Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-04
SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. r. A. Walker
Copyright, 1918. by Mcclure Nc~n paper
Syndicate. New York CITY
pRTNCE RnIrI sS RRIDE-PART


PRINCE ROUL'S BRIDE-PART I
Once upon time in far OIL land there
lived by an ocean an Ogre and ms VIE
Their home was q cave IN big wn'o
rock which was 80 white It shone IKE
. light even in the darkest night and
many a ship had thought 1t a har6or
in q storm and had been wrecked by
the shore where the Ogre lived.
And this was the way he lived, because
the ships carried rich cargoes and the
Ogre lost no time in helping himself
10 all that he could find, while the sailors
were clad TO escape in hfeboats when
they saw the dreadful looking Ogre,
who was so big and strong he could
lift ship.
In the same country miles and miles
away from the Ogres cave, lived a rich
King who had n son named houl, and
one day while the Prince was out hunting
he passed in the woods cabin where
lived a poor girl named Ieta.
But while Leta was very poor she
was also very pretty, and as the Prince
rode past he saw hcf Mt the window
and raised his plumed hat and smiled
The next day Prince Roul again
rode TO the woods and this time he
did not pass Lctas cabin. He stopped
his horse in front of her door and asked
for drink of water
He had thought Lcta pretty through
the window. but when he hchcld her
this time he completely lost his heart
and day after day he went to the cot
tage and talked to pretty Leta.
After while the King told his son
IT was time he was looking for n wife,
as he wanted to sec him marricdh he
fore he died, and know that his wife
was worthy TO be n Queen,
So the Hing gave a feast which lasted
for weeks and rrinceSscs from far and
near were asked that Prince Roul
might choose for himself wife, for,
as | said before the King was very rich
and all the Kings IN the other countries
were ANXIOUS, of course, to have Prince
koul for n sOnln-law
But Prince Roul did not choose
wife from among the beautiful Prin-
cesses, for he was already IN love with
pretty Leta, and while he knew full
we'll his father would never give his
consent to their marriage he was de-
termined he would we'd no ono else,
On the last day Of the feast the King
told him he would have TO choose. You
have before YOU the sncautlfu women
of the land said the hing. Make
your choiscc at once. and tho wedding
shall take place this night
Father, you have not brought 10
me the most beautiful woman IN the
world, replied Prince Rou IL YOU
had should have asked her 70 bc my
wife before this
What do YOU mean" asked the King.
"All the PrincesScs IN the land are here.
All YES; that Is true, replied the
"but the most bcauttn woman IN the
world is r,pt Princess N-ot1 fhIDk
of them tut she IS the Princess of my
heart, and | cannot marry any other
woman
Then the hing made the Prince tell
him who she was that he loved 50 dearly,
and when he learned Lcta was poor
girl. who lived in the woods close by.
he was very angry, and told the Prince
he should never we'd her.
All the beautiful Pnncosses were
sent home, and the angry King called
his servants 10 him and commanded
that they should 60 10 the woods and
find this girl who had upset his plans
for his son
Find her and chase her out Of tho
woods: drive her into another land.
where the Prince will never find her.
he told them
But the hing had forgotten ono very
important thing, and that was hIs son
for he should have made HIM n prisoner
before he gave such an order. Thus
he did not doc. and Prince Roul, who
overheard what his father had said
lost no time in jumping on hls horse
and making his WAY 10 the woods ahead
Of the servants Of the hing
lump up behind me, he said to
Ieta when She came out of the cabin and
away they rode, the feet Of Prince Roul's
horse scarcely touching the ground
as they fled
The Kings servants were not long
in discovering that the Prince had
outwitted them, but they gave chase
and away they went through the woods,
while poor frightened little Lcta clung
to the Prince, wondering what it was
all about
Tomorrow will tell YOU how the
Prince and Leta escaped, and how
happy it all turned out.
Continued Tomorrow