Show 4 nr r 7 1 Hov Ow He Accomplished e the e our n a of o a Cruel rue King In an and the e Release e ease of a Beautiful eau I u S IS Magic Emerald J l The King turned pale and aud then laughing ho hI said Come Conte I speak up and say what you think In that costly box are arc three pieces of stale broad two frankfurter sausages an old woolen sock and anda x a bit of leather that is ig part of 01 a ll harness rn rop replied ed Davy with decision looking the tho King KiDS in the eye eye The Xing jumped about four feet into the air and cried Somebody must have told you Or else n a F The Thc question no now is am I right t demanded l lDa Da Davy Are those things ill in the box or are they not none noner You r i have guessed rightly Now in the nest room beyond that brazen door asked the them m trying as he hc spoke to edge toward his hig little door to escape but Davy had placed himself before that door as soon as he entered the tho room and amI he got closer to it now The King Tung spoke in a nervous manner and said Ill allow you to examine that brazen door if you like so that perhaps you may guess easier Now N ow Davy knew well that the electric button which opened the big brass door was in the tho wan wall near the small exit and he laid his hand on it as ashe aslie he lie replied No lIo I can guess gness without leaving this spot I dont know tIle the name of your our pet beast but Ill show him to you JOU 1 Then ho pressed the button and lIB as the brazen door flew open opell he hc slipped through the tiny door which opened at the same moment The ring King seeing that he never neer could escapee through his Itis own little exit had started to run to toward toward ward the tho door of the room which he had carefully closed and locked but the frightful Tina darted upon hint him and swallowed him bim as quickly as it had ever swallowed any of his victims He uttered an awful yell yeU as lIe vanished down that terrible red throat a yell yeU that rang through the whole palace and that was the last of ring King Oram the Ninetieth When Davy darted through h the little door he found himself in the tIte main ha hall I where was gathered a host of the palace inmates shivering in terror for forth th that t yell en was merely the last one of many others that had alwa always s followed the thc entrance into that fatal room of one of the suitors of the beautiful Princess When hon Day Davy told them that the King Bins had been swallowed by his pet they all shouted with joy and instantly called for When she appeared they J said that tIle this good 1 King g Oram her loved loyed father had left without any p parting messa message e and ve very likel likely would never neer come they t want to hurt her that now she was Queen of But ut is this le legal she demanded Who can provo prove that my father has las but gone on a 1 short jour journey nc ney and that he ml may not return at any moment I can swear that he went on ft a sort short journey aU all allright right declared Davy The trip was perhaps only a few fete yards ard in length but its a cinch that he will stay there for he simply cant come back Then rIlen to mak sure lie he took out his macie manic glass glassand and looked Sure enough the King was p packed eked away inside of the thc great Thing which was lying down in its room with a horrid grin on its face So he added Yes the King your our dear father is gore gOJe for good god and lie he be a l nice sight if he did come comeback back now f fTh Th the Princess said Then I am free to tell a great secret Iun I am not liis li daughter at an all but he stole stoIc me when a little baby from my mother the Queen of N North a l land far away and unknown to any but certain travelers who like the King venture far into strange n regions He has often told me that my still mourn for me and hope pe to recover me and before I take the thc crown I wish to find them and tell them that I ant am alive Davy cried eagerly PErmit me to conduct you to them I I know ex et exactly where they are and we can get there in loss less thAn two weeks week F FI I am afraid it be proper for me to tG travel with a young man unless he were my hus husband band replied the Princess blushing Oh easy said Day Davy Lets get married at once and then people cant talk hat certainly would be quite the c correct thing and beside we would then have lse an said the Court Chamber Chamberlain king as wen well as a queen lain as everybody bod followed every suggestion of the Court Chamberlain n a great shout of joy went up front from the multitude of people who had gathered on hearing that tile the me mean m cruel oM old ring King had been swallowed by the Thing and then Davy said Before B fore we celebrate the wedding lets have a i killin killing I want to get rid of that nasty beast in that hack back room F whole barrel burel of chloroform and So t they y got ft a forced it into the room where the Thing was con oon but us as it s succumbed very slowly to the drub rug Jt it was decided to take hini and confine him In in a great steel cage so that lIe he could be c exhibited to the multitude This was done an and when whon Day Davy and his beautiful bride r returned from their wedding jour journer journey ney ner with her ller rejoicing parents the King and Queen of North there was the horrid thing in its c ca ge and whole trainloads of people still pour pouring jag ing into town from the count country districts and each p ain eying ft a quarter to see It ron roll Its dreadful yes oyes but butI I assure re you it getting any more rich young nien nen as fodder hy by any means If f it should be your good fortune to eer ever visit yoU may see for yourself this strange monster and perhaps you ou may have hae the luck as I had to see him yawn yal and it will not surprise you 01 then to hear bear how ensil easily lie he swallowed the cruel crual old King You may see sec Da Davy y almost any day riding around in a automobile with and if you have a letter of introduction from the Assemblyman of your district he hc ma may r perhaps show you the thc wonderful emerald heart and amI allow you vou to look throughout through it as 35 lie Jle does vei t the folks at nome are getting pr n ili WALT M 1 |