Show I ITIlE II I n THE TIlE KINGS KING'S SONS AND THE PRINCESS PRINCESS PART PART II There was no ladder and tho the wall of ot the tower was so smooth that I Nardo wondered if ho would he be able nile I Ilo lo to rescue the Princess even if there I was one to rescue for he lie had seen only the white fluttering object and I I he thought the wind might have blown it Tito fito dismounted and was about to look for some somo wa way to reach the tower when he heard heavy footsteps and from the other side aide of or the tower there thoro came a huge man BO so tall Ul that t the he could easily reach rench tho little window window win win- dow in the tho top of or tho the tower and so broad of shoulders and chest that poor Tito Tilo looked like a tiny baby beside him What are you ou doing here roared the giant Tito THo was sas terribly frightened but he knew the witch would not have sent him unless he was to succeed in rescuing rescuing rescue ing the Princess so he lie spoke up as loudly as he lie could I have come for the Princess he lie said Vil Without a word t the giant gant I nt shook his shaggy head and made a lunge at poor little Tito THo but iut the horse on au n which I lie he had ridden up the mountain stood on oil Its hind legs at that moment and struck at the tho giant with one foot fool The giant began legan to tremble al although although al- al though the horse did not touch him hut seemed to be waving his hits leg and andI I hoot hoof in III front of or the giants giant's face I Smaller and smaller gr grew the giant slant until he was smaller than Tito THo and then lie he disappeared and only a rock stood where a n. minute before the hu huge e giant had been The horse then went to the foot of at the tho tower and began to paw tho the earth and soon there appeared a n vine Ine which ran up the tho tower ver right to tho the window where the white object had fluttered When It reached readied the window a hand appeared and Tito THo next saw a n ahead ahead head of ot golden hair and then a n. face faco looked down at him Have you come to take me mo home homeZ said a sweet voice Tito THo looked at the vine inc It did not look vcr very strong but he lie grasped It and to his surprise it was strong enough to hold him and every little distance there thero were loops for his lila feet to help him kiln When he reached tho the window windo ht at the top Tito saw tho the most beautiful girl he had ever seen and he ho took her in his hits arms and carried her to the ground Where Is the giant asked the girl lie Ho has bas disappeared was all Tito THo could say Oh Oil well vell now we wo are safe then said the tho girl You are arc to take tako incon me inc meon on your horse to m my home that home that was what the good witch told me that me-that that a Prince would como come for me on a black blackhorse blackhorse horse and carry carrr mo rue back to m my fn father Tito did not nol say sar a word but placed the girl on the horse before him and rode down own the tho mountain You know 1 I am nm a princess said the girl sirl and a a. wicked old witch stole stoIc me and gave me to her llEr son tho the giant lant but ho lie could only look hook in through the thC window of the tho tower un unless unless un- un less Ic I 1 said I would marry him for Cot another another another an an- other good witch protected meOne me mf Ono One night she appeared to me Inthe Inthe in inthe the form of a bird and told me not notto notto notto to be unhappy that she would find a 3 prince to rescue me and of oC course you are he I Tito said ald ho lie was WitS a 0 prince and told her how his brother had hail left him In Inthe Inthe inthe the forest to die and ind tho the good witch had saved sayed him and sent him to rescue her When hen thE they reached the homo home of the tho Princess Tito found round that her fa father father fn- fn ther was a n. nery very ery rich king and had hadman man many soldiers and when the princess princess' father heard Titos Tito's story he sent hundreds hundreds hun hun- of oC soldiers to escort him to his own home Nardo had told everybody that his brother and his father Cather were dead and amI had himself crowned king When hen the servants saw the soldiers I who were with Tito coming in the distance they ran to Nardo and told him a a. regiment was coming and they were sure the they would all be slain Nardo was a 1 coward as all wicked ar are and when he saw so 80 many soldiers he ran to on one of or the dUngeons dungeons dungeons dun dUn- geons under the ca castle tI and hid When hen Tito THo THome came me to the theo gate gato at of or tho the castle he asked for or his father and anel was told he was dead then he hl asked for forbin his bin brother but no one know knew where he was Tito THo knew kne now nosy that Nardo Naido was a wicked man and ho lie told tho the soldiers to hunt all all all' through h the castle and break down all doors that were locked Vh When Then n ho hp found the tho dungeon under th the castle the first door that tha was vms opened was the one where tho the old king was as hold held a a. prisoner The rite old king wept for jO joy when he sw saw Tito THo and told him Nardo had brought his torn turn clothes and said he ho had been killed in th the tho forest and how Nardo had made him bun a n. prisoner Find my wicked brother said Tit Tito to th the soldiers soldier lie He ls is hilling hiding somewhere in th the castle nattle tt tear lr It down If need be but hut find him After Aftel a n. while the soldier came back with the wicked Nardo trem trem- I bling and b begging for hi his lifo life and looking lookIng- like anything but a kin j. j But Dut the father begged that Tito should not do him harm hanTl and Tito spared his 11 life e. e but told Nardo to take his wicked servant and two bags bas egold o e o gold old and go goo away and never nc let him see him again Tito THo told his father rather all about th the tho stran strange o things that had happened since he had been awn away and that he was going back to tho the princess to tomake tomake tomake make her his hrs wife When Tito went to look for tho the black horse hors It was as nowhere to bo be found nor had hind anyone seen een It It and then Tito THo knew that it was the rood good old witch who had changed herself into a black horse and nud accompanied I him him to the tower and helped him to toI rescue the princess s. s I Copyright t 1917 b by tho the McClure McGlure Newspaper Syndicate New York |