Show I SIMPLE SIMON AND THE KING The King Icing was in council for tor his only I daughter daught IJ M was In a fit tit of melan- melan holy ft rt was vain aln to attempt to ake her hei smile As s the King Icing was Sid Jd id and there was no son to succeed Im th this thin daughter would inherit the theiron iron roM An And none of ot the people like to have a a. gloomy gloomy Queen ling over o the the land Tour our Majesty must either change our daughters daughter's disposition or appoint ur nephew to bo ho king after atter you aid Id the wise men And Andall all even the Cing jn nar himself agreed that this was l wasSo So he hp sent a a. herald through through- ut 1 the Hie he kingdom to proclaim to tp the thene theno theno no ne who would make maim tho the Princess ugh he hI would bestow beato on him the nJ nd of the girl fill Many fany suitors suitor came but all left lett In agust for tor the Princess was only adE more sad Aad by their silly capers The head gardener had a 1 son who vho vhal as l regarded ns na so foolish that al all IlIc 1 him Simple Simon Now Simon gas not net n fl as silly as ho he seemed butas but ns ns as In tact fact a n. good looking lad but butor or some Iome reason he ho pretended to be alf alt Yet in spite of the fact tact hat he ho was only a peasant ho he fell tell in ineve inove eve ove wih Ih the sad but Jut beautiful Princess I I am going to tl try and win her herand and father he ho told his parent one Ight Absurd for tor Simple Simon to even alk about bout such a thing cried his I other mother Clear out of ot hero here you OU dolt dolt said Is father tather and take your our bed with ou rou f Sure laughed Simon good good- I I 1 will need it tonight to seep on so good-bye good till I return he Kings King's son in Off Ort Simon trudged with his feathered featherbed feather tather bed ed on his back and In his hand a a. pot of molasses for tor he ho was very fond Of f sweets lIe Ho went on till he ice camo came cameto I to a a. tree in to the Cho palace aloes garden and n f into this h he climbed taking with him i his pot of molas molasses and the bed About sunset there thero came walking in the garden the court minister looking looking look look- I ing very proper with a long black gown Down another path came dancing the court curt fool tool clad in a n. motley garb garbot of ot red yellow and blue Then out on a balcony of the palace palace pal pal- I ace nce there came the Princess She SheI was alone and In spite of ot her gorgeous gorgeous gorge gorge- I ous gown and her beauty she looked very sad Her IreI golden hair hung In long braids about her pale face face- and her hands were clasped as If It weary of ot life lite The court fool tool and the court minister minis minis- I tor tr were ere both walking toward Simon each coming from a a. different direction tion Hi laughed Simon softly to himself himself him him- self I r bet those two m men n meet just under my tree Suppose I pour down on 11 them my pot of molasses and then rip open the bed letting the feathers out wont won't that be a a. show I show I bet the Princess Princes will laugh then Sure Surf enough h Just under the branch branchon on which Simon was perched the minister and the fool tool bumped into each other As they did Simon poured down on their heads his pot of ot molasses then tearing hastily a IL ahole ahole hole In the bed emptied the feathers down on the two men Covered with molasses to which the cloud of feathera feathers feathers feath feath- ers era stuck the men could not see sef but began besan to wildly beat each other the I molasses dripping off ort their heads and the tho feathers flying about in a 1 mist At this sight the Princess broke out into a a. long loud laugh The struggling struggling struggling gling men were taken care of by the thel servants but Simon ran at once to the tho King ICing and demanded his reward l I will be very glad to have such a I smart lad for tor m my husband said the Princess and I 1 hope to spend much of my time in future in laughing at athis athis athis his fine tine wit Copyright 1910 1919 by the McClure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News- News paper Syndicate New York City lt |