The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

Ipresent at the service. The beautiful girl
dressed in the glittering copper dress wai
at once noticed by the prince, who was al
that time looking for wife all over the
country. As soon as the pretty girl noticed
the sermon was coming to an end she left
her seat and ran home to get undressed
before her stepmother and her two sisters
came home.
The prince Immediately sent turnkey
after her and gave him orders to note the
door where the pretty girl entered; but
the girl ran much more quickly than the
kings. servant and he lost her. She un-
dressed in great hurry, and by the time
that her two sisters got home she had the
wonderful dress put away in the walnut,
locked 1t up in cupboard and donned
her ordinary everyday dress, which was
very clean, and was found tanning the
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Poor orphan, you have not seen the
king" exclaimed the two sisters, who
were in high spirits. The kings son was
at church: he sat just opposite, and for
a while he kept looking at us as if he were
enchanted. You did not see that, did you?
At the beginning of the sermon, though.
there came in such a beautiful girl,
dressed In such a gorgeous dress, the like
of which no human eye has ever seen be-
fore"
II did see that pretty girl as she turned
the corner of the street." said the poor
sister.
Where did you see herr" at once asked
the envious sisters.
Il got on the ladder and went up to
the chimney and saw her from there"
said the poor girl.
so you spent your time looking about 2
You will catch 1t when father comes
home and finds the wheat unpicked,"
said the mean sisters. And they rushed
to the place where the wheat was kept,
but 10, the wheat was as clean as washed
gold, and the tares and the dirt had been
removed from the house.
In the afternoon the ladder was taken
away from the front of the house, 80
that the youngest girl should not be able
to get on it any more Then the church
bells were again heard ringing. The
two elder girls dressed up even more
showily THAI before and went to church.
The young girl had twice as much wheat
meted out, and they threatened that if
it was not cleaned by the time they came
home they would maltreat her. So she
set TO work, in great sorrow, when sud
denly again the pigeons came, twice as
many az IN the morning. Tie wheat was
cleaned like gold in one minute. Then
the poor girl again opened a walnut. This
time the shell contained a silver dress
The girl took it out. 1t was shining like
moonbeams. She put it or. She went
to church and sat in the same seat where
she sat in the morning. The prince
looked at the wonderful girl and nearly
devoured her with his eyes. The girl
did not stay long in her place, and at a
moment when nobody was looking she
stole out of the church and ran home
The kings turnkey again was unable to
find her abode. When the two sisters
came home the girl was filling the wheat
into bags, ready TO be carried up into
the attic.
do not carry it up yet; wait a mo-
ment," said the two sisters to her. You
have never seen and will never behold in
all your born days what We saw to-day.
The fairy girl of this morning came this
afternoon to church dressed in pure silver
she cleaned like moonlight"