The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17

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| kings daughter, who was his only
child, was i'll of leprosy, and that
he who cured her should have her to
wife and the half of his kingdom.
The people listened and cried with
grief and beat their brests, for they
loved their king and knew that his
daughter was as beautiful as the day.
The good man was filed with pity
for the grief of the king and for the
whole people, and for the daughter
whom men said was so beautiful
Swiftly he hurried away west of the
city and searched the grove for the
white Towering plant of which the
| jackal had spoken. He found the
plant and joyfully brought it back,
and running to the palace, cried to
be brought to the kings daughter, for
he could cure her disease. They
brought him in, and he laid the plant
| upon her and she saw it, and it
| brought peace to her trouble, and
she was made whole and was in very
truth as beautiful as the day. Then
the king ordered and the drums were
beaten and the guns fired, and procla-
nation made that the good man had
cured the princess and that he should
marry her at once. So the king gave
him his daughter in marriage, and
there was great joy and feasting, and
the king gave him the half of his
kingdom to rule over and all were
happy.
Weeks passed and the king re-
1oiced in his son-in-law, and the peo-
pie in their ruler, and most of all the
kings daughter in her husband. One
day 1t CHANGED that the good man
rode In the streets with many fol-
lowers and horses and elephants,
when he saw the evil man clad in
rags passing through the street. He
stopped his train, and, dismounting,
ran to the evil man and embraced
him and kissed him. He threw a robe
upon him and set him upon an ele-
phant and brought him to his own
palace. Here he entertained him and
made much of him and praised him,
saying that he owed all his good for
tune to him.
The evil mans heart was filled with
Jealousy. He went before the king
and spoke to him, saying, "Do you
know what sort of man you have for
son-in-law, you who are so proud?
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he is the son of scavenger, one of
the very pariahs whose touch is pol
luton" The king rose in fury and
cast his son-in-law into prison, and
the evil man laughed and went his
way.
When the kings daughter begged
her husbands life, and he was
dragged before the king for judg-
ment, the good man said: Have l
done evil to you or good that you
should believe evil of me? 1 am no
pariah; but I come of royal blood.
was poor and outcast, but 1 count
my fathers for thousand years, and
am the child of the sun and the moon
even as you are yourself, and as /
told you before. Thus shall you know
that l am no mean man, give me
camels and will go fetch my treas
ure."
The king gave him camels and
men, and he went and dug beneath
the withered oak tree near a stone of
which the lion had spoken. There he
found the treasure of seven kings,
gold and silver and jewels without
number. He loaded up the camels,
and sent for more and more again,
and yet again, till the city was filled
with wonder, and the kings treasure
houses overfowed. The king believed
his word and knew that he was no
pariah's son, and took him back to