore
he was anxious TO give her the brace
let which he had promised, and more
than once prayed her 10 accept it But
Osra saw the laugh that lurked in
the kings eye, and would not consent
TO have the bracelet: and for long
Ha 70 Of III,
miller of HOfbrau. Yet once. when the
king on some occasion cried out very
impatiently that all men were fools,
she said:
Sire, you forget the miller Of Hof-
brau!" And she blUshed and laughed
and turned her eyes away.
Copyright, 1906, by s. s. AIcCIure.)