Arizona republican., 1921-01-11

at last 1t was said that he would die.
 It happened that the Princess father heard of the Prince being i'll. He be- ing a very wise King felt sorry for the Prince and went to the house where he lived. It happened that the Princess came with her father and the moment he saw her his face got color in it and he smiled a. ner. The King said, Your son seems to be quite well now" Yes answered the fath- CT of the Prince. but before you came he was very pale and sick" They did not know that it was the Princess that had made him well One day the King and Queen and their son came ] to visit the Princess and her mother and father as they were going back 10 their native land the next day. The | Prince was very sad for he did not want to leave his beloved Princess. At that moment an idea flashed lnJo his mind. It was one great and strong. l Thinking Of this idea. that night, when l he went home, he could not sleep. The next day the Prince and his 1 parents started on their journey home | ward. The Prince did not want to l leave his beautiful Princess but think ] ing of his plan he finally became con- ! tented. Travelling day after day and week after week they at length came to their home and were glad to sec 1t again.
 Many days had passed. The prince had become of age. One day he went to his mother, the queen, and said, Give me permission to go and seek my fortune" But the queen would not listen to him and said, No, my son, do not ask that of me yet, as you are too young" But the Prince begged and begged until at last she said, "Go into the world and this ring I will give to you when you want help say these words" said the Queen, and she whis- pered something into his ear. She then gave him ships, men, bags of money and gold, and he started out on his long journey.
 He travelled on and on for three days when suddenly a storm arose and il flashed lightning and the waves beat T against the ship and tore down the masts. There was no land to be seen and as the ship went down the Prince ! jumped into the water, thinking all the time of the beautiful Princess that I he loved so we'll He was swimming about when he found a piece of the wrecked ship which he used as a raft Night overlook him soon. He spent the l night drifting about. At length 1t was l morning. The sun shone brightly and the sea was calm. To his surprise he
  1 thought was land. Sure enough fl proved to be a small island.
 When he reached the little island he was exhausted and lay unconscious for hours. When he finally regained con- sciousness 1t was late in the afternoon He wandered about for a while and soon came to a little house where 3 kind old lady lived. She owned a lit tie garden in which she raised wheat | r.. a@ and she welcomed him kindly. She gave him food and drink After ht had finished his meal she asked hin how he came to be on the island ana he told her his story. When he haC l finished he asked the old lady if ht could stay there and she said he could So he stayed and the old lady became very fond of him.
 The Prince had stayed with the old lady for three years when one day l he was out by the shore thinking of tht beautiful Princess which he loved, anc thinking that he would never see hel l again when he suddenly saw a httl' specl1 of white in the distance. I came nearer and nearer until at las he could see it was 8 fine ship. Ht immediately gathered sticks and trasl and built big fire,
 Strange to say he had to light tn ire DIV ruDDME llHl FOCkS together aTl' the sparks caught the dry twigs ant started the fire. Now in this shil was the Princess and her father an, the Queen. who were travelling abou seeing the world. The Prince did no know this, however.
 When the King saw the fire he or dered the ship to stop. When a boa landed and brought the Prince 10 tn ship he was very surprised on seeinI the King and Queen and the Princess He asked if he could go home wit them and the King answered that h 1 could.
 So the Prince got in the ship an rode 70 the home of the Princess. II told his story to the King and Queer | who thought him very brave.
 So great was the joy of the Prime on finding the Princess that her ia