The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-16
Sand m an
Stories
BY Mrs. =. A. Walker.
Copyright, 1916. Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.
Sweetheart-Part IL.

THE roppes and Sweetheart slept
and the crooked old woman kept
: on grooming the funny ll,le verses
and slowly crooked chairs and the
table and the bed began to change into
bed OF noddlng peoples, and then the
house disappeared and in Us place
stood more poppies, even the crooked
little old woman had disappeared or
changed into a poppy for she no longer
could be seen.
BY and by horseman mounted on a
beautiful black horse rode through the
forest not lar IRON where Sweetheart
lay sleeping IN the bed OF popprs The
horseman had with him four attend
ants who rode behind him. and every
little while they would shade their eyes
with their hands and look about
81 am afraid VIC will have to return
without finding the flower" said the
horseman, "and my father will give his
kingdom to my stepbrother but ! have
done by best to lind the flower he
asked for"
Here is a road we did not see. my
Prince" said one OF the servants. Let
us ride along and see what we find
We have until tomorrow morning to
find the flower your father asked for"
So the horseman, you see, was
prince, and his servants turned their
horses into the road and presently they
came upon the big bed OF peoples with
their nodding and dropping heads.
"Oh, but they will not do" said the
son. These look like big bugs NV
father will not accept these am
sure
"But wait, my Prince" said ono OF
his servants, these buds may open in
the morning anA you will have the
flower YOU seek
So the Prince and his servant, lay
themselves down near the poppies and
soon they were asleep, but the Prince
was awake bright and early, while vet
his servants slept
1t was hardly daybreak, but by the
dim morning light the Prince saw that
the flowers were still buds not the
blossoms he sought, but while he
looked he saw something that looked
like spun gold among the buds, and
hurrying to IT he saw the sleeping
Sweetheart whose golden curls had
looked like gold
The Prince knclt beside her and took
her by one hand Are you real or
arc YOU Just a beautiful ilower2" he
said. "lf YOU are mortal open your
eyes, beautiful one; speak to me"
Sweetheart opened her big blue eyes
and looked straigh, into the eyes OF tho
Prince. Are you the Prince the fairies
have been telling me about while
slept" she asked. y
Il do not know what the fairies have
told YOU my beautiful one" said the
Prince, but ! am a Prince, and it you
will have me for your Prince | shall
be the happiest Prince in the world IN
spite OF losing my fathers kingdom"
Sweetheart bluShed and told the
Prince she cared no, for his kingdom.
or even II he were Prince; that she
loved him and would become his wife
But why| she asked, will YOU
lose your fathers kingdom"
81 will tell YOU" said the Prince
i have stepmother who has son
otlhe 20 fishes to become
King after my father, and as | am IN
the way She persuaded my father, who
is a great lover OF flowers, to set a
task for my stcpbrother and me to find
a flower with big blossom growing in
shades of red, white and pink
The flower must he different from
all others that grow in the palace gar
denS, and the one who brings the
flower first to my father will inherit
his kingdom.
u have hunted with my faithful serv-
ants everywhere, but cannot find the
flower. ! found this huge bed OF buds
They are not blossoms and will no,
1 do"
Look look, and behold the flower
you seek. my Prince" cried the Serv-
ants OF the Prince, and there, growing
all around him the Prince saw the
popples, now opened in the morning
light, the very flower that did not grow
in the palace garden,
The servants dug up the flowers by
their roots and carried quantities Of
them 10 the King who was so delight
ed that he told hi, son he not only
would give him all his wealth, hut
would grant any wish he might make
as we'll
~ will take this beautiful maiden
Tor my wife" said the Prince, though
she IL the daughter Of poor pea,ant.
| love her and would make her my
wife"
The King dared not refuse his son
THIS request for. he had given his
promise, and so they were wed while
the S,epmother, who had tried SO hard
O'sss TN kingdom iot hsr soi. looked