CINDERELLA, OR THe ci1TTLE GLASS SLIPPER.

supper she was seated next her sisters, aid even talked with
them, they little thinking who she was. When the hands of
the clack pointed to a quarter of twelve, Cinderella, mindful
of he. godmother’s warning, arose, and making a low bow to
the King and Queen, bade them good night. The Queen said
there was to be another ball the
next night and she must come to
that. Then the Prince ied her to
her carriage, and she went home.

The next night the two sisters
went to the second ball, and Cin-
derella’s godmother sent her also,
dressed even more handsomely than
the first night.

The Prince waited for her at the
door, at least three-quarters of an
hour, and when she arrived, led her
into the ball-room. He danced
with her every time, and kept by
her side the whole eventng.

Cinderella was so happy, she
entirely forgot her godmother’s
warning, and the time passed so

 

 

quickly that she did not think it
was more than eleven when the
first stroke of midnight sounded.

She jumped up from her seat by the side of the Prince, rushed
across the room, and flew down stairs.

The Prince ran after her; but was too late. The only trace
of her was a glass slipper, which had fallen off in her flight,
The Prince picked it up, and would not part with it. i

CINDERELLA, OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER.

 

Poor Cinderella got home frightened and out of breath, with
no carriage — no horses — no coachman — no footmen — and
all her old clothes back again. She had none of her finery
now except the other glass slipper.

The Prince questioned the servants of the palace and the
guards at the gates as to whether
they had seen a beautiful Princess
hurrying out just as the clock struck
twelve. “The men replied that the
only person who had left the place
at that hour was a poorly-dressed
girl, who looked more like a kitchen
maid than a Princess, and who
certainly could not have been at
the ball.

The Prince had lost his heart
completely to Cinderella. Night
and day he thought of the charm-
ing Princess, and he sought in many
ways to find some trace of her.
His want of success filled him with
despair, and he was beginning to be
very unhappy, when a bright idea
struck him. He decided to send

 

 

aherald through the city to make
this proclamation :

Ture Kinc’s sON WILL MARRY THE LADY WHO IS ABLE TO
WEAR THE GLASS SLIPPER WHICH WAS DROPPED AT THE LATE

BALL AT THE ROYAL PALACE.
The rivalry among the ladies was very great. The Prin-
cesses claimed the right, as being of the highest rank, to try