Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-02

dOWs, and this face had charmed <ner
senses away and left her no taste for
.ife or it's uses, and only left her
strength to watch all day from the
turret in which the King had i'm
prisOned her by the advice Of his
court physician, a very wicked man,
who said that she was possessed Of a
witch and was dangerous.
well, one day the King, who
missed his daughter sadly, and was
quite changed and morose, issued
proclamation, promising half his king
dom to any one who could cure his
daughter or remove the spell which
had been cast upon her.
well, plenty of clever doctors and
learned men tried, but they all failed
and even made the princess worse
through the perpetual worrying which
they gave her.
at last the King, in despair, issued
a decree that he would give two-thirds
Of his kingdom to the successful man,
but that any who attempted and
failed should be beheaded.
This deferred the rest of the wise
folks, and the poor princess was left
in peace, until one day, when a gray
bearded traveller presented himself at
the palace, and, prostrating himself
at the feet of the King, made the usual
offer.
"The King warned him Of the pen
atty Of nOn-success, and the gray
beard was conducted to the turret.
"When he entered the room the
| princess arose, and with anger de-
manded that he should leave her In
peace, as she was weary Of all the
| Quacks in the world; but the old man
took no heed, and requested to be
left alone with the princess for one
minute, good time, by the dial on the
turret.
$50 the attendants withdrew. No
sooner had they shut the door than
! the old man pulled off his spectacles
and disclosed the face Of a handsome
young man. 1t was the face which
had beWitched the princess, and for
which she had been waiting; now she
saw it and was cured, and when the
attendants rushed in the old man
took the princess by the hand and
led her to the King, saying:
Behold, sire! your daughter is
cured
Then the King embraced his daUgh-
ter, and, with tears of joy commanded
! that tWo-thirds Of his kingdom should
be made over to the young man,
"But the successful l doctor pulled
off his beard and, finging himself at
the foot of the throne, exclaimed:
Sire, though I am but a poor peas
ant, I covet not thy kingdom, nor de
sire thy riches. love thy daughter;
give her to me, and thy servant shall
! bless thy name.
Il know the vast - ~-slai,aod. the
achO0s g,2gEs. r. -@.RS Che King gave, she
handsome man the IFln0uuD, alss.g sBvy
were married, and lived happily ever
afterWaTd."
DO be quiet, TOsin lIilly!" remOn-
strated the little onei"Did they. Tou,
sin TeIla?"
No said Stella, with a strange
and almost mournful smile; "the
King waxed wroth, and commanded
| his soldiers to carry the presump-
tOus young man from the kingdom.
For he said-and ne was a wise
king, TOttie-'princesse must marry
princes, not peasants; riches must
we'd riches, not poverty"
$50 the young man was carried
away, and never saw the princess
again"
And the princess?" asked half a
dozen voices. What became of her,
Cousin Stella?"
"Oh, She" hesitated Stella, with the
same smile, "she went dazed again,
and had to be taken back to the tower
again and that's the end of the
story"
And very pretty story, too" de
cided the school girl. But you said
it was not a love story, and it was,
wasn't it, girls? Besides, of course,
the young man loved the princess"
It's rather a melancholy ending,
Stella" remarked another.
"All real love does end sadly said
Stella. And now we must have
some tea"
At hat i2sta1t q loud. decisive
Anock sounded in the hall.
All the girls-including Stella
jumped, and were startled.
CHAPTER VIII.
A Christmas Guest,
To find the minds construction in
the face.
Shakespeare.
Dear mel" exclaimed Mrs. New
ton, who had just entered the room.
''Who can that be? Not a visitor, sure.
ly, on Christmas night. No more of
+;-ne no