The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-29
The Sandman
Story
THE PRINCESS


had the most beautiful jewels in
the world, at least she had more
than anyone else that was known
in those days, and when she died
they were divided between her two
daughters, the Princess Olga and
the Princess Filadora,
When the Queen at last died in
stead of dividing the jewels accord
ing to the wishes of their Queen
Mother the TWO princesses began to
quarrel and each wanted just what
the other wanted, until at last the
King interferred and said he would
take the jewels and keep them in a
strong box until his daughters
should come to a proper state of
mind, So the jewels were put in a
box and the King hid them in the
dungeon of the castle where no one,
he thought, could find them
The Princess Filadora, however,
did not intend to be deprived of the
jewels and so she watched every
move that the King made and one
night saw him with the box under
his arm go to the dungeon under
the castle. She crept along behind
him until he entered the dungeon
and closed the door; then she
listened and heard him digging and
when he came out without the box
Princess Filadora felt sure the jew
els would soon be hers. :....
The next night, when all the cas-
tie was still Princess Filadora crept
along the castle halls and down in
to the dungeon.
She looked about until she saw
where the earth had been disturbed
and here she began to dig. At last
she came to the box she had seen
the King carrying and took it from
its hiding place.
Back she went to her room, sat
isfied she had her mothers jewels,
and hid the box under the floor un-
der her bed. Here she felt it would
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know she had the jewels.
But her sister, Princess Olga,
was as eager to possess the jewels
as she was, and the night she crept
into the dungeon to dig up the box
Princess Olga followed her and saw
all that happened.
The next day, when Princess Fill
adora went for a ride in the castle
park her sister went to the place
where the box was hidden and took
it out, but she was clever enough to
put another one in place of it so
nearly like it that the difference
would not be noticed.
This box that she left Princess
Olga filled with sand that it might
be as heavy as the one she remov-
ed, and feeling satisfied she pos
sessed her mothers jewels and that
no one would ever guess it, she
went to her room and hid the box.
Neither of the princesses had
thought to open the box to learn if
they really had the jewels. Each
was satified with the thought that
she possessed them, but the old
King was not at all stupid, and in
stead of putting the jewels in the
box he had buried he had hidden
the jewels in the wall of the dun
geon and buried a box filled with
sand.
So that each princess had only |
a box of sand instead of the covet-
ed jewels, but because they were
sure they possessed them they
lived in peace and there was no
more quarreling.
The old King suspected what had |
happened and as time went on and
his daughters continued to live
he decided that he would
divide the jewels and place one
daughters portion in each of the
boxes.
One day the King gave grand
ball and told the princesses that he
should require each of them to ap-
pear in full dress. as became their
rank and station.
''But father" said the princess
Olga, 1--WE must wear the jewels il
you wish that And how can we
when you hold them?"
at will hand them over at once To