The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26

"AIl right, my son, all right" said
the king; but do you see the 90 human
heads upon these pales? Yours VIII
be the hundredth If you can not hide
yourself!'
But the little pig shepherd was not
to be daunted. I'll try 1t anyhow, he
said briefly.
In the palace the little pig shepherd
told the maids how dreadfully hungry
he was and asked them to give him
some scraps of food. no matter what IL
was, and they brought him as much
as he could eat
Early the next morning the king
came to him and suggested that he
would better hide himself before his
daughter walked up. for when once she
was up he surely could not hide him
self in her presence.
Hurriedly he dressed himself and
while looking by chance out of the
window he saw the two doves he had
first met. He opened the window and
they commenced to speak: Come on,
quickly; well carry you away
Without hesitating, the little pig
shepherd confided himself to them.
Wind like they flew right straight be-
hind the suns back
About this time the princess, too, got
ready and went into the garden. There
she picked the most beautiful rose.
turned about on her heel and said:
Come forth little pig shepherd! There
you are, behind the suns back!
My goodness! Did you ever see such
anger as now ate up the little pig
shepherd? And on top of it he was
scared too; but what on earth could
he do? So he crawled forth from be-
hind the suns back and went straight
into the kitchen.
The second day dawned. The little
pig shepherd got up and went to the
xuio There M his tjnfOpS
standing the lame fox. already waiting
for him. Immediately the lad finished
dressing, opened the window and went
with the fox, who carried him seven
fathoms deep under the earth.
A little later the princess again went
into the garden, picked the most beau
tiful rose, turned about on her heel
and said:
Come forth little pig shepherd. You
are seven fathoms deep under the
earth"
what was to be done? He crept out
from there, too.
The third day he went out to the
little fish in the pond. To be quite
sure that the hiding place would De
secure the fish took the little pig shep-
herd into the remotest corner OF the
pond Now, here she can't find me,
when even eyesight can not reach this
place." he thought to himself.
But the princess went into the gar
den, picked the most beautiful rose,
turned about on her heel and immedi-
ately called the little pig shepherd from
out of the pond
"Now, it's all up with me! am lost.
the hundredth pale is mine now. said
the little pig shepherd to himself again
and again. ''Since she. has found me
this time how am l to hide myself a
fourth time without her finding me
right away?" He lay down to sleep and
to rest but could find neither sleep nor
rest He rolled and threw himself from
one side to the other all night.
The following morning at dawn he
saw the two white doves at his win
dow When they perceived him one
flew away. while the other remained.
He let in the dove. who said: Come
quickly; you are going to turn into
beautiful rose and SO will L. SO it
happened
A little later all the rosebuds opened
wonderfully, and here and there flow
ers were blooming in the garden.
Presently the princess came down In
to the garden, and searched and
searched for the most beautiful rose,
and just look! there were two which
hooked like twins She picked both.
and put them into her bodice.
Then she turned upon her heel, but
the little pig shepherd was not in evil
dence; she turned again. but neither
did she see him this time
We'll, now, father! / can't see the
little pig shepherd" said the princess.
He has hidden himself so well that |
can not find him"
''You don't say itw cried the king
you don't say it! Just turn about on
your heel once more; perhaps you'll
see him now"
So the girl turned for the third time,
but she might have turned who knows
a cha
have found the little pig shepherd.
Suddenly one of the roses flew up
from the girls bodice and became a
dove and the other rose changed into
the pig shepherd.
My, how the princess eyes opened
when she saw the little pig shepherd
standing right in front of herl Then the
little nig sheDherd embraced her and