St Nicholas [serial] . ws,he chopped off his head. Then tumbling it intothe sack which the baron had so convenientlybrought, and, leaving the body where it was, for itwas wedged very tightly in, he made his way outof a hole in the ceiling, and so back to king was very much surprised to see thedrummer, whom he supposed to be by this timeutterly demolished ; but he was still more astonishedwhen, with the words, Your majesty, your com-mands and the princesss beauty accomplish won-ders. I have brought you the barons head —thedrummer tumbled it upon the floor without moreado. At firs
St Nicholas [serial] . ws,he chopped off his head. Then tumbling it intothe sack which the baron had so convenientlybrought, and, leaving the body where it was, for itwas wedged very tightly in, he made his way outof a hole in the ceiling, and so back to king was very much surprised to see thedrummer, whom he supposed to be by this timeutterly demolished ; but he was still more astonishedwhen, with the words, Your majesty, your com-mands and the princesss beauty accomplish won-ders. I have brought you the barons head —thedrummer tumbled it upon the floor without moreado. At first his majesty was delighted to see the headof his old enemy, but then, upon second thoughts,felt very badly about it indeed; for monarchs, as a general rule,disapprove of theirdaughters marryingdrummers. Accord-ingly, he desired Fritzto go to the buttery,where he should bewell fed, while hestayed to consult hisprime minister uponthe matter. III. The next morning,when the drummerpresented himself inthe royal presence,. FRITZ GUIDES THE BARON. the king addressed him thus: Brave sir, I haveceded to you the princess and the half of my king- dom. Of course, you are aware that the crowirepresents the kingdom, and without that a maiis no king. Very unfortunately, youjcrown is at present in charge of thecivil and military authorities of Stultzburg. Now, continued the king further, these civil and military authorities are very jealous of the crown, ancshould you inadvertently show yourlself to them while endeavoring to obtain it, they may accidentally shoot yoton the spot, or clap you into prisorfor the rest of your natural existencewhich would be very uncomfortabliindeed. If, to-morrow morning, yoibring me the crown, the princess iyours. If you do not bring it, an<after that time you are discovered iimy dominions, I cannot answer for your safetyGood-morning. Now, the truth was, the unprincipled king haicaused his crown to be locked in a strong box, thkey of which he intrusted to t
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