The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13
A King Wro c-i.a

nome to live with you. Ha
OF servants, who wore yellow ID laa 3,
Lockers and bowed low and c.n rse
Your Majesty" Also he liras ' d,
palace and had more ponies "
could ride. and wore supaa, ~sa
on weekdays. But he was M. ,"as
aAd he got very tired of bavjr, u4ppll
o'S and all day to be as pre,s s
though he were out to tea 'H d
One day he sat on his Throw.
lonely 10 81. ana crying end With his c, w.
IN his lap. An oh servins.m,,H V''
loved him was sorry 10 see him 's
ana came near AMI bowed AND I' O.
May il please Your Naie.tv" s
king looked and said, "sppas "a
which was his royal way Of asd. ~al
servants. The old man di5 ~.
but oheyed. I-a
Your Majesty" he said. as NJ.
py. Is Your Majesty aware Tia. . -
is an aged dame who lives !,
cave in the Kings forest and vsn
in bottles a liquid which if AMY
drinks makes him happy at o,..s
Nonsense, varlet," answered tho w.
l mind me that once drank s,y H.
tie OF stone ginger beer in SIEVE, VI,
utes, and | feel unhappy every ,i~.,
remember it," Your MAJESTY" :,
sWered the servant. this is dirars,,, /
IF you are sure" rejoined tho H..
take my crown and put it in The er,
board. and bring bagful Of pe,,is
and we will go and buy"
When they get to the cave NJ y,
aged dame she came out and s,r
"Good-morning, little boy" Ti,'
boy, indeed, old woman" said The m,
haughily, Il am king" ~oh -.
you?' answered the aged dame. ~ ",
are a king you must be polite and a.,
me Madam or | will have uo.hin, n
do with YOU"
hadaM, re1olned the King. 81 wan
a large bottle Of the elixir o; ham.
ness; l want to be a happy boy n
whole day. How mud Sir.
piled the aged dame, Il do M, sell fl
no one can buy happiness But ban
is bottle Go home AID Qr.-k" And
she gave him a funny black task win
wicker-wOrk all around.
When they got home to the paas
the King called for tie Lord High COs
Fuller, and he opened the bottle with,
golden corkscrew. They poured tn
liquid into crystal goblet, and His
Majesty drank. Then His Maissy
made face and said, Ugh! how BIZ.
ter. must have got the wrong bo.,ls'
And he was more unhappy than ere.
They fetched him cake to ca. With
it, but that made it no better, and
went into the palace garden v7
miserable boy.
He walked about till he came TO th
great bronze gate where the soliiss
were on guard. They all saluted; b.!
he hardly noticed, for he had seen
poor boy in the road. There, sitting
on the edge of the pavement, was such
a ragged boy smiling away in the SUI.
The King went to him and said, "Goa
morning; l am the King. You Will
please come into my palace and taste
some of the elixir of happiness tha
got this morning.
Never heard of it, Mister" came II
answer, but If it's not medicine II
come" When they got to the pala
the King had two goblets brought al
the Lord High Pourer Out filled them
They were both going to drink When
the ragged boy felt in an inside pocket
and pulled out a big piece Of trad
Here, King" he said, this is nJss
ner. Halves, Mister. You drag O.
end and l will drag the other u
King stared and said, Il tried y
Just now and it was no good" "8a'
care" was the reply. shares fakh
have OF my bread, or you can dras
your stuff yourself"
The King then pulled, and hfs
vided the bread. Together they cN
and His Majesty was surprised, ~
once he felt as glad as he couldF
bly, De. And then the small bUA
to smile more than ever and Si
the King: Here King, bend doNa
give us a back" and before hse
what he was doing they were pa
leapfrog in spite Of the astaa
courtiers.
When they were out OF breath
sat down again and began to nAa
the King said, "Let some one isss
Tutor for me, to explain how
that the elixir of happiness VASE
ter before and it IS SO sweet u
The Tutor, who was an old nlu
a nice face and a long white ~
came and bowed low and sad W.
Majesty, the reason is very s1f Y
never have any happiness aA
we keep things to ourselves -.
moment we share the best thu
we have we are as glad as can =