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LI“: 1th ‘U'UI -.wâ€" .7.-,. , _ at hie'birth. mud his mother that, though ugly, he would hive to much eenee and wit that he would never be din-teeth!“ moreover. the bestowed on him the gem of communicating these gifts to the person he should love best in the‘world. At this the Queen was e little comforted. end became still more to, when, as soon as he ‘éould speak, the infant began to say each pretty and clever things that everybody was charmed with him. (I forgot to mention that his name was 'R‘iquet with the Taft, hteaure he who born with a curious tuft of heir on the top of’hia head.) ' , Seven or eight yeers after this. the queen of a neighboring country had two little daughtersâ€"twins ;-â€"et whose birth the some fairy presided. The elder twin‘wn‘s more beautiful than the day-the younger to extremely ugly that the mother’s extravagant joy in the first was all turned to grief about the sec. and. So, in: order to calm her feelings, the (airy told her that the one daughter should be as stupid as she was pretty, while the other would grow up no _clever and charming that nobody would miss her want of beauty. in: . Vin twhrd‘fh“m' 3°“ :cvet, I. good ‘1“!me W4“! . , ,_,-.L-_ A! their ‘ perfe‘ctionn gr WIN J3 ~w Megan-m, g“! "Can do‘ nothing lather, madam," returnedf: I! ‘Ithe fairy-3‘ nothing as regards her own torturing» .l hut iiigraqtflher the power otmaking the persona ‘ .whohes: pleases her as handsome as herself.” 1 A‘eedrdisjfly, 4.35.. the youngprinces‘ses grew, hp',__ l a , ew with than; ‘and nothing’vas‘ npglren of hilt "the beauty of? the elder and the wit, of --the younger. ,Tme. their faults, increasedlequally; - the pine becamenglier, Land, the other more etupigi, day by day. Unlucky {air pnel she peyér had"a , word to say for herself,»or else 'it was the silliest. A word irnzkinahle, and ’shevyvvaseo awkgirar’gl_ thatshe e'orrlrl not place four teacups in. a row without" break- ing at least one 04 them. nor drink a glass of water , without spilling half of it diver her 919thes. .Beauty'r - is a' great ehgrm; yetr whenever," the sisters went but togethegthose yth were attracted by the elder's lovely'Iaee, in less than half an hour were sure to be seen at the side of the youhger, laughing at her ‘ witty and pleasant sayings. and altogether deserting the beer beauty, who had just sense encugh to find it out, and to feel thet shevwould have given all her good looks for one-half other sister‘s talents. One dEy;-When 'sheiharl hid herself in a wood, .fimd waspcryipg over her hard fate, She sew eon-h~ ' ihg towards her a little man, very ugly. but magr onihcemly dressed. Who‘ should this be’bu’t Prince Riqn’et. with the Tuft? He had seen‘ her portrait. had fallen desperately in love with hermmd secretly quitted’ hisl father’s kingdom that he might have the pleaeure of meeting her. Delighted to find her albne, he came forward withhll the respect and politeness imaginable. But he could not helb noticing how very melancholy she was, fund that all the elesa‘nt compliments he nude her did not seem to aflect her in the lent. ' V “ Heaven géniit! " sighed the queen;4“but no were no means of giving a lfitth sense to the one whojsvso beautiful?” ~ ' ~ - IAA'AI ncz upon: (in: 311M“ “I c‘a‘nnot comprehend, madnm," said he, “how .6 charming and Iovdy a Indy can be so very ad; Neva did I see any one who could It ull compare with you.” > ’ mos: IIV ely Cnuruu. "Vinita ill you know,” aid the rm' ‘ 7. d «and. : , . p "’ m ”What is .11 this about!” and on: ma "Bum.” continued the. m “i PM "in“ e: “If you phase, modem." rep“ lit W ”mtmodnwflmflfoneposmscdinone 3 _ . would never trouble mu about anything “,9" politely. "we we cooking the m “a By DIN/1 MULOCH CRAIG HIGHLAND PARK NEWS-LETTER‘ such a fool." "The pt Sheâ€"to mg a man at : 1 “I .9“. “I wish 1 um: nu: me, rather than be a When .she returned to the‘valace; all the chart were asmnished at the chaise; She. who had anâ€" payed evérybody by the. impertiqgnt, tasteleSs, , or downright foolish things she utteied, now ,ch’arined ' everybody by he! wit. her plegsantnegg, and her ekéeefi‘mg good sense. The king himsefi/ began to I come'to hei’ apartment, and ask her advice in State affairs. Her Mother, And indeed theguhum king- dom, were delighted; the only person to be pitied‘ was the pgor‘youn'gerasfitcfr, of. whom nobody no“ took the leis: notice; , I , , _ ' - ' , ‘ ‘Meamime, primes came in throngs ~10 ask in' mafriage this whndertulv princess,*_ivho way as clever as she was beautiful; but she found none} to suit ,-her."prohab1y beqause_the. morersense a 1ady has. the more difficuh she: j; to please.- A; for her promise to Riquet with me Tu‘h, being given if: the days when she was so mm and stupid, .it now never once umc into her had; until tine day, being-quite " perplexed by her numerous suitors. she went to “Mun.-- , u...â€" ,What frightened flat the W sh: should have (all! to the earth. Greater still was be? M file a only a few steps' distance. the beheld Rim! duued splendidly like u prince and ,1 bridegroom. ' “Prince.” said the My. innkly. “1 mt conâ€" lustlm such wumtmykueutmnnd l‘fean rh'all never be able to do a you desire." V“Yon surprise me. moduli.” ' ‘ , "I can well believeit; 334.1 I had to do with a. brute, instead of a gentleimn of scale and feel- ing. I should be very one-3y.” returned rho; “but since _I speak with the clevemt man in the world, 1. mi sure,,be'will hear renal, nod will not bind me. now a sensible woman, to a promise I nude when I was only a fool.” . ~ “ if I were a fool myself; madam, I m‘ihht well complain'of your broken promise; and being. as you say, r max: of sense. shoulQ I not complain of what takesjwz’ly all the happiness of my life? Tell 'me candidly, is there onything in me, (Except my ugli- .ness, which displeases you? Do you object to my birth, my temper. mg nnnners?" ~ “I In , 2 “ No: truly,” replied the princess; “.1 like every- thing in you excepth-and she hesitated coumously '...‘f M you; appearancu” ‘ ;»"‘Thcit,,mtlam, l need‘not love my mines; inevif’l hay; the gifti‘of Widen! 3W 1 love best. you aléé gm'ablé’tbl’mkelthe'p’enm you’lpreier ésvhandsolim as ever ybu plate; Cbuld 'm'u'loye'nie enough-30 do that?” __; _ " “I .think I could.” said the princess; and her hca‘rt‘ being“ greatly ' Suitened toward him, --she wished that-he might ln‘come the handsdin’est prince in all the world. No’sooncr had she 60%: so than 'Riquet with the Tait appeared in her eyes the most elegant young man ‘she had ever seen. flitâ€"'mtured people have said um this was :10 fairy-gift, but “that 10'“: treated the change. They decla't'e that the mince», when she thbught over. her lover’s p’ersevera’hce, patiencq good-humorhhnd discretion, ‘and counted his numerous fine ‘qdalities of min‘d and disposition, saw nolonget the @efogmit'y '0! his body of the'plain'm‘s‘s of his‘feétures; that ‘ his hump was merely in exaggerated stoop, and his' awkward mbveme'nts beéame'only an interesting cg- centricity. - Nay, even his eyes, which squinted ter- * ribly. seemed alwaysml’obking” on. all sides for her, in tokefi bf his viqlent love, and ’his great red nose gave ”him an a}: my martial and heroic. . "Howév'cr this may. be, it is certainthgythe prin- cess mar‘riedhim; that ci’ther‘ she retained her good sense! orihe‘ n‘ever felt,the5mnt of itumd 11: never again beam: uglyâ€"on ,at least. _ not in his mik’s eyes; so they bbth lived vety happy *until . they again eyes : died. WONDER how I’d “kc-it, And I wonder who I’d. be, Supposing -! was somebody else, ‘And somebody else wag me? . I wonder, I just woody, Wlm boy I’d like ”he. -, Supposing I didfi’t‘ liké HI: When I foam: murky” mt! . “To-WV!" grind the prince... .11 at. on: "collecting be: mine; a. which. oh. m. no with thé rm. ‘ this was fio 41' Nicholas. fallen