Willmar tribune., 1909-07-07

long saber at present arms" was glim.
mering with little hot flashes of light.
Because you are a 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 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.
II wish could made mud pies" said
her highness wtstfully.
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"
"The orders are that nobody can
pass the gate," growled the sentry.
The sweet lips Of the Princess Su-
sette quivered, and the big blue eyes
of the Princess Susette filled with
tears.
"Oh, Mr.. Soldier" she sobbed, I'm
such lonely little girl! wish had
some one to play wiz"
The heart Of the Princess Susette
overdowed 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 Of 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 of her shoes and
stockings. The little barelegged maid
in stiff white lawn presented a queer
figure Of 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 f1g-
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. Soldier!" she said.
The sentry looked straight out to the
front and center and paid no heed.
"Mr Soldierv this in q breathless
panic.
Still the sentry would not look, so
she gave his leg vicious pinch.
The sentry's saber flashed again to
present arms"
"Can I go now?" asked the Princess
Susette.
Nobody can pass" said the sentry
gruftly.
The princess looked up at him slyly.
"Mr. Soldier, nursy wouldn't let me
90 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 ~rld hear
the hoof 8 growing der, and
through t. shrubbery he caught a
glimpse of n 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 quiver again when the sentry's
saber flashed defiant gleam as it rose
in salute.
"Pass!'' said the sentry shortly.
The Princess Susette, barelegged, ran
down the road and shyly made her