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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE
never sailed the seas, so it chanced
that as he was on deck one day
he became violently ill.
"I am for," his Majesty
groaned; "I must pay the price of
my folly did I think, when
I this morning, that ere the
sun sank in the I should ....."
Every courtier turned with
alarm, but the ship's doctor only laughed heartily.
"Re , ' ' he cried, ' ' no man
since time has died from mal
de mer!"
"Very well," replied the king, "I feel better, already. Come to a game of cards; I will deal them. What is my ? "
At last they stood in the wilds of
America, with the stretching
away for miles. -A guide with an
had accompanied them. Once
he had been a in darkest
Africa, and he spoke in a queer dialect.
1 ' I will be tonight, ' ' he declared, "and sit upon while a
bright fire ; dar might be
around, or a , for dis country
is and of dangers dan
my own."
They composed themselves to rest
in a clear space by a shining
Suddenly a was heard in the
bushes.
"I will the peril!" ex
claimed the king, rushing forward with his gun, but instead of a furious
beast, a frightened scurried
away from him.
Day after day, the party pushed onward, until, to the king's delight, they came to a rushing river with broad ...... along either bank.
"Here will I dwell forever," he
cried. "A delightful spot
does not exist. Why should I return
to my native land ? We will
the stream, and upon the further
bank we will build a solid and
to hold our crops against the
winter's The shall
employ his art in the ; the
shall cause the to
blossom where we now see the
This needs only a cleaning to
cause it to give forth pure water.
And hark to the , singing in
yonder as if to rejoice at our
coming!"
' ' But our families ! ' ' exclaimed the courtier.
"Send for them," responded the king.
' ' The best shall return
to the coast and equip a ship to bring them hither. Your wives and little ones shall come, accompanied by my queen
So endeth the tale of the first French settlement in the valley of the Mississippi.
'61-65
By FRANK W. STERNS
The years rolled back — my age again was seven and a score ;
I heard the voice of Lincoln call, as in the days of yore,
And 'neath the rippling Stars and Stripes I marched to meet the foe —
Last night, in fancy, as I sat and watched the picture show !
Again I faced the cannon's mouth, and saw the sabers shine ! Again I smelled the battle smoke, and heard the bullets whine! The shouts I heard again, the cheers, the dying whispers low — Last night, in fancy, as I sat and watched the picture show !
Beside the campflre gleaming bright once more I, musing, lay, My thoughts of loved ones left behind the morn I marched away ; Once more I heard her whisper : "John, kiss me good-by, and go!" Last night, in fancy, as I sat and watched the picture show !
Days long gone by I lived again — with Grant I wore the blue, And for the cause I thought was right I fought and bled anew ; Beneath the dear old flag I marched once more with eyes aglow — Last night, in fancy, as I sat and watched the picture show !