The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-04

Once upon time there lived a
King and Queen who had a very
beautiful daughter, and when she was
born the old woman who nursed the
Queen warned her that her daughter
would be carried away by some one
she could not see in her vision II the
Princess was allowed to go outside
the castle walls.
So the little Princess grew up to
womanhood without being allowed to
see the outside world, and as no one
had ever told her about the warning
of the old nurses she decided one
day to run away from her servants
the very first chance she had.
One day the Princess ran behind a
rock and gave terrible scream. and
when everybody rushed there she ran
around the other side and hid behind
q big clump of bushes.
She had to run little to get to the
woods where she could hide until
night, for she knew that servants
would be sent out to look for her
once they were certain she was not
IN the castle grounds.
Then when night came by the light
OF the moon the Princess made her
way farther into the forest, and not
knowing that she was going in the
wrong way to see the, outside world,
for which she had left the palace, she
went on and on until she came to a
mountain.
Right by the foot of the mountain
lived a witch, and the witch had a
daughter who was in love with a
Prince, but the Prince would not
marry her, first because her mother
was witch, and then because the
daughter was not pleasant to look at.
The Prince had never seen the face
of the daughter. She had kept 1t
covered with a heavy black veil, but
the Prince would not have her for
his wife, for he knew she was ugly
looking or she would have shown her
face to him.
So just as the Princess reached the
mountain the old witch and her
daughter happened to be sitting in
the door of their cave, and the daugh-
ter seeing the Princess was beau
tiful at once thought of plan to
marry the Prince, and she jumped up
and caught the Princess by her arm
and dragged her into the cave.
Then the old witch, to help her
daughter, cast over the Princess a
spell so that she could not speak or
move only as the witch's daughter di-
rected.
One day the Prince was riding
through the forest and the witch's
daughter saw him before he came
near the cave, so she willed the
Princess to stand in his path.
When the Prince saw that she was
so beautiful he stopped and raised his
plumed hat and asked her her name.
or course she was under the spell
swered as she willed.
II am she who loves you, your high
ness. but has never dared show you
her face" replied the Princess.
The prince fell in love with her at
once and said, ooh! lovliest of all
creatures, why did you keep your face
yelled so long even II your mother is
the old witch? l love you. Be my
wife, / beg Of you"
Il will be your wife on one condi-
tion," replied the Princes, who did
not know she was talking, Of course.
Name it." said the Prince. What
ever you ask grant before you speak.
Only say you will be my wife"
II must be married with the veil
you have always seen me wear over
my face" replied the Princess. Then
] will remove 1t forever"
OF course the Prince consented, and
the day for the wedding was set.
The Prince was impatient for the
ceremony to be over that he might
show to all the people the beautiful
face of the woman he had married,
and no sooner had the last word been
said which made them man and wife,
than the Prince tore off the hated VEIL