The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-18
Queen of the Seas

The Queen of the Seas is called
Queen Coral. She lives under the
sea in the most magnificent pal
ace you ever saw. She has a beau
tiful daughter called Princess Star.
fish because she was so bright.
Queen Coral had husband called
King Lobster because he was so
awkward. King Lobster was not
like his wife and daughter. He
was always growing about some
thing and he thought that the
Queen and the Princess ought to
stay home more and associate with
only their kind, for the Queen and
Princess taught a school for the
children to learn all about the sea
objects and human beings that
lived on earth.
Everyone said that the Queen
liked boys better than girls. In
one way, this was true, too, for
the Queen had son that had dis
appeared many years ago and she
had never heard of him since.
One day there was much excite
ment in this little under-sea town
A ship had sunk and come down
in the street. The people on the
ship were very much surprised to
find people like themselves at the
bottom of the sea, for they had
thought they were going to some
place called Davy Jones' Locker,
but they didn't see any locker.
Queen Coral and the Princess
stepped up and she said, Welcome
strangers, welcome to the land of
the Under Sea People. l am Queen
Coral and this is my daughter,
Princess Starfish. Come, let me
lead you to my home"
King Lobster was surprised to
see his wife and daughter coming
home leading long procession of
strangers.
strangers" spoke Queen Coral,
after she had got into her palace,
this is my home, you are welcome
to stay here. This is my usband,
King Lobster"
Soon everyone was making them
selves at home. But there was one
young man among the strangers
that the Queen thought she had
seen before. So she asked him who
he was and his age. He said his
f, mortal name was Jacob Witter and
that he was twenty-five years old.
He said that his name had been
given to him by man that had
raised him from ten years old.
II remember" said he, that my
name was Dolphin until the man
changed it."
Then" said Queen Coral, you
are my son for when you were ten
years old you disappeared and my
sons name was Prince Dolphin.
Welcome home, my dear SON."
! "Oh, mother" he said, 81 am so
glad I've found you"
But how was it you got to
America among mortals?" asked
Queen Coral.
well" said the new Prince Dol
phin, II was swimming one day and
thought l would swim to the sur
face. So after had swan around
| long time on the surface | start
ed to come down but l couldn't
find my way. So l swan to shore
where ship had stopped and the
men took me along with them to
America. A man on the ship
named John Witter adopted me and
gave me the name of his father,
Jacob Witter, but he let me keep
my own name as a middle name, so
always wrote my name Jacob D.
Witter"
! AS Prince Dolphin went out of
Queen Coral's room King Lobster
came in and said to his wife, who
are these people who you have let
come here. You don't know who
they are and they might have come
here to steal. Who was that young
man that just left here? Probably
he is planning to steal from me
and"
Stop" commanded Queen Cor
al. do you remember the day you
grieved over our sons disappear
ance? You said then that you
would give every piece of gold you
had to bring your son back. Now,
the young man that you accuse of
stealing is your own son, Prince