Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1914 — the ONLOOKER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

the ONLOOKER

by HENRY HOWLAND

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The proud prince knelt before the king And. trembling, heard his sentence read; The monarch; stem and towering. A hand stretched o'er his scion’s head. Heloudly spake in angry tones Of those “divinely given thrones” For which —tho sons of kings were bred. Beside the door she waited whom The prince had asked to be his wife; ——-- .Xs one .who listened to her doom She; heard the regal pair at strife.

Denied the boon of royal birth. She had a father who was worth A pile, and ate things with his knife.

"Love!” cried the king in bitter scorn, "What right has love to drag you down? Do you forget that you were born The heir of our God-given crown? You plea I scornfully deny; Look for some princess proud and high To share your splendor and renown.”

Her palms against her brow were pressed; She listened for the prince’s word, And deep within her heaving breast A thousand fears and hopes were sti/red; Her eyes were wet with tears of shame. But as she turned to flee her name The proud prince uttered—and she heard.

“This maid I’ll wed for love,” he said: The grim old monarch’s wrath Increased. "Her father, who is Yankee bred—” ”Ah, say no more, but spread the feast And wed for lova,” the king With happiness the maiden sighed, From all her doubts and fears