The St. Louis Republic. [volume], October 04, 1903, Comic Section, Image 64

About The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919

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DEUl: A FA3EY TALE
' iWhUe'-He Eestedrln aKing'sEub
bi8hLoft,a Leopard Entered,
Bearing tha MagicalTbyJ'
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Ones upon a time there wu & llttl
boy Whoso father, being a coldler, fna
'away-.la a forelffn-xonntiynshtinff-.for
his Kins. Tha only person left to car
" for'tho lad irsshl5 mother, and aha
died, learlns tha boy frlendlesa and
homeless. ' .
Sho-had told him Jturt befora. her
death that his father would soon i re
turn, and ho was erer watchlnc for
him.
One. day ha stood at the door of tht
Hiss's Palace watchlns the knights
and soldiers passing In. It looked so
warm and Inviting that he stole Inside
Intending to. remain Just long enough
to'-irarm himself tip a little, for It
.was winter and Tery cold.
Once Inside he became frightened at
the grandedr.and would hare rnn'oot
' but the doors were closed and guarded
by soldiers In armor.
,When he fonnd himself cut off from
the outside world, he became even
more frightened nn3 ran-up -a' narrow
Btairway close by, which led to a tall
"tower.
He went on and on and was aooa
groping his ' way in dancne&s.' Tha
-. place was lonely and reary and ha
knew -by the bats and owls flying
.: aboct'that no one erer came there.
' "IFhe exertion of climbing'-' the' stairs
? badiinadohlm Tery tired and' he sat
( down In- a comer to rest I and fell
sound asleep.
Aftqrtlylng there for-some time he ,
wis awakened -by trie sound of a
drum. He, peered into the darkness,
but-could seo: nothing, and) thrnklnglt
was the ghost of some dead drummer
boy, -he called out for help, ' but no ro-
ply came, aare the sound of the drum,
--which kept getting nearer.
Then there came a weird light cir
cling' about the room and forming-itself
into a square, it dropped through
tha floor, leaving a large opening.
Out of this opening came another
strange. light, and, with It, appeared
the. figure of a hunchback dwarf, who,
,pauslng at-the edge of the opening,
drew forth a small whistle, which ha
vblejtf softly.
-", Then there ascended through the
opening a beautiful spotted leopard
and suspended from Its neck was a
curious-looking drum.
Taking a position opposite tha
dwarf, he handed him a pair of
golden drum sticks and bade him
play. Each time the dwarf struck the
F1'D THE KIXG, THEsOBCEBER, THE BOY'S FATHER, 1IOTHEB A2JD THE TBISON KEEPER.
To the Lad's Surprise the Dram
Gave Forth Great Quantities
of-Gold and Precious '
Jewels.
drum with the golden sticks a shower
of gold and precious stones fell on tha '
floor and the Jingle 'of the gold andt.
Jewels striking tha floor was the only?
sound heard, for tha drum itself was
sow silent.
Then the boy being able to restrain
himself no longer reached out for noma
- of the gold, and as he did so his hand
touched the leopard and in an Instant
the animal seized the golden drum
sticks and beat the drum, when all the
gold and precious stones which had
fallen to the floor rolled Into a heap.
Out came a great spider, wove a web
OTer it and In a llttlo while it could"
not be distinguished from the piles of .
rubbish lying around.
Then the dwarf mounted the leop
ard's back and together they disap
peared as they had come and the hole
in the floor closed up.
As the soldier's boy sat there In the.
darkness wondering what he should do
with so much wealth he was startled
by the sound of loud voices and foot
steps approaching.
Then he was seized by soldiers, who,
having seen the strango light in the
tower, thought it was some Incendiary,
trying to burn down the palace.
He was taken before the King
charged with arson and sent off to a
dungeon. In his prison cell that night
he heard again the sound of the drum
and on looking up saw it suspended'
in the air.
Then there- came a voice, saying:
Son, bo of good cheer, thy father
was a brave soldier and when war
ravaged my native land he spared tha
Hfo of -my father, who was a sorcerer
of great power.
"In the gratitude of bis heart ha
wished to repay thy father's kindness,
but, alas! ho has been killed In bat
tic. Now am I the hunchback dwarf
sent to giro thee, his son, this en
chanted drum. Take this silver whistle
and whenever you are in need blow It
softly and a spotted leopard will ap
pear with the enchanted drum and you
may. beat out untold wealth.
. "Thus does my father, the sorcerer,
'repay thy father's kindness.
Then was the voice silent and the lad
found himself In darkness with tha
liver whistle suspended from his neck.
Kememberlng the great pile of
wealth which the spider had covered
up in the tower he called his keeper
and asked to see the King. "When ha
.was taken before the King he told him
of the great heap of wealth In tha
. .tower and. together, they went and
found It and the-King was so Joyful
that he 6ct the lad free and gave hlro
a palace to dwell In.
There he summoned the enchanted
drum and beat out such vast wealth
that ho became even richer than the
King and though he lived to bo Tery
old no one ever knew tho mystery of
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