. St. Nicholas [serial]. $odc£- sparrow There was once a king who had two beautifuldaughters. The eyes of one were gray, and herhair dark and long; she was called PrincessNight; while the other, who had blue eyes andhair as golden as the sunbeams, was called Prin-cess Day. Princess Night wore a crown of diamond starsupon her waving black hair, and her dark bluemantle was embroidered with shining stars and asilver moon. Princess Day wore a crown of jeweled flowers,her soft, white gown was held in place by a girdleof golden butterflies, and her mantle, which wassky-blue, was embroidered with bir
. St. Nicholas [serial]. $odc£- sparrow There was once a king who had two beautifuldaughters. The eyes of one were gray, and herhair dark and long; she was called PrincessNight; while the other, who had blue eyes andhair as golden as the sunbeams, was called Prin-cess Day. Princess Night wore a crown of diamond starsupon her waving black hair, and her dark bluemantle was embroidered with shining stars and asilver moon. Princess Day wore a crown of jeweled flowers,her soft, white gown was held in place by a girdleof golden butterflies, and her mantle, which wassky-blue, was embroidered with birds of lovelycolors. The two princesses were so fond of eachother, and of the king, their father, that all wenthappily in the palace until one day the king mar-ried a woman who was a wicked witch. He didnot know how bad she was, but he ought to haveguessed, for her eyes were bold and cruel, andher mouth was narrow and ugly. She was a jeal-ous stepmother to the two princesses, and thesweeter they were with her, the more s
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