Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-12-15
The Prince of
a Hundred
Years
A Love Story
By AGNES G. BROGAN

toilet. A card bearing a mans name
lay on the dresser before her. She
was preparing to so down to see him,
but the preparation was rather for de-
lay than for her adornment.
She knew very well for what he had
ONE. He had been to see her often
before for the same purpose. He had
offered her his love. She had neither
declined nor accepted him. She had not
declined him because she was not sure
but that she would regret having done
so If she did. and she had not accepted
him because 1t did not seem to her that
she felt II change which she considered
would come over her once she had been
stricken by the little god.
When she could think of nothing
more TO add to her toilet, when she
In her hair, smoothed away crease
here and there in her costume, she
placed her hand upon the doorknob
and stood irresolute.
what shall say to him"
She could not decide. Turning, she
looked through the window and saw Il
peaceful garden. And there, too, in
the garden was n woman.
The very young girl burst tempestu-
ously into the peaceful garden, and
her eyes were bright with tears.
81 came for sight of you, Felice,"
she said, Ito calm my troubled spirit.
1t is Billie again. Of course, and he
hot l., hnNny 10 "A
girl to be sure OF her heart who has
not seen the world? One might say
yes today and be filed with regret
tomorrow.
"Oh, for sign by which we women
might know our own true prince when
he comes! You remember the olden
fairly tales, and your gift for making
different stories OF each to satisfy my
demand for just one moreY' Always
l found you here among your flowers,
Felice. understanding Of each rebel
llous, childish mood.
"Well, I'm Il rebelliOus child again
today, and will rest my maynard
head upon your dear shoulder while
you weave for me a new version Of
shall 1t be The Sleeping Princess and
the Prince Who Awakened Her After
Hundred YearsT"
Musingly the woman smiled; then
low she told the story:
1.-THE princess sat high on the garden
wall while her golden tresses streamed
out In the breeze like shimmering
fan. Upon her cleaning crown was
perched sauclly soldiers cap, and
from beneath its brim she glanced
half shyly, half daringly, at the young
prince beside her.
IAN you wear my cap" he warned,
I shall surely steal kissv
with a soft mirthful laugh the girl
sprang to the ground.
"'Never In all your llfe,' she Knocked,
shall you kiss me-
"For a moment their eyes met stead
lily, his gravely pleading, hers bright,
yet fearful; then the girl ran swiftly
down the path.
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after her departing figure; then from
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