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Show THE THREE GIFTS; A FAIRY TALE. BY S T STEnN Once upon a time there lived n King and he had three sons Ihelr names wero James John and Itlchard When tho princes were ol 1 enough and leads to go oul Into the world and erter the battle of life, the King summoned them before him .MS sons, ' said he, sou are about to enter tiponfc terrible struggle the bit. tie of life It is nis will that you be well equipped and have all that sou desire .Ms friend tho Wizard Wiseman, Wise-man, has piomlsed that each of sou shall have his wish What do sou desire" de-sire" ' James the eldet Prince, stepped forward for-ward 'Tell him I want ilches gold Give me veolth, and I shall go forth nnd conquer the universe 'Jou shall have your wish ' Then he turntd to his seconl m 'John, what do sou want? Give me power," said John 'I want to bo a great ruler Olio ma lower and I will bring tho nations ot tho earth to my feet ' 'It shall bo as sou sas,' sail the King Then he turned to his soungest Bon What Is sour wish Hlchard?" Nor power nor wealth do I wunt " said the gentle Hlchaid 'i5ive me onlv the gentle art of making friends' Then the brothers went forth Into tho world All that James touched turned to gold He bicame tlch beyond his wildest dreams hut he was the unhap-plett unhap-plett man In tht kingdom Ho mat-rlcd, mat-rlcd, but his soung wife left him because be-cause of his aich cruelty Ills onls son grew up a spendthrift, nnd aftei James had died In misery and nlone squandered the wealth his father hid gurnered after many scars of effort The second son. John, went forth Into the arena and became a mighty despot Nations trembled nt his nod Ills power was unquestioned, but he was unloved and one day his courtiers formed a plot and assslnated him As for Rlchnrd ho wandered blithely Into the world Uversbody who went near him became his friend Ho was neither rich nor powerful, hut everybody every-body In the kingdom loved him One day his father, tho old King sent for him RIchaid ' said he "you chose vvlse-Is vvlse-Is Wealth is wonderful and acrom. pllshes much, power Is great nnd earns a great reward but the gentle art of making frienls brings hit plness And Hlchaid married a beautiful Princess and they lived happily ever after |