Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-10-05

toilet. y card bearing 4 mans name
lay on the dresser before her. She
was preparing to 90 down to see him,
but the preparation was rather for de
lay than for her adornment.
She knew very we'll for what he had
ono lie 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 it did not seem to her that
she felt a 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
had for the last time adjusted the rose
in her hair, smoothed away 4 crease
here and there in her costume, she
placed her hand upon the loorknob
and stood %irrcsolute.
What shall l say to him.
She could not decide. Turning, she
looked Through the window and saw a
peaceful garden. And there, too, in
the garden was Il
The Very young girl burst tempcstu-
ously into the peaceful garden. and
her eyes were bright with tears.
Il came for a sight of you. Felicc,"
she said. ito calm my troubled spirit.
1t is Billie again. of course, and he
will have his answer. Now, how is a
girl to be sure of her heart who has
not seen the world: one might say
yes today and lee filed With regret
tomorrow.
"Ol, for n sign lay which We womon
might know Il own tIuc prince when
he comes. YOU remember tho olden
fairly tales, and YOUR Gift for making
different stories of each to satisfy my
demand for lust one More?' Always
l found you here among Your flowers,
EeIicc. understanding Of each rebe!-
lious. childish mood.
"NVcll. I'm a rcbelIirus child again
today, and l Will rest Mg Maynard
head upon Your dear shoulder while
You weave for III" a TOW version Of
shall it be The Sleeping Princess and
the Prince Who Awakened Her ,AfGpr
Il Hundred Years.:
NJisin~Iy tie woman smiled; then
low she told the story:
The princess sat high or The garden
wall while her golden tre>scs styeancd
out IN the breeze like q sAilumerins
fan. Upon her cleaning crown as
percNoi saucily Il soldiers cap. and
from beneath its lrim She glanced
half shyly, half d~arjaGly, at the young
prince besiQe her.
AN you Wear my cap, lie warned.
I shall surely steal a kiss
with Il soft mirtLfUl laugh the lir!
sprang to the ground.
"'Never in all your life she mocllol,
shall you kiss me-
For a moment their eyes met stead.
lily. his gravcly pleading. hers bright.
vet fearful; then the girl ran swiftly
down the path.
Charmed, intent, the prince gazcd
after her departing figure; then from
its case came his violin, while the un-
spoken longings which he himself had
hardly known breathcd forth in music.
From her hiding place the girl
watched him, gloried in the sweet scri-
sne Of his eyes, the firm cut of his
youthful chin, delighted in the straight
iorelock which her theft Of his cap
left uncovered.
"When as the music Quivercd to Il
minor key, slowly the girl crept back
to sit at his side. Hand in hand they
fingered. while the young. pale moon
rose in the Sky.
Tomorrow you will come again:
pleaded the prince at parting.
"Overcome by a new and incyplica-
bic shyncss the princess shook her
head. Tomorrow I shall have duties,
she told him.
so while the roses bloomed and the
bees droned in The garden, there the
young prince waited his lady's pleas.
urc, glad for q smile that she gave
him, silent before her tauntings, speak.
ing his love in music.
And, as in teasing mood, the 7rjn-
cess danced from him one DAY down
Inv hIii'!iiio li1iii l t!I 1iNS1, Sill
calne upon another youth, one who
bowed low before her. as a subject
salutcs his princess, one whose eyes
were filed Will, 4 worshipful adora.
ton. which tie princes eyes, in al.
their tenderness. had never shown.
The princess motionel to the you'll
to rise from his place at her feet, anl
her heart was filled with the spirit OF
adventure.
"'Come,' she said. you shah teacl
me to row your boat on the river an(
shall gather for me lilies out far. where
| cannot reach them
And rs the youth bent eagerly t
his ,oars she was gay and friendly ant
kind as she had never been in the
presence of the prince.
"'Your eyes the youth reverently
told her. are blue as the sky at early
evening: your hair is like a cloth o.
gold; your lips have stolen their Grim
son from the berries
"And the urinceSS smiled and wa,