The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-07
7 TITLE PRINCESS
By DAVID CORY WlLLFOL

The parents of Prince Rupert hat
been PERSUADED to prolong their visit
as everyone seemed to be enjoying
every minute of the day. Indeed, Tho
combined parental pleasure that was
derived, to the great satisfaction o.
both sides, of seeing the pretty pair,
as the young prince and the little will
faI princess were termed spending Sc
lauch time in each others company
had turned the great castle into {
royal matrimonial agency.
at is time our daughter began tC
think of the future" remarked her
f5ther one morning before breakfast
as he entered the queens boudoih
after having tapped with his royal
knuckles on the panel of the door thai
separated him from his better halt
during the beauty preparations of her
majesty.
Mon dfeu! my lord" said the
queen, looking up quietly at the sud
Genness of his remark and thereby
receiving on the tip of her aristo-
cratic nose the black patch which her
Il cid had intended for her cheek, Is
this your first greeting?'
The king looked somewhat abashed,
bur quickly recovering his composure,
replied, Forgive me, love, but the
news l have just heard has put all
other ideas out of my head"
pray tell me, she replied, instant
" curious.
"Twas this" he replied, seating
himself near the queen, and ne com
mcnced relating what one of his re-
taiaers had told him
Are you sure he said that Eloise
refused the offer that Prince Rupert
made her?g exclaimed the queen,
when the king had finished with his
recital Of the exciting episode. "Why'
l thought she was most fond Of him,
and while I do not quite approve of
cousins marrying, still, he is so fine
a lad that I would have waived these
scruples.
"Me, too" replied the king, for
getting the rules of grammar in his
excitement
That's just like herr" added the
queen, after a moments silence; had
We all been against it the very willful-
ness of our daughter would have COM
1elled her to accept"
"Alrs well that ends we'll" replied
The king; slet us not worry yet awhile
for she is still but child" and with
these words he offered his arm to his
royal spouse and together they de-
seconded the stairway 10 their great
dining hall.
AS they passed the conservatory
they noticed the little willful princess
standing by the cage in which were
the two beautiful cardinal birds which
her cousin Rupert had brought to
her for a present She loved to watch
these beautiful creatures, whose
bright, eager eyes seemed mighty in
qdsitiye concerning the new state OF
Things. and who sat all da punched
up on her perch, while one would
now and then moodily pipe a home
sick strain.
often during the day the little prir
cess weuld run in 10 see how they
We're getting on. She seemed never /
10 grow wear Y Of watching them;
the y had such pretty ways Of plum
ing themselves, such brilliant scarlet
crowns, With Observation-Disclosures Of the
same color coming down in peak on
their breasts and she wished they
would sing "just as if they were at
home, and nothing had happened"
They miss their freedom among
The magnolia and oleander trees OF
the South" said her mother, laying
her hand on her little daughters
shoulder
"Oh, but may not let one of them
out, an see if he will sing in your
rose-geranium tree?"
SO she carried the cage to the
aower-stand, and, opening the tiny
wiIe-door, invited one of the cardinals
to a promenade, or, in bird language, /
to a wing The poor bird looked ask
auce at the open door, put his head
took a birdseye view Of the location
ard then flew into the nearest plans
with one thrill of melody. Put him
back into the cage now" said the
king, after the little captive had pick
nicked in the geranium some time
He may take it into his mead W sud
denly fly Off"
in a minute" replied the little
wIlful princess.
You had better not delay"
"a minute cannot make much diff
ference, papa"
But as she spoke the bird, having
by short flights from plant to plant
aroused in his little red breast the
desire for sweet liberty now spread
his wings, whirred across the con
servatory and sailed boldly out of a
window that had been left open. The
little princess saw him glance along