Show THE KING AND THE MICE f I Part Parti II Tho rho king put the time mouse In his pocket and rode lode away awa aWU When he lic tI reached tie the everybody was was' wao hurrying about and inkling iii the In-the time most excited manner mannor The poor POOl king Icing The poor king th they y were saying I hl Some Sonic terrible spell has lies been b en worked upon him A new who did not know the ther thereal thereal real r al king kin told him that their king hind had he been en found In bed hel one morning an old man his hi hair hall white and amid his Ith shriveled with age when mm only tho the night nl ht before he had been a young oung and handsome man And that th the tho only thing he said was as was I bean Find It Tho The bean beau the thc magic I timid hid It Poor I. I king kins he Is quite Chute quie mad said ald the servant Then tho tIme real rel king knew that someone In his own household had hind stolen tho bean hen from him and that the mouse In someway some sonic way say had Imad found It Wh Vhs n the real ical king went Into the palace him and the tho the oM ol ant servants recognized king told them how he lie had bad been bEen made a prisoner by the robbers and how he was rescued b by some one who hid had saved his life but he tic did not nol tell tel them It was a I mouse who had done dOTe nil all al this for fear fer they would think he too was mad Where Is la Anile Anllo Anlo ho lie said Enid Send end him hInt will know what happened happened hap hap- to inc me He e surely t Buch wi kno what for tor the robbers did not capture him him I am tn In sure sur n it-n m mh Anile Anllo h l said the tho robbers had captured and ann he you ou replied the old servant sent out ut u tt L body bod of o horsemen to look for you OU Jut hut ut no t trace ce could b be found Then Anllo Anlo became kin king for or h hp hp had grown gon KO so 10 handsome hand ome no one could resist re his fascinating fasci fasci- minting powers ni When the king went to the tho room where Anile Anllo Anlo was wa he lie indeed was a sorry ory sl sight ht an and when Anile Anllo Anlo aw saw faw the king kinS he covered lila his face ace and begged for merc mercy The servants ervant when they heard how hO hOth th their lr real king hAd be been n treated wanted Anllo Aniio put to death hut but the king thought Anlo he had bad been punished by br becoming an old ol man ma n and and andor or ordered ered tho that t he should be he put In a 3 castle casto not far ar from rom the tho palace and a guard placed over him I When the time king was alone alono In his room he lie remembered the mouse again and took him from his pocket And now tell tel me mime how you POU got the bean said gald the kin kine and amid also how I. I i beano happened you ou can talt talk It was easy cay for me to get the bean after 1 I found the palace said the tho mouse moue although h the doors were all al locked and guarded that did not matter mater to a mouse mom e you ou know I crawled through a little hole In the wall wal and ran Tan along till ti I came caine to the tho room where Anllo was asleep All I 1 had to do o was to gnaw gaw at the bean Al where it w was s fastened atene to the chain which he lie wore about his hla neck and run un runback rn back bael to you OU But I must have a a wife wire before I can en tell tel you how it happens that I can cami talk tal k r. r But 1 where can I find a girl Irl who will wl cn become the wife of or a mouse mouse to asked ake the I king I 1 will wi do anything I can cn but I am I afraid that will m be Impossible I Anllo has a daughter who Is I ver very beautiful Anlo said a tho the mouse Tell Tel her she must marry me rue she will wi not dare refuse for tor fear you might do some harm to her hera father a Ui er The king sent for the daughter of or Anllo Anio whose name was Nehia Nela but hut when wen i h heard what was wanted of or her she j tn out of the room Tho Thu king had liar her brought back back j i a 1 promised her Imer a castle caste and many bags Gt gold If ir she ha would wed the tho mouse g geho she eho refused S sio The he mouse ran rn up on tho the kings king's she h der and whispered erp In his car ear Tell Tel her he tie sid said that her fath fit r shall hal be restored to t health and t tb t enough h of ot his hla youth shall be restored ah ahto to make him happy If I ehe hc will wi cons conje conent al to marr marry murry me mo 0 The Th king had not the least Idea how bow those were to be brou brought ht about abut but bt al be told Nella Nela what the mouse had hd said Bald aM this time she consented Then the mo moso requested that they should b be marat mar man manat at once once- and asked that a a screen me she he brought so 0 that Nella Nela need not see tee 1 him the they were ivere being being married marie Poor Nella Nehia Nela began to weep and stood b side th the tho screen with wih her hands over O hei face while she repeated the tho words t wor wed her to thc tho mouse mouse Now take ai aitho aay tho screen and behold your our husband i ithe sa the mouse Nella Nelia Nela did as ho he said si but dropped the screen for or In the place of the mou e stood tood a handsome young manNow manNow man Now I will wil explain how It hap ened that I could talk or rather that a mo could talk he lie raid t An Au old witch cast cst a spell pel over isome nj some Iome years ago aso because of ot some fan tancle wrong ron done llone to her b by ht nit my father athor fth while l I lived In the faie same house houe with parents I was not able to speak spek at and was In constant danger damer er of oC being cat by the tho cat or of by a trap because l cause t Ih thou thought ht me just an ordinary mouse mouse go o I ran i-an away Into the woods athen anI then one day da I found I could talk B BI BaI Bad BadI I ran rn to m my fathers father's house but no sot seon one had I entered and tried tred to tell tel them wI I was vas than I found I 1 could not utter utU I word Back to the th woods I went thinking i could never ne tell tel them thorn who I was wa and ard hi better remain away One da day I cm cam cann t the cave of th the witch who had cast cst ti spell over me and she chic told me mo if 1 ev could find Ond a a wife I might hope hop to b bere stored to my former shape shale That of course coure seemed hopeless u uI unI I met the king and then I thought though ml might aught ht bo ho brought about Nella's Nellas Nelas Nela's tears had turned to smiles smie b. b this time and the prince for it turnout tur out he ho was a a prince took her by t th thI hand and said said- Now we Wc will wi g go to y you I father and If I the king will wi rub the ma bean which he has hag over your fathers father's h hand hea hel heland and down his back ho he will wi be restored t health and as much of his youth be gt to him as would become the father o of daughter as you ou i Copyright 1914 by the McClure Ne NeV paper Syndicate New York City I Tomorrows Tomorrow's story The Two Giant Gian |