The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-09

, told them that they would just have
time to get dressed for dinner be-
fore it was time to dine with the
king and queen. When the big car
stopped at the castle, the children
piled out and hurried to their
rooms.
Part Two.
Jack and Jane and Jeanne never
will forget the first dinner they ate
with the king and queen.
II was dark outside, Of course,
and the big dining room with its
costly and rich hangings, was il
Illuminated with what seemed to the
children a thousand lights.
The table, Jack thought, was aw-
fully big for just seven people. The
children, Captain Brave and Lady
dear, and the king and queen were
the only ones at dinner.
The chairs at the table were
dainty gold ones, with velvet cover
ings. The china was what folks
call egg shell china, because it was
thin as an egg shell. Each dish
was ornamented with the royal
crest Of the king and queen, made
in gold.
The dishes in the center of the
table and those on which the food
was brought by the servants were
of silver, and they, too, had the
crest on them. The two men who
waited on the little folks and their
friends were dressed in silk suits
with knee breeches. The suits
were trimmed with yards and yards
of bright braid.
The king and queen were very
plainly dressed, and this puzzled
the children at first. Then they
realized that it was because Cap
tain Brave and Ladydear had not
brought along clothing suitable to
wear at state occasions and that
their royal friends were kind
enough to think of this.
The dinner lasted long, long
time. The servants brought many
many portions of various kinds of
good things to eat. The king and
queen kept the children interested
during the meal by telling them
stories concerning the country and
the people in it. The king told
how the castle had been built cen
turtles ago and how the king and his
followers in those days wore heavy
armor made out of metal and
fought with long spears and great
swords. Several suits Of the armor
had remained undisturbed in the
castle since that time, the king
said, and the children were told
that they could see these when
they explored the rest of the castle.
Dinner over, the children were
taken into the ballroom. and the
queen taught them one of the
quaint little native dances the
children had seen some of the
country children dancing that day. !
Boob decided it would be great fun
to have romp on the immense
floor of the ballroom. He started
chasing about, but came to grief
very soon. Whenever he tried to
stop suddenly or turn corner on
the CLASSY floor, his feet slipped out !
from under him. and he landed !
with a thump. If he hadn't been
such fluffy dog, l am sure he
would have broken some bones.
Everyone enjoyed Booh's antics
and laughed, of course. Knowing
he was exceedingly cute, Boob out
did himself to show now much
more cute he could be and finally
wound up by chasing his own tail
around and ound-something he
hadn't done since the children left
Make-Believe Town.
The children finally trotted off to
bed with the promise that if the
weather was fair in the morning
they would visit the deserted ruins
on the top of the mountain which
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