. St. Nicholas [serial]. ould, at least,be fine ladies, were all sent back to their places;the farmers, who had all set up fc*r country gen-tlemen, with horses and hounds, were orderedback to their plows; while the millers, who had allgone into politics and were making more trouble 1088 THE KINGS VACATION [Oct., than anybody else, were giventhe choice of start-ing their water-wheels to turning or of going tothe royal dungeons. So there was no longer danger of starvation inthe land. Bounterwin next turned his attention to publicimprovements. Roads were built, and libraries and museums ofart est
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ould, at least,be fine ladies, were all sent back to their places;the farmers, who had all set up fc*r country gen-tlemen, with horses and hounds, were orderedback to their plows; while the millers, who had allgone into politics and were making more trouble 1088 THE KINGS VACATION [Oct., than anybody else, were giventhe choice of start-ing their water-wheels to turning or of going tothe royal dungeons. So there was no longer danger of starvation inthe land. Bounterwin next turned his attention to publicimprovements. Roads were built, and libraries and museums ofart established in every city. Great ball parks of free drinking-fountains throughout the king-dom, the old King and Queen, who had somehowmanaged to escape and get back, slipped unob-served into the palace, and dressed themselves intheir royal robes. Now it happened that the Vice-King (whoknew all about how things were going but waspowerless to stop the mischief, because Bounter-win had shared some of his ill-gotten gains with. YOU APPEAR TO HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF IT, REMARKED THE KING. were laid out and games held, free to all thepeople. So everybody was soon shouting the praises ofBounterwin. They did not know that every timehe drew a check upon the royal treasury, to payfor these things, half of the money went into hisown pockets. When the royal treasury was empty, he begantaxing the people; but, while they complainedsome at this, they still continued to point to hisvarious works with pride, and to think him a verygreat man indeed. The old King had now been gone so long thateverybody supposed him dead; so while the ironrule of Bounterwin and his many taxes pressedheavily upon them, the people were obliged to besatisfied, though they were far from happy orcontented. One night, while the Chief Adviser was busilyengaged in figuring up his profit on an installation the more powerful courtiers, and thus made themhis friends) lay tossing and worrying upon hisbed, when he thought he hea
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