"I come
""Oh yes—from afar I come To beg thee, lovelia swun, to share my throne."
And the insufferable Princess Brighteyes replied:
"Nay, thooth, Printh Trueheart, that may never be."
Silence from the Prince.
"Pray, dost thou love
" from Mrs. Plummer."Oh yes—Pray does thou love another more than me?"
"Nay, but on me there rethth a cruel thpell.
Draw clother, and the thtory I will tell."
"Heavens!"
"Get out of the way, children!"
"What's happened?"
"One of the children's fainted—Christabel Caine."
"Here—put her here on the sofa
'"Look out, children!"