Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-13
Heroisnn of Prince Froggie
,2v MINNIE GRANT TARR

sci, but to- his establishment, al.
though her bright eyesAgazcd steadi-
ly back into his his hypnotic power
seemed to have vanished for it had
no effect on this cool and naughty
maid who had jumped the rock with
such surprising agility but mo-
ment previous; with lips curled back
in rage, over toothleAS gums, he
hastily curled himself Anto tight
wad Of muscle and then shot out
straight as string, so swift was his
fight the royal assembly had not
time to give one ><aan.grown gasp
before the 1.-THE form OF the dragon
had curled' itself about the buxom
form only to hastily uneoil in agon-
lied writings, and Kissing, and
screaming in horrible pain he rolled
over and over down the knoll to
bunch of dried sticks and brush be-
low. where the crafty Nordie now
danced about with lighted torch set
ting FIRE to the dried brush, into
this bed Of roaring flames rolled the
dreaded dragon, where ne was
burned to death.
The royal court hastily descended
the hill to greet the noble Prince
Nordie with lusty shouts OF praise
Orthe hillside lay the now limp last
years skin of Princess lisa, whose
offcast garment Prince Nordie ex-
planned had been filled with burn.
ing acid to the bursting point. All
night he had toiled, patting the skin
into shape, polishing it right smart
Nv. gathering herbs and brewing the
acid to stuff it with. He hid it behind
the rock and when he had jumped
down behind with the snake after
him, he gave the stuffed skin one
mighty boost over the rock where
it landed in such brave fashion. and
when the dragon had coiled himself
so cunningly about its plump en-
ticina form, the acid squirted out ITS
mouth putting out the eyes OF the
shake and .burning him wherever it
struck, and, as they had witnessed,
the snake in agony rolled down to
the fiery brush already prepared by
Prince Nordie, and so came the nm
ish of the dragon, the Terror III the
Land of the Froggies.
A great wedding took place within
the next few days, all the frogs from
far and near donned their best gar
ments Of green or emerald velvet
slashed with white and black eff
mine trimmings. Prince Nordie and
the Princess lisa were united in the
most romantic wedding that had
taken place for hundreds of years.
The prince released his claim on
| half of the kingdom, long-distanced
his court through the hollow reeds
that are set TIP as telephone lines all
over Froggieland, and his retinue OF
servants with swanlike canoes OF
birchbark, came up to escort the
prince and his bride to their future
home: they departed at>high moon
shine, sailing down the river with
FREELY lanterns lighting the waters
along the way. E.I
A band OF musicians with reed
pipes and a quartet OF bass singers
with an accompaniment of sopranos
were sent by the old king to en'iven
| the voyage, and on cushioned toad
stool set up under canopy OF lily
leaves sat the Princess lisa with
Prince Nordie at her side, waving a
graceful farewell to the royal court
assembled at the rivers edge to see
them off, and where they had bonn
barded the bride and groom. as was
their custom, with grass seeds and
ii1y hearts, the river seemed a float
ing bed OF gold and silver.
No more dragons came to disturb
the peace OF Froggieland and all
lived happily everafter
THE END.