The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18

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s.A al elaborate monogram.
t2zneZ, he was a very fine figure
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70 i@i ng the slightest attention
&c CID woman, he gave hop, skip
az : Jump that landed him inside the
-.s5arent palace, where he plunged
40 bath that had been prepared
ioi MIN by the invisible attendants
nd the old woman beheld him splash.
= around at a great rate.
But, 10 and behold. it was no rab
DIT that emerged from the bath. Ii
was instead an exceedingly noble and
E5Edsome prince, who proceeded tc
c-Ctfe himself in fine linen and royal
IETp.e garments that were all EN-
bFCideTed with gold And at the last
lie lo-Ged the little handkerchief that
the rabbit had worn around his neck
very carefully indeed and put it into
his rocket.
hen the old woman perceived this
marvel, she hurried from the garden
as fast as ever she could. Here was a
tale for the princess, who was i'll be-
cause OF love,
On arriving at the palace where the
II sncGes lived the old woman an
nCunced her purpose, and was there
uron shown into the boulder of the
princess, who was reclining on a
couch. When she saw the old woman
She turned her face to the wall
The old woman paid no heed tC
this. but began to tell her story
When she finally reached the part
about the rabbit the princess sat III
so sudden'y that her hair all came
tumbling down about her shoulders.
bring me clam BROTH she said to
her servants. and scanored turbo1
AID broiled quail and bro:}ed chicken
with saffron in the rice to make il
beautiful, and Brazilian salad and fia
tart and ice cream favored with pis
taschio nuts. and cream cheese and
colee and lew candied dates. | feel
rather better than / did and | am
hungry"
From that moment the health of the
court physicians looked very wisely
a. each other and said they had
known all that she needed was to be
properly amused
Before many days had passed the
princess was able to set out with the
old woman to see the marvels of the
crystal palace. And as they were pre-
pairing to start, the donkey with the
golden panniers appeared before them
so the princess and her maid of hon
or and the old woman all got upon his
back. When-whiff, almost before they
could catch breath-which some
times is even harder than catching &
rabbit-they were before the palace
and were being assisted by brave
hands to dismount But nowhere
could they see the people to whom
these hands belonged.
The princess was astonished at the
splendor of the crystal palace, and de
lighted TO find everything just as the
old woman had said it was-only ter
times fner-while the maid of honor
became entirely speechless.
Farther and farther on into the spa
cious halls and chambers they wan
| dered till, quite suddenly, they saw {
fine big rabbit with a chrysanthemun
tail and pink, pointed ears and {
handkerchief around his neck com,
hopping along a passage.
The princess gave a scream of de
| light The maid of honor gave an
| other. The old woman gave third
| But the rabbit had disappeared! Sool
they could hear, however, not IA
away, the splashing of water; ant
hardly daring to breathe, they waitet
to see what would happen next.
And what did happen was that thu
| most beautiful prince the sun eveI
shone upon came toward them from
where the rabbit had vanished and h
was arrayed in fine linen and roya
| purple garments embroidered witt
| gold. And he held out his hands il
| gracious welcome to the princess
thanking her for having, by her com
| ing, broken the enchantment unde
which he and all his court were held
For what great fiesta are all thes
preparations? asked the princess, a
she saw the servants of the willin
| hands hurrying to and fro.
For the reception of the Princes
of the Seven Kingdoms" said tn
| prince.
| rWhy, am the Princess of the Sey
en- Kingdoms" cried the happy prir
cess.
Certainly you are agreed tn
| prince; and he bowed low before hel
So of course before very long the
were married with great splendor an
lived together most happily in tn
crystal palace.
But their very dear friend, the oil
woman, went wandering about an
looking particularly sad.
/ What is the matter? What DO 20
want to make you happy that you no.
have not?" the princess beseeched {
her.
MY trouble is that l have too Tucl
menina,''* replied the old woman.
You want less than you have?
cried the princess.
81 want less and / want more, nj
Nina said the old woman, shakin
| her haad s.That is to say wal