The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-10
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JANco,S slLENcE-PART u.

When the trusty generals came to
Janca they saw the spur, and said:
81 am waiting for swift steed with
a suit of golden armor and golden
lance replied Jsnco, forgetting what
his father had told him about answer
ing questions. OF course, this fright
ened the trusty generals very much,
for they were soldiers and thought
that he must intend to fight if he was
waiting for armor and lance. So they
asked him again.
81 will not tell you that, replied
Janco. for he just then remembered
his fathers caution about answering
questions.
Now, although the trusty generals
were very brave and experienced men
of war, this frightened them ever so
much more. There is no doubt,
they said to one another, that this
person is a very great prince from
some unknown land and that he in
tends to come on his swift steed clad
in his golden armor, with his ten thou
sand long-knived men and his sixty
foot giant and kill us all and destroy
our city. Let us tell the king to make
terms of peace with him at once"
So away hurried the trusty generals
back to the city and told the king
what they thought about Janco and
his intention to kill all and destroy the
city.
"My but this is awful" exclaimed
the king who was just eating his
breakfast. 81 must go and see Janco
myself"
Then he clad himself in his royal
robes and called his beautiful daugh-
ter, for he knew that beauty would
soften the hardest heart. And he
mounted his war chariot so that he
would look fierce, though it was
bunny old affair without springs, and
he would have much preferred his
new automobile. But he just had to
look fierce, you see in order to I'M
press Janco with the fact of what
great king he was. When he and the
princess came to JancO sitting on the
side of the road he saw the key hang
ing at JancO's belt.
What is that key that you wear
hanging at your belt?" he asked.
Why, it may open the front door OF
the palace in case it is locked re-
piled Janco, forgetting what his father
had told him about answering ques-
tions.
Dear dear!" whispered the king to
the Princess. THE bold man is so
certain of destroying me and my King
dom that he has even provided him.
self with a key to the palace; that is
the reason I'm sure, but | shall ask
him"
With that he turned to JancO and
said:
"Why should you want key to the
royal palace, which is for the king
and his family alone?"
81 will not tell you.' replied Janco,
lust remembering what his father had
told him.
"Oh. it is all up with us, | fear,
whispered the king to the princess,
unless you are willing to marry JAN
So" for he had noticed with what
looks of admiration Janco had been
gazing upon her.
Indeed, would just love to marry
him, papa" replied the princess. i
dote on brave, fierce men,"
Then the king told Janco that he
would give him the princess for wife
and make him the first prince of the
kingdom, and let him come and go
about the palace just like one OF the
family if he would keep the sixty-foot
giant and the ten thousand long |
knived men away, and promise not to
do any fighting himself. Janco, who |
had been expecting to be arrested for |
a tramp. was so astonished at this
offer that at first he could not reply, |
but as soon as he got his breath he
readily agreed, as you would have
done had you been youth and seen
the beautiful princess.
And so they lived happily, for al
though Janco was fool he had sense |
enough to keep his mouth shut at the
right time, which is more than many
wise folks have.
rnMopPON,S MENiI l.