Show I IThe The Sandman Story I IFOR FOR TONIGHT THE RIVER OF SILVER AND GREEN PART GREEN PART I II I Once there theT was a a a- Princess who was stolen by a witch because she wanted a Princess for a servant The old witch had intended to change her Into a black cat but when she took the Princess to her cave she found her magic spell had no no power over her because when the little Princess was born a fairy had waved over her cradle her wand and protected protected protected pro pro- her from ever losing her beauty When the witch found that she could not change the Princess into a cat sh she was very angry and told her hershe hershe hershe she should stay with her and do her work even if she could not help her with her magic mag-Ie art The poor little Princess had to cook and swe sweep p the c cave ve and every night the old witch would fly flyaway away on her broomstick and leave her alone in the cave where she would cry herself herselt to sleep One night the Princess heard a voice saying right into her ear Under Under Un der me you'll find the key dry your eyes look and see The little Princess had no soft bed to sleep on Her bed was on the stone floor of the cave so she Jumped up and turned over the stone which was washer washer washer her pillow and there in the moonlight moonlight moonlight moon moon- light which streamed in through the doorway she saw a tiny gold key No sooner had she picked it up than the key said I am the key to the Golden Hall you'll find the door dooralong dooralong dooralong along along- the wall The Princess had become so used to all sorts of ot strange things that she shedid shedid shedid did not think it at all strange to hear the stone or the key speak to her Along the tho wall she felt but it all seemed to be stone stone- no door could she find When Just as she was about to give up looking looking- she saw a spider run I in a tiny hole and to her surprise when she looked closer she saw a tiny gold keyhole Quickly she put in the key and the thedoor thedoor thedoor door fl flew w open and before she could take the gold key leey from the lock the thedoor thedoor thedoor door closed upon her with a loud bang and she was locked in a beautiful room with gold old walls land kind ceiling There were no windows or doors doors doors- only the one through which she had entered entered but but at the end of this long gold hall the Princess saw a flight of ot steps which led down somewhere be- be low She went to t the top of ot the airs and looked down but all she could see was a floor of gold cold She knew she could not KO JO back and that nothing could be worse than living with the theold theold theold old witch so the Princess went down the golden stairs and when she reached the bottom step she found she was not in a room but on a little platform of gold with water of ot silver and green all around her To the gold gol 1 platform was tied a agold agold gold goll boat with a silver cord and not knowing what else to do the Princess got into the he boat and untied untie the cord The boat glided over the silver and green water without any help from the Princess Princess- who by this time did not wonder at anything that happened The banks of the river were like I clouds of silver and the trees on the banks looked like mee Christmas trees all hung with silver trimmings After awhile the boat stopped and the Princess found herself in front of ofa a beautiful white marble palace with steps leading froni the water to the thedoor thedoor door which was open Tomorrow I 1 will tell you what she found inside the palace Copyright 1919 by the McClure McClura Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate ew York City |