Catoctin clarion., 1908-04-23
ne Prince and the POiper
airy Tale with Two Questionable Morals.
BY HORATIO WINsLOW.

BY HORATIO WINSLOW.
Not so long ago there was Prince,
a charitable and beneficent Prince,
who went out to seek his fortune.
We carried with him nothing except a
complete edition flour and three
fourths pounds in weight) of the
New York Sunday Whoop, the gift OF
a thoughtful Fairy godmother.
Now he had gone barely a quarter
of mile when he met woman weep
ing by the roadside.
What is the matter?" said the
Prince.
"Alas." said the woman, 1--WE have
moved out here in the country and I
fear my artistic taste will soon de-
generate into nothing"
do not bother about that" replied
the Prince. Keep looking at this
little picture, and l guarantee your
artistic sense will remain at the boil
ing point" And with these kind
words he thrust into her hands the
days colored art supplement entitled
NoIhSl Gu, uHu was l0JolCCu W
see her hurry happily off.
He had gone barely quarter of a
mile farther when he met another
woman weeping by the roadside
What Is the matter?" said the
Prince.
Alas" said the woman, 1--WE have
moved out here in the country and
l fear my musical taste will soon de-
generate into nothing"
"Do not bother about that" re-
piled the Prince. Take this little Sc
lection along home with you and |
guarantee your musical taste will
stay o. X" With these kind words
he thrust into her hands the days
musical supplement entitled, will
90 Make Eyes Wiy Dor Tootsie, or
Swinging Where the Honeysuckles
Twine." and was rejoiced to see her
hurry happily off.
He had barely gone quarter of q
mile farther when he met third
woman weeping by the roadside.
What is the natter" said the
Prince.
Alas" said the woman, I'VE have
moved out here in the country and
everything is so tranquil | fear
shall lose my emotional depth"
DO not let that bother you re-
piled the Prince. "Glancc over this
comic supplement and ] guarantee
your emotional depth will stay at the
same old level" With these kind
words he thrust into her hands the
days colored adventures of the Ba.
|aia Kids in Bunk Land, and was re.
joiced 70 see her pass into eight sue.
cessive fits--each one worse ,han all
the others.
We might go on and relate how he
disposed of the Pink Sporting Sheet,
and what he did to the Magazine Sec
ton, but space forbids. 1t is enough
to say that after travelling several
miles the Prince found himself with
but one hunk of the paper left. The
right hand corner said this was the
"News Section"
The front page was taken up by the
words:
RATS
cat cheese. "They
DEVOUR
much nutriment," says
WOMAN
scientist.
The inside pages were just as spic,
AS the Prince looked up from his
paper he saw a woman weeping.
what's the matter?" he asked.
"Alas!" said the woman, "in about
two minutes | am due to play straw
dragon"
DO not let that bother you," said
the Prince, as the dragons head ap-
peared over the hedge. NO one will
eat YOU while | am here and with
these kind words he stuffed the en-
tire News Section down the monsters
throat. Within seventeen seconds he
began to turn yellow and shortly eX-
pired.
And what next?" said the woman,
In some perplexity, as she noticed the
Prince take 4 lead pencil and pad of
paper from his pocket.
"Why, the write-up is next of
course" replied the Prince. And with
these kind words he sat down and
wrote the story which appeared in
the Magazine Section of the Sunday
Whoop under the caption: SHE
WAS RESCUED BY ROYALTY FROM
WRITING REPTILE: A PRETTY
ROMANCE OF THE PRESENT DAY
WHICH BEGAN IN A DRAGONS
DEN"
First Moral.--Buy the Whoop.
Second Moral Give II away TO some-
bOdy