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the kingdom is peaceful and contented s usual.” And unfolding o huze parchiment, he read as follows : Town ol Salermo, Prosperity and morality continue to improve. T'wo women cdied of starvation @ ten children forsaken @ three husbands have beaten their wives : ten wives have beaten their husbands: thirtv robberies @ two murders, three porsoning. Nothing new.”

“Is that all vou have to tell Kimg Honevbee, moa tone ol iritation. “Weelll T know much more. though 1T do not profess to know State alfairs. A man has crossed the palace square, riding a fagot. and

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he has bewitched my daughter. She wishes to maury him ! “sie, T rephied Mistigris, T was aware

cvent - a minister thing : but why trouble vour Majesty with petty detals ? The han shall he h; nwul and that scttles the matter, “And ocan ovou tell me where

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this rascal s 2 SO course T oean.” mintster sees and cvervwhere,” SWeelll sicob this rogue s not here within o quarter of an hour. T will give vour place 1o somcone who will not mercly see. but act. Now VOU may go. Miastigrrs A left the room smiling, hut when he reach- cd the ante- chamber, he turned purple with rage, and Was ()l)]ig(,,'(l {o) selze the arm of the st fricid he mict. This happened to be the town magistrate, Mistigris arasped him the collar, “Sir, T he s, within ten minutes Vou o Not bring e a roguc who rides about Salerno on a bundle of sticks, you

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loaving the magistrate to carry out these orders, the clever Mistigris returned to the

King's chamber, vesuming as he went the perpetual smile that played about his Tips,

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Girory s a o splendid thing, meonveniences. Farewell to the pleasure of being unknown. Zerbin's triumphant entry mto Salerno had hardly heen accomplished hefore every ehild in the place knew all about the mode of Tiving and the abode of the wood- cutter, so that the officials had litde trouble - finding the man they were Tooking for, Zerbin was kneeling in his vard, sharpening his famous hatchet, when he felt himself suddenly seized by the neck, and a powcrtul hand Tifted him upon his legs Hy mam foree.

Zerbimsas unconcerned as ever, was pro- ceedmg to the palace, when on the square he wis et by a long procession of gentlenien - cmbroidered coats and knee-hreeches. These were the King's valets, who had come toescort the fancd of the Princess to the Kimg's palace. Having received orders to he polite. cach held his hat in his hand and smiled amiably. They bowed to Zerbin ; the wood-cutter, Tike o weli-bred man, re- tirned the hows, Avain more hows from the valetss and more bows from Zerbin, Thiswas repeated thmes

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