The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-07-06

long saber at present arms" was glim-
mering with little hot flashes Of light
Because you are princess" said
the sentry briefly.
A wave of discomfort swept over the
face of the Princess Susette.
II don't want to be princess" she
walled. "They won't let you do nossin'
when you are a princess"
The sentry sat in frozen silence.
The eye of the princess wandered
back to the lodgekeeper's children
making mud pies by the creek.
81 wish could made mud pies" said
her highness wistfully.
The Princess Susette came timidly
out from the gateway and touched the
sentry's hussar boot with tiny dim
pied hand.
"Mr. Soldier" she said softly, II
wish could make mud pies"
1.-THE orders are that nobody can
pass the gate" growled the sentry.
The sweet lips of the Princess Su-
settle quivered, and the big blue eyes
Of the Princess Susette filed with
tears.
ooh, Mr.. Soldier" she sobbed, 'I'm
such lonely little girl! / wish had
some one to play wiz"
The heart Of the Princess Susette
overfowed with woe. Her highness
leaned heavily against the shoulder Of
the big war horse and wept bitter
tears on the sabertache Of the sentry.
The boot OF the sentry was streaked
with royal tears, and the black from
the sentry's stirrup strap begrimed the
face Of the princess.
The sentry glared straight out to
the front and center through a
strange mist that dimmed the outlines
of the gatepost opposite.
The gray troop horse bent his head
and softly nozzled the plump, heaving
shoulders the unhappy little Prin-
cess Susette.
The light of an inspiration came in
to the tear stained face of the prin-
cess. She sat down in the middle Of
the road and peeled off her shoes and
stockings. The little barelegged maid
In stiff white lawn presented queer
figure of a princess as her highness
padded back to the sentry.
"Mr. Soldier" she began tentatively,
but the speech died on her lips. She
had Just discovered that making fig
ures In the dust with ones bare toe is
the most fascinating amusement In the
world She was recalled from her alb
sorbing occupation by the distant rat
tie of pony hoofs. Her nurse was in
pursuit.
The princess looked up eagerly at the
sentry.
"Mr. Soldierr she said.
The sentry looked straight out to the
front and center and paid no heed.
"Mr Soldierp' this In a GREATNESS
panic
Still the sentry would not look, so
she gave his leg vicious pinch.
The sentry's saber flashed again to
present arms"
"Can go now?" asked the Princess
Susette.
''Nobody can pass" said the sentry
grufiy.
The princess looked up at him Slyly.
"Mr. Soldier, nursy wouldn't let me
20 barefooted because she said only
little nobodies went barefooted. I'm
nobody now"
And the Princess Susette held up
her shoes and stockings for him to
See
On one side the sentry could hear
the hoof beats growing louder, and
through the shrubbery he caught a
glimpse of a pony cart driven hard,
On the other side he heard the splash
Of water and the happy shout Of the
lodgekeeper's children. The lips Of
the lonely little princess were begin
ming to CULVER again when the sentry's
saber flashed a defiant CLEAN as 1t rose
in salute.
"Passw said the sentry shortly.
The Princess Susette, barelegged, ran
down the road and shyly made her
way into the bakery business with the
lodgekeeper's children. The sentry
glanced out of the corner Of his eye to
the right of him, to the left Of him.
No one was nigh.
Then he called cautiously after the
Princess Susette: Build dam across
the creek That's more fun than max
ing mud pies"
When the pony cart came dashing
up In hot haste, with a groom and a
frightened nurse. the sentry, without
trace Of expression in his face, was
staring at the gatepost opposite,
''Where is the Princess SusetteT
gasped the white faced nurse.
The sentry sat in stern silence. 1t
was against his orders to talk,
where is the Princess SusetteY de-
manded the nurse in sudden terror.
The sentyy stared on at the gatepost
opposite, but beyond the gate came a
childish treble that the nurse knew.
The Princess Susette was shrieking
with delight over her first mud pie.
The nurse grabbed the lines from the
groom and urged the pony forward by
jerking the lines backward after the