PRINCE RICARDO. II7

 

waiting after all. But what a fright the boy
has given me!”

At this moment a whirring in the air and
a joyous shout were heard. It was Prince
Ricardo flying home on his Seven - league
Boots.

“Hi, Ross!” he shouted, ‘‘just weigh this
beast’s head. I’ve had a splendid day with a
sea-monster. Get the head stuffed, will you ?
We’ll have it set up in the billiard-room.”

“Yes, Master Dick—I mean your Royal
Highness,” said Ross, a Highland keeper, who
had not previously been employed by a Reign-
ing Family. ‘It’s a fine head, whatever,” he
added, meditatively.

Prince Ricardo now came beneath the library
window, and gave his parents a brief account
of his adventure.

“‘T picked the monster up early in the morn-
ing,” he said, ‘‘through the magic telescope,
father.”

“‘ What country was he in?” said the king.

“The country people whom I met called it
Ethiopia. They were niggers.”

‘“¢ And in what part of the globe is Ethiopia,
Ricardo ?”

“Oh! I don’t know. Asia, perhaps,”
answered the prince.

The king groaned.

“That boy will never understand our foreign
relations. Ethiopia in Asia!” he said to him-