Show GREAT j t ADVENTURES i f j i ij OP Of A AAD Jj AD i WHO RESCUED T A PLY J JY Jand FROM PRO 1 A 4 SPIDER SPI SPARED ARED IT Y and at 4 last coming coating to the tho forest lake Jab found fouad the ring ig Then The he lie knew that tat she had ha fled to her r father fa and n h resolved to seek his court courtl l t knowing how he found himself upward ever upward until at last after dayi dai and nights S of f hard bard climbing he stood on top of Gf the tha thet t Himalayas wad tad td saw a n castle of shining silver sil be before b before fore which stood a dragon dra of such enormous sue size and ond of so frightful an aspect as that for once ho he felt timid about tackling him Yet y t only for a moment m did fear sear make him hesitate and then he strode stride to ti toward t ward the tb immense creature which at his approach rose and nud rushed rush at him but he threw w the wing shining s i spiders v cord over that great eat neck and nd 00 the dragon became as mild as a calf Lending Leading Lendi g the shambling sh a ing awkward animal along al m K Klie lIe he entered the castle and wandered through its ita great r glowing halls bans shining gems but saw MY nobody at atall atall all When he had reached the top iop of the caa euil bo ho went vent out upon the tho roof roe and aid there he found a golden goldenhorn goldenhorn horn hanging Obeying perhaps the thee guidance of the ring twee he blew a u ablest blast upon this horn and in a few minutes DI saw troops of fairies coming toward toward the castle ea in great haste for this was a signal summoning all an to t the king Icing The king kin and hS js courtiers cou tiers as well as his bis daughters daug who had haa been put out hunting which are sunny funny little monkeylike creatures dwelling only in the Himalayas came came very soon wondering what had happened that the horn should have been blown and when the fairy monarch saw his soa he was enraged He did not of course know who Harry was but when ho bo was wits was told that this was his daughter daughters line hus husband I band he was madder ma dor still Neither did he ho know bow whet had lI d happened to to his l pet dragon which Harry Hairy had Ii ad Iff locked in the thc collar cellar but after he had listened to hs h eon story he ho role somewhat and finally y said y t Qu q are a bold man ma doubtless ekre e you yo would woul l notha not have braved the dread journey and dared all nU the th perils of orthis this climb above tho clouds but buty you u do nuten not nut deserve dese my child chiI unless you are a greater man then en I think you are area Had my dragon been here your youre bravery e would not have availed you a pen pears w rt but he has ha strayed str y d away and allowed you to enter enter and so I Y will give you a chance First you must sub subdue subdue subdue due a wild horse and a still wilder elephant and then ride them here to my court Oh fiddlesticks I 1 cried Harry H rry Cant a fairy king getup get gat up something with a little more s sin in it than an elephant and ond a horse hor e t Sick your old dragon on on me and let me tackle him himl himlI himI I 1 regret to say the dragon is k absent and mess may i ay be away for months said the king B He stayed wy away wythe y the thc last time for nearly a year and he only same earno back then because he got sick No you must engage with the animals I 1 have selected All right said id Harry Where e ae ao a e they Ho Ire was wa conducted to the great eat forest where in about ten minutes his guides saw the two animals and then fled fl d in gerat gorat rat fear which was turned turn into wonder when Harry reappeared in a short hort time Bead Beading ing Then while the king looked down from his Ids high parapets Harry rode thorn them one ono after aft r another and when he had finished he went wont up to the t king kinK and said a That was pretty tame sport was wa it not noU Now give me my wife Oh there is more moro to follow I cried fried the king somewhat troubled however at the tIle ease with which bh Harry Ha had hod accomplished the tho difficult in n fact the most difficult lt task the king could think k of right off oW hand land but he had had time i for reflection and aDd had ha l chosen another which would really tax tat the clever cleverest est cst of men men He added t r k You must prove your y sagacity sag city ae u well as your bravery oh my l 1 I can not give her to a dullard duBord even the tho bravest dullard in tH nil the world 1 I hay have c no objection to another test teat t but you sail sai said the capture r of the elephant and the Jorse would der de decide tide aide it said Harry That was too easy as as you said Mid yourself Now T J t have placed my four daughters in great ebony chests che tl and shut the lids If you can tell me in which ch t your y our bride is concealed you shall have he ve her Here Hero yare are the chests added the monarch leading Harry F Finto into a great grant o oAt hall of opals Choose At that moment loment the green fly around Har Bar Barrys Harrys Harrys rys head lien and nd nobody saw it AH AU were gazing ing at the black chests on the floor The Tho fly circled nearer anti and then whispered I 1 crawled cr wIed into every chest and nd fund iund them ut ail 11 empty and nd then I discovered disc that the fout our princesses I are above your you head be in the p aural and looking down at you this moment Your wife i it i weeping 1 for fear that you will vin never succeed cl in hi tile the tests liM t i th that it ither her father fa hor will impose yo you M i f 55 J uI I see see your sour yo r chests cheats said aid Harry looking at the kin king kingl sternly stern and I find Ind J d that you are a f osy old de 00 deceives eive who intend me ire to have haft my wife st stall t tall tall all But Dut smart ag as you are I am still your master masur masurin in all oU such sueh arts There Thore are re the chests but they are all nIl empty and my wife is up yonder m in i the tM gallery pier flY You QU are ore indeed my master m ster I 1 cried the tha th long Icing almost dropping to the floor in surprise This beats rea me meAh me V Ah Ab 4 I have Xray eyes I replied Harry Nothing is hidden from me I lean can even tell you yoa where here your dragon has gone gon If If you Y l can you you shall have aay my daughter cried the thc Miry fairy king kin eagerly Can C n I take her hor back tick to my homo home and at t once or o when I please pl V demanded Harry BArry Yes at any time you wish if you will tell me ma maher whey her to f nd my my dragon Look in your y ur own wn cellar then said Harry laughing g and an l in a few minutes minu the th news DeWS was brought that Harry had indeed indO d told the truth tru Then the king relented entirely en rely saying s 8 The lad pleases me m greatly He Ho in is ilia a worthy son inlaw to a fairy king Take your wife whoa when on ou i please but pray pr Y delay your departure d until we we get better acquainted for thore there is IS much mud tha than you yoa cen cco teach me ire I J am sure So why wh Harry H Goodrich has not yet re returned r returned turned d home homet for everything is so go delightful nt at tL the fairy kings court that he ho cannot bear to oven even o cn think of leaving In his rare letters to ino me ohe he declares that he be is going to bring his hia fairy ride rido i hero hare next nest summer sumit r even Un if i he heJl has h to lasso her h father athe and carry car carh h him lm l on m p mh ph I hope bopo he will do o for I 1 would like h a fairy monarch WALT Mc P Pa I i a |