Show I L I d Lff I ITHE THE TREASURE CAVE I I Once upon a time there lived a aking aking king who had one son an and ana he was I anxious the prince should take a wife Father I must have a woman I 1 Ican Ican can love and who Is as good as she Is beautiful and as beautiful as she is good said the prince when at last his father urged him to make a se selection selection se- se lection from among the princesses You will have to find the treasure cave to get all of that perfection in one woman said the king choose a good wo woman an for your wife and let me see you married before I 1 die But the prince asked for tor a year In InI which to make his ils choice and promised prom prom- his father at the end of this time Ume I to choose a wife n But the year was almost up and still lUll the prince had not chos chosen n his bride One day the prince was hunting in ina ina ina a forest When he lie came to a a. queer looking rock he or ordered ered his men to look at It and see seo what it covered for it seemed to be in in front of or an ai opening in another larger rock After Atter some hard work the men mci succeeded in away the stone and to their surprise they found the entrance to a cave With torches the prince and his hi men entered the cave but a flash o of light dazzled them so they were obliged to turn away and cover their eyes The prince however was not to be turned back and again they tried to o enter This time the prince wen went ahead of his men and to his surprise he ho found that the light was the sparkle of something that hung from the walls of ot the cave on both sides Calling to his men to halt hat the prince took a string of the glittering stuff from the wall and found the they hey I were dl diamonds monds sapphires and other precious stones which had been hidden hidden hid hid- den in n the cave But the prince did not stop atop L Let Letus t us us eee see what Is beyond he said There must be be other treasures The cave does not end here Only a white cat was to be found and after searching everywhere the prince picked up the beautiful creature creature creature crea crea- ture and said I will carry you home with me You are more beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- than all aU the precious stones He lie put the cat under Ui wa coat anil aul rode back to the castle That night his father came to his room and said My son your year is nearly up have you made your choice The precious stones you found in the treasure cave have made you the rl richest hest of all aU princes You have only to ask and any princess in the land will be glad to become your bride When the king went out of the room tho the prince sat a long time thinking for he had seen no one he loved enough to make his wife Suddenly Sud Sud- denly lenly he lie felt fell something hot rubbing against him and looking down he lie saw the white cat ho lie had brought from the cave standing beside his chair You beautiful crea le he said why couldn't you have been heen a princess princess princess prin prin- cess as good as you ou are beautiful then all my troubles would have been beena a at an end and I 1 should have been the happiest of ot princes r Ices The Tile prince jumped up from his chair when he lie fin finished speaking for there before him stood a beautiful girl the most beautiful he had ever seen seen and the cat had disappeared Ills His loud cr cry of ol surp surprise brought the king into the room and there they both stood staring at the girl I who r before them t f I Your wish i is granted Y my prince she said I am a princess who was 1 changed Into a a. white cat by a wicked witch Whether I 1 am beautiful or not I I cannot say ay and ro you ou must find i out about my goodness for yourself The prince knelt lt before her You are indeed beautiful he said and no one could be as beautiful as you are and nd not be be e good I have chosen my plY bride e father h he said You can prepare for the I wedding You said I 1 would have to find the tr treasure asure c cave ve to to find the wife I 1 wanted and arid I 1 found her The Tho I treasure C cave VO gave me th the greatest treasure in the world world world-a a treasure for fora a wife I Copyright 1915 flItS by McClure Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate N. N N Y C. C News News-j Tomorrows Tomorrow's story story M storY Mrs Mrs rs Ta Tabbie e |