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Hood - -Release Date: June 15, 2020 [EBook #62408] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RUMPTY-DUDGET'S TOWER *** - - - - -Produced by Tim Lindell, N Mercer and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - - - - - RUMPTY-DUDGET’S TOWER - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -[Illustration: “RUMPTY-DUDGET, WHOSE ONLY PLEASURE WAS IN DOING -MISCHIEF, LIVED IN A GRAY TOWER.”] - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - RUMPTY-DUDGET’S TOWER - - _A FAIRY TALE_ - - BY - - JULIAN HAWTHORNE - - - _WITH FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR AND ILLUSTRATIONS - IN BLACK AND WHITE BY_ - - GEORGE W. HOOD - - [Illustration: Rumpty-Dudget] - - NEW YORK - - FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY - - MCMXXIV - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - _Copyright, for illustrations, 1924, by_ - FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY - - - - - _Printed in the United States of America_ - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - CONTENTS - - - PAGE - PREFACE ix - - I - THE PRINCESS AND THE TWO PRINCES 3 - - II - TOM, THE FAITHFUL GUARDIAN 11 - - III - THE WAYS OF THE WIND 21 - - IV - RUMPTY-DUDGET’S TRIUMPH 27 - - V - TOM’S PLAN 35 - - VI - THE DIAMOND WATER-DROP 43 - - VII - THE GOLDEN IVY-SEED 51 - - VIII - THE MAGIC FIRE 61 - - IX - THE RESCUE OF PRINCE HENRY 67 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - ILLUSTRATIONS - - - “Rumpty-Dudget, whose only pleasure was in doing - mischief, lived in a gray tower” (in color) _Frontispiece_ - - FACING - PAGE - - “‘Come with me, Princess Hilda, Prince Frank and - Prince Henry’” 14 - - “The two children took hold of it, and off they all - went” 36 - - “Behold! It was the golden ivy-seed” 56 - - “The cat put Princess Hilda and Prince Frank on the - two largest leaves, and got on the stem himself” 68 - - “‘Oh,’ said Princess Hilda, ‘you look like our - mamma’” 70 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - PREFACE - - -IN 1877, when I was living in Twickenham, near London, my sister Una -happened to be describing a queer character she had met that day: she -had a gift for making swift and vivid portraits in words. “He was a -little Rumpty-Dudget of a man,” she said, concluding her description. -She may have meant to say, “Rumpelstiltskin,” the name of a dwarf -immortalised in the Grimm fairy-tales, with which we had been familiar -in our childhood. But her variation struck me soundly, and I said to -myself, I’ll write a story about him! - -But, in truth, the story, upon that inspiration, wrote itself. I had a -fine time with it, and my own children, to whom it was read in -manuscript, heartily approved it. Then Alexander Strahan, the publisher, -and the first editor of the famous _Contemporary Review_, saw it and -proclaimed, with many a Scottish burr, that it was “a varra fine piece -of worrk, my boy, and does ye credit,” and he carried it off and -published it in his new magazine for children. Afterward, the eminent -firm of Longmans, Green and Longmans, of Paternoster Row, hard by Saint -Paul’s, in London, considered it and said, “If you can collect half a -dozen others of the same sort, we would be glad to issue them in a -volume.” It was easy for me, in the late ’70’s, to do that, though now -that I am in the late seventies myself, I should beg off. - -So a little green-and-gold book was printed. It was called “Yellow-Cap, -and Other Fairy Tales,” and bore the great Longmans’ imprint. And they -sold, I believe, a great many of them; but the only story in the -collection about which readers afterward wrote to me, was -“Rumpty-Dudget’s Tower”; and today, after nearly five and forty years, I -still receive occasional kind words on the subject. My mischievous -little dwarf manifested vitality. - -Of course, the Longmans volume has long been out of print. But in the -latter part of 1878, I came back to America, after a twelve-year stay -abroad, and found my friend Richard Watson Gilder riding high as editor -of _The Century_, and subordinate to him a delightful young fellow named -Clark, who was conducting a magazine for young people. They had seen -Rumpty-Dudget and wanted to republish it in the latter periodical. So I -sold them the American copyright, and thought I was doing well. Could I -not write a dozen as good or better tales whenever I had a mind to? Such -is the self-confidence of an author whose years are but thirty-six! - -Soon, letters began to come from children and from their mothers, saying -pleasant things about the story, and asking for more like it. But things -which I thought of more importance occupied me, and I postponed -complying with their requests: besides, my sister Una had gone to -Heaven, and could no longer inspire me with her word. Letters continued -to come, however, and presently they were from mothers who had been -children when the story first appeared, and now wanted the old story for -children of their own, and asked me to publish it in book form. I began -to regret not having kept my American copyright, because when I -suggested its return to me by the Century people, they would reply that -they intended, when they could get down to it, to reprint the story -themselves. So I was fain to wait, and to bid my correspondents to do -likewise. - -But editors die in the course of time, and properties change hands, and -I myself lost track of the matter, though those letters still kept on -arriving from time to time. I wish I had kept them; there must have been -hundreds. The children who had become mothers were grandmothers now and -wanted the story for their grandchildren: but nothing could be done. -Poor Rumpty-Dudget was buried beyond digging-up again—so it seemed. -Would a tribe of great-grandchildren arise, once more miraculously -knowing about the story, and demanding its resurrection? - -At all events, about the first of the New Year, I got a letter from -Frederick A. Stokes Company of New York, in consequence of which -negotiations took place, leading up to the publication of the present -little volume. Rumpty-Dudget Redivivus! He bears a bad character in the -tale, but there must really be something good in him. And now he makes -his bow to little persons who were not born into this world until nearly -half a century after he left it. When I look at the list of the year’s -books, it strikes me that he appears in strange and alien company. But -that is not my affair: I choose to feel complimented on his account, and -I hope he will make new friends. - - JULIAN HAWTHORNE. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - RUMPTY-DUDGET’S TOWER - - - - - I - - THE PRINCESS AND THE TWO PRINCES - -[Illustration] - - -LONG ago, before the sun caught fire, before the moon froze up, and -before you were born, a Queen had three children, whose names were -Princess Hilda, Prince Frank, and Prince Henry. Princess Hilda, who was -the eldest, had blue eyes and golden hair; Prince Henry, who was the -youngest, had black eyes and black hair; and Prince Frank, who was -neither the youngest nor the eldest, had hazel eyes and brown hair. They -were the best children in the world, and the prettiest, and the -cleverest of their age; they lived in the most beautiful palace ever -built, and the garden they played in was the loveliest that ever was -seen. - -This palace stood on the borders of a great forest, on the other side of -which was Fairy Land. But there was only one window in the palace that -looked out upon the forest, and that was the round window of the room in -which Princess Hilda, Prince Frank, and Prince Henry slept. And since -this window was never open except at night, after the three children had -been put to bed, they knew very little about how the forest looked, or -what kind of flowers grew there, or what kind of birds sang in the -branches of the trees. Sometimes, however, as they lay with their heads -on their little pillows, and their eyes open, waiting for sleep to come -and fasten down their eyelids, they saw stars, white, blue, and red, -twinkling in the sky overhead; and below amongst the tree-trunks, other -yellow stars, which danced about, and flitted to and fro. These flitting -stars were called, by grown-up people, will-o’-the-wisps, -jack-o’-lanterns, fire-flies, and such like names; but the children knew -them to be the torches carried by the elves, as they ran hither and -thither about their affairs. They often wished that one of these elves -would come through the round window of their chamber, and make them a -visit; but if this ever happened, it was not until after the children -had fallen asleep, and could know nothing of it. - -The garden was on the opposite side of the palace to the forest, and was -full of flowers, and birds, and fountains, in the basins of which -gold-fishes swam. In the center of the garden, was a broad green lawn -for the children to play on; and on the further edge of this lawn was a -high hedge, with only one round opening in the middle of it. But through -this opening no one was allowed to pass; for the land on the other side -belonged to a dwarf, whose name was Rumpty-Dudget, and whose only -pleasure was in doing mischief. He was an ugly little dwarf, about as -high as your knee, and all gray from head to foot. He had a gray beard -and wore a broad-brimmed gray hat, and a gray cloak, that was so much -too long for him that it dragged on the ground as he walked; and on his -back was a small gray hump, that made him look even shorter than he was. -He lived in a gray tower, whose battlements could be seen from the -palace windows. In this tower was a room with a thousand and one corners -in it. In each of these corners stood a little child, with its face to -the wall, and its hands behind its back. They were children that -Rumpty-Dudget had caught trespassing on his grounds, and had carried off -with him to his tower. In this way he had filled up one corner after -another, until only one corner was left unfilled; and if he could catch -a child to put in that corner, then Rumpty-Dudget would become master of -the whole country, and the beautiful palace would disappear, and the -lovely garden would be changed into a desert, covered over with gray -stones and brambles. You may be sure, therefore, that Rumpty-Dudget -tried very hard to get hold of a child to put in the thousand and first -corner; but all the mothers were so careful, and all the children so -obedient, that for a long time that thousand and first corner had -remained empty. - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - II - - TOM, THE FAITHFUL GUARDIAN - -[Illustration] - - -WHEN Princess Hilda and her two little brothers, Prince Frank and Prince -Henry, were still very little indeed, the Queen, their mother, was -obliged to make a long journey to a distant country, and to leave the -children behind her. They were not entirely alone, however; for there -was their fairy aunt to keep guard over them at night, and a large cat, -with yellow eyes and a thick tail, to see that no harm came to them -during the day. The cat was named Tom, and was with them from the time -they got up in the morning until they went to bed again; but from the -time they went to bed until they got up, the cat disappeared and the -fairy aunt took his place. The children had never seen their fairy aunt -except in dreams, because she only came after sleep had fastened down -their eyelids for the night. Then she would fly in through the round -window, and sit on the edge of their bed, and whisper in their ears all -manner of charming stories about Fairy Land, and the wonderful things -that were seen and done there. Then, just before they awoke, she would -kiss their eyelids and fly out of the round window again; and the cat, -with his yellow eyes and his thick tail, would come purring in at the -window. - -One day, the unluckiest day in the whole year, Princess Hilda, Prince -Frank and Prince Henry were playing together on the broad lawn in the -center of the garden. It was Rumpty-Dudget’s birthday, and the only day -in which he had power to creep through the round hole in the hedge and -prowl about the Queen’s grounds. As ill-fortune would have it, moreover, -the cat was forced to be away on this day from sunrise to sunset; so -that during all that time the three children had no one to take care of -them. But they did not know there was any danger, for they had never yet -heard of Rumpty-Dudget; and they went on playing together very -affectionately, for up to this time they had never quarreled. The only -thing that troubled them was that Tom, the cat, was not there to play -with them; he had been away ever since sunrise, and they all longed to -see his yellow eyes and his thick tail, and to stroke his smooth back, -and to hear his comfortable purr. However, it was now very near sunset, -so he must soon be back. The sun, like a great red ball, hung a little -way above the edge of the world, and was taking a parting look at the -children before bidding them good night. - -All at once, Princess Hilda looked up and saw a strange little dwarf -standing close beside her, all gray from head to foot. He had a gray -beard, a gray hat, and a long gray cloak that dragged on the ground, and -on his back was a little gray hump that made him seem even shorter than -he was, though, after all, he was no taller than your knee. Princess -Hilda was not frightened, for nobody had ever done her any harm; and -besides, this strange little gray man, though he was very ugly, smiled -at her from ear to ear, and seemed to be the most good-natured dwarf in -the world. So she called to Prince Frank and Prince Henry, and they -looked up too, and were no more frightened than Hilda; and as the dwarf -kept smiling from ear to ear, the three children smiled back at him. -Meanwhile, the great red ball of the sun was slowly going down, and now -his lower edge was just resting on the edge of the world. - -Now, you have heard of Rumpty-Dudget before, and therefore you know that -this strange little gray dwarf was none other than he, and that, -although he smiled so good-naturedly from ear to ear, he was really -wishing to do the children harm, and even to carry one of them off to -his tower, to stand in the thousand and first corner. But he had no -power to do this so long as the children stayed on their side of the -hedge; he must first tempt them to creep through the round opening, and -then he could carry them whither he pleased. So he held out his hand and -said: - -“Come with me, Princess Hilda, Prince Frank and Prince Henry. I am very -fond of little children; and if you will creep through that round -opening in the hedge, I will show you something you never saw before.” - -[Illustration: “‘COME WITH ME, PRINCESS HILDA, PRINCE FRANK AND PRINCE -HENRY’”] - -The three children thought it would be very pleasant to see something -they never saw before; for if that part of the world which they had -already seen was so beautiful, it was likely that the part they had not -seen would be more beautiful still. So they stood up, and Rumpty-Dudget -took Prince Frank by one hand, and Prince Henry by the other, and -Princess Hilda followed behind, and thus they all set off across the -lawn toward the round opening in the hedge. But they could not go very -fast, because Prince Henry was hardly old enough to walk fast yet; and -meanwhile, the great red ball of the sun kept going down very slowly, -and now his lower half was out of sight beneath the edge of the world. -However, at last they came to the round opening, and Rumpty-Dudget took -hold of Prince Henry to lift him through it. - -But just at that moment the last bit of the sun disappeared beneath the -edge of the world, and instantly there was a great sound of meowing and -spitting, and Tom, the cat, came springing across the lawn, his great -yellow eyes flashing, and his back bristling, and every hair upon his -tail standing straight out, until it was as big round as your leg. And -he flew at Rumpty-Dudget, and jumped upon his hump, and bit and -scratched him soundly. At that Rumpty-Dudget screamed with pain, and -dropped little Prince Henry, and vanished through the opening of the -hedge in the twinkling of an eye. - -But from the other side of the hedge he threw a handful of black mud at -the three children; a drop of it fell upon the forehead of Princess -Hilda, and another upon Prince Frank’s nose, and a third upon little -Prince Henry’s chin; and each drop made a little black spot, which all -the washing and scrubbing in the world would not take away. And -immediately Princess Hilda, who had till then been the best little girl -in the world, began to wish to order everybody about, and make them do -what she pleased, whether they liked it or not; and Prince Frank, who -till then had been one of the two best little boys in the world, began -to want all the good and pretty things that belonged to other people, in -addition to what already belonged to him; and Prince Henry, who till -then had been the other of the two best little boys in the world, began -to wish to do what he was told not to do, and not to do what he was told -to do. Such was the effect of the three black drops of mud. - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - III - - THE WAYS OF THE WIND - -[Illustration] - - -ALTHOUGH the Princess Hilda and her two little brothers were no longer -the best children in the world, they were pretty good children as the -world goes, and got along tolerably well together on the whole. But -whenever the wind blew from the north, where Rumpty-Dudget’s tower -stood, Princess Hilda ordered her brothers about, and tried to make them -do what she pleased, whether they liked it or not; and Prince Frank -wanted some of the good and pretty things that belonged to his brother -and sister, in addition to what were already his; and Prince Henry would -not do what he was told to do, and would do what he was told not to do. -And then, too, the spot on Princess Hilda’s forehead, and on Prince -Frank’s nose, and on Prince Henry’s chin, became blacker and blacker, -and hotter and hotter, until at last the children were ready to cry from -pain and vexation. But as soon as the wind blew from the south, where -Fairy Land was, the spots began to grow dim, and the heat to lessen, -until at last the children hardly felt or noticed them any more. Yet -they never disappeared altogether; and neither the cat nor the fairy -aunt could do anything to drive them away. But the cat used to warn -Princess Hilda and her two brothers that unless they could make the wind -blow always from the south, the thousand and first corner in -Rumpty-Dudget’s tower would be filled at last. And when, at night, their -fairy aunt flew in through the round window and sat on their bedside, -and whispered stories about Fairy Land into their ears, and they would -ask her in their sleep to take them all three in her arms and carry them -over the tops of the forest trees to her beautiful home far away on the -other side, she would shake her head and say: - -“As long as those spots are on your faces, I cannot carry you to my -home, for a part of each of you belongs to Rumpty-Dudget, and he will -hold on to it in spite of all I can do. But when Hilda becomes a horse, -and Frank a stick of fire-wood, and Henry a violin, then Rumpty-Dudget -will lose his power over you, and the spots will vanish, and I will take -you all three in my arms, and fly with you over the tops of the trees to -Fairy Land, where we will live happily forever after.” - -When the three children heard this, they were puzzled to know what to -do; for how could a little princess become a horse, or two little -princes a stick of fire-wood and a violin? But that their fairy aunt -would not tell them. - -“It can only happen when the wind blows always from the south, as the -cat told you,” said she. - -“But how can we make the wind blow always from the south?” asked they. - -At that, the fairy aunt touched each of them on the heart, and smiled, -and shook her head; and no other answer would she give; so they were no -wiser than before. - -Thus time went steadily on, to-morrow going before to-day, and yesterday -following behind, until a year was past, and Rumpty-Dudget’s birthday -came round once more. - -“I must leave you alone to-morrow,” said the cat the day before, “from -sunrise to sunset; but if you are careful to do as I tell you, all will -be well. Do not go into the garden; do not touch the black ball that -lies on the table in the nursery; and do not jump against the north -wind.” - -Just as he finished saying these things, he sprang out of the room and -disappeared. - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - IV - - RUMPTY-DUDGET’S TRIUMPH - -[Illustration] - - -ALL the next morning the children remembered what Tom, the cat, had told -them; they played quietly in the palace, and did not touch the black -ball that lay on their nursery table. But when the afternoon came, -Princess Hilda began to be tired of staying shut up so long, when out in -the garden it was warm and pleasant, and the wind blew from the south. -And Prince Frank began to be tired of his own playthings, and to wish -that he might have the pretty, black ball, to toss up in the air and -catch again. And Prince Henry began to be tired of doing what he was -told, and wished the wind would blow from the north, so that he might -jump against it. At last they could bear it no longer; so Princess Hilda -stood up and said: - -“Frank and Henry, I order you to come out with me into the garden!” And -out they went; and as they passed through the nursery, Prince Henry -knocked the black ball off the table, and Prince Frank picked it up and -put it in his pocket. But by the time they got to the broad lawn in the -center of the garden, the three spots on their faces were blacker than -ink and hotter than pepper; and, strange to say, the wind, which -hitherto had blown from the south, now changed about and came from the -north, where Rumpty-Dudget’s tower stood. Nevertheless, the children ran -about the grass, tossing the black ball from one to another, and did not -notice that every time it fell to the ground, it struck a little nearer -the hedge which divided Rumpty-Dudget’s land from the Queen’s garden. At -last Prince Frank got the ball, and kept tossing it up in the air, and -catching it again all by himself, without letting the others take their -turns. But they ran after him to get it away, and all three raced to and -fro, without noticing that at every turn they were nearer and nearer to -the high hedge, and to the round opening that led into Rumpty-Dudget’s -ground. After a long chase, Princess Hilda and Prince Henry caught up -with Prince Frank, and would have taken the black ball away from him; -but he gave it a great toss upward, and it flew clear over the high -hedge and came down bounce upon the other side. Just then the great red -ball of the sun dropped out of a gray cloud, and rested on the edge of -the world. It wanted three minutes to sunset. - -The three children were a good deal frightened when they saw where the -ball had gone, and well they might be; for it was Rumpty-Dudget’s ball, -and Rumpty-Dudget himself was hiding on the other side of the hedge. - -“It is your fault,” said Princess Hilda to Prince Frank; “you threw it -over.” - -“No, it’s your fault,” answered Prince Frank; “I shouldn’t have thrown -it over if you and Henry had not chased me.” - -“You will be punished when Tom the cat comes home,” said Princess Hilda, -“and that will be in one minute, when the sun sets.” For they had spent -one minute in being frightened, and another minute in disputing. - -Now, all this time, Prince Henry had been standing directly in front of -the round opening in the hedge, looking through it to the other side, -where he thought he could see the black ball lying beside a bush. The -north wind blew so strongly as almost to take his breath away, and the -spot on his chin burnt him so that he was ready to cry with pain and -vexation. Still for all that, he longed so much to do what he had been -told not to do, that by and by he could stand it no longer; but, just as -the last bit of the sun sank out of sight beneath the edge of the world, -he jumped through the round opening against the north wind, and ran to -pick up the ball. At the same moment, Tom the cat came springing across -the lawn, his yellow eyes flashing, his back bristling, and the hairs -sticking straight out on his tail until it was as big round as your leg. -But this time he came too late. For, as soon as Prince Henry jumped -through the hedge against the north wind and ran to pick up the black -ball, out rushed Rumpty-Dudget from behind the bush, and caught him by -the chin, and carried him away to the thousand and first corner in the -gray tower. As soon as the corner was filled, the north wind rose to a -hurricane and blew away the beautiful palace and the lovely garden, and -nothing was left but a desert covered with gray stones and brambles. The -mischievous Rumpty-Dudget was now master of the whole country. - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - V - - TOM’S PLAN - -[Illustration] - - -MEANWHILE, Princess Hilda and Prince Frank were sitting on a heap of -rubbish, crying as if their hearts would break, and the cat stood beside -them wiping its great yellow eyes with its paw and looking very -sorrowful. - -“Crying will do no good, however,” said the cat at last; “we must try to -get poor little Henry back again.” - -“Oh, where is our fairy aunt?” cried Princess Hilda and Prince Frank. -“She will tell us how to find him.” - -“You will not see your fairy aunt,” replied Tom, “until you have taken -Henry out of the gray tower, where he is standing in the thousand and -first corner with his face to the wall and his hands behind his back.” - -“But how are we to do it,” said Princess Hilda and Prince Frank, -beginning to cry again, “without our fairy aunt to help us?” - -“Listen to me,” replied the cat, “and do what I tell you, and all may -yet be well. But first take hold of my tail, and follow me out of this -desert to the borders of the great forest; there we can lay our plans -without being disturbed.” - -With these words, Tom arose and held his tail straight out like the -handle of a saucepan; the two children took hold of it, off they all -went, and in less time than it takes to tell it, they were on the -borders of the great forest, at the foot of an immensely tall pine-tree. -The cat made Princess Hilda and Prince Frank sit down on the moss that -covered the ground, and sat down in front of them with his tail curled -round his toes. - -[Illustration: “THE TWO CHILDREN TOOK HOLD OF IT, AND OFF THEY ALL -WENT”] - -“The first thing to be done,” said he, “is to get the Golden Ivy-seed -and the Diamond Water-drop. After that, the rest is easy.” - -“But where are the Golden Ivy-seed and the Diamond Water-drop to be -found?” asked the two children. - -“One of you will have to go down to the kingdom of the Gnomes, in the -center of the earth, to find out where the Golden Ivy-seed is,” replied -the cat “and up to the kingdom of the Air-Spirits, above the clouds, to -find out where the Diamond Water-drop is.” - -“But how are we to get up to the Air-Spirits, or down to the Gnomes?” -asked the children, disconsolately. - -“I may be able to help you about that,” answered the cat. “But while one -of you is gone, the other must stay here and mind the magic fire which I -shall kindle before we start; for if the fire goes out, Rumpty-Dudget -will take the burnt logs and blacken Henry’s face all over with them, -and then we should never be able to get him back. Do you two children -run about and pick up all the dried sticks you can find, and pile them -up in a heap, while I get the touch-wood ready.” - -In a very few minutes, a large heap of fagots had been gathered -together, as high as the top of Princess Hilda’s head. Meanwhile, the -cat had drawn a large circle on the ground with the tip of his tail, and -in the center of the circle was the heap of fagots. It had now become -quite dark, but the cat’s eyes burned as brightly as if two yellow lamps -had been set in his head. - -“Come inside the circle, children,” said he, “while I light the -touch-wood.” - -In they came accordingly, and the cat put the touch-wood on the ground -and sat down in front of it with his nose resting against it, and stared -at it with his flaming yellow eyes and by and by it began to smoke and -smolder, and at last it caught fire and burned famously. - -“That will do nicely,” said the cat; “now put some sticks upon it.” So -this was done, and the fire was fairly started, and burned blue, red and -yellow. - -“And now there is no time to be lost,” said the cat. “Prince Frank, you -will stay beside this fire and keep it burning, until I come back with -Princess Hilda from the kingdoms of the Gnomes and Air-Spirits. -Remember, that if you let it go out, all will be lost; nevertheless, you -must on no account go outside the circle to gather more fagots, if those -that are already here get used up. You may, perhaps, be tempted to do -otherwise; but if you yield to the temptation, all will go wrong; and -the only way your brother Henry can be saved will be for you to get into -the fire yourself, in place of the fagots.” - -Though Prince Frank did not much like the idea of being left alone in -the woods all night, still, since it was for his brother’s sake, he -consented; but he made up his mind to be very careful not to use up the -fagots too fast, or to go outside the ring. So Princess Hilda and Tom -the cat bade him farewell, and then the cat stretched out his tail as -straight as the handle of a saucepan. Princess Hilda took hold of it, -and away! right up the tall pine-tree they went, and were out of sight -in the twinkling of an eye. - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - VI - - THE DIAMOND WATER-DROP - -[Illustration] - - -AFTER climbing upward for a long time, they came at last to the tip-top -of the pine-tree, which was on a level with the clouds. The cat waited -until a large cloud sailed along pretty near them, and then, bidding -Princess Hilda hold on tight, they made a spring together, and alighted -very cleverly on the cloud’s edge. Off sailed the cloud with them on its -back, and soon brought them to the kingdom of the Air-Spirits. - -“Now, Princess Hilda,” said the cat, “you must go the rest of the way -alone. Ask the first Spirit you meet to show you the way to the place -where the Queen sits; and when you have found her, ask her where the -Diamond Water-drop is. But be careful not to sit down, however much you -may be tempted to do so; for if you do, your brother Henry never can be -saved.” - -Though Princess Hilda did not much like the idea of going on alone, -still, since it was for her brother’s sake, she consented; only she made -up her mind on no account to sit down, no matter what happened. So she -bade the cat farewell, and walked off. Pretty soon, she met an -Air-Spirit, carrying its nose in the air, as all Air-Spirits do. - -“Can you tell me the way to the place where the Queen sits?” asked -Princess Hilda. - -“What do you want of her?” asked the Air-Spirit. - -“I want to ask her where the Diamond Water-drop is,” answered Princess -Hilda. - -“She sits on the top of that large star up yonder,” said the Air-Spirit; -“but unless you can carry your nose more in the air than you do, I don’t -believe you will get her to tell you anything.” - -Princess Hilda, however, did not feel so much like carrying her nose in -the air as she had felt at any time since the black spot came upon her -forehead; and she set out to climb toward the Queen’s star very -sorrowfully; and all the Spirits who met her said: - -“See how she hangs her head? She will never come to anything.” - -But at last she arrived at the gates of the star, and walked in; and -there was the Queen of the Air-Spirits sitting in the midst of it. As -soon as she saw Princess Hilda, she said: - -“You have come a long way, and you look very tired. Come here and sit -down beside me.” - -“No, your Majesty,” replied Princess Hilda, though she was really so -tired that she could hardly stand, “there is no time to be lost; where -is the Diamond Water-drop?” - -“That is a foolish thing to come after,” said the Queen. “However, sit -down here and let us talk about it. I have been expecting you.” - -But Princess Hilda shook her head. - -“Listen to me,” said the Queen. “I know that you like to order people -around, and to make them do what you please, whether they like it or -not. Now, if you will sit down here, I will let you be Queen of the -Air-Spirits instead of me; you shall carry your nose in the air, and -everybody shall do what you please, whether they like it or not.” - -When Princess Hilda heard this, she felt for a moment very much tempted -to do as the Queen asked her. But the next moment she remembered her -poor little brother Henry, standing in the thousand and first corner of -Rumpty-Dudget’s tower, with his face to the wall and his hands behind -his back. So she cried, and said: - -“Oh, Queen of the Air-Spirits, I am so sorry for my little brother that -I do not care any longer to carry my nose in the air, or to make people -mind me, whether they like it or not; I only want the Diamond -Water-drop, so that Henry may be saved from Rumpty-Dudget’s tower. Can -you tell me where it is?” - -Then the Queen smiled upon her, and said: - -“It is on your own cheek!” - -Princess Hilda was so astonished that she could only look at the Queen -without speaking. - -“Yes,” continued the Queen, kindly, “you might have searched throughout -all the kingdoms of the earth and air, and yet never have found that -precious Drop, had you not loved your little brother Henry more than to -be Queen. That tear upon your cheek, which you shed for love of him, is -the Diamond Water-drop, Hilda; keep it in this little crystal bottle; be -prudent and resolute, and sooner or later Henry will be free again.” - -As she spoke, she held out a little crystal bottle, and the tear from -Princess Hilda’s cheek fell into it, and the Queen hung it about her -neck by a coral chain, and kissed her, and bade her farewell. And as -Princess Hilda went away, she fancied she had somewhere heard a voice -like this Queen’s before; but where or when she could not tell. - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - VII - - THE GOLDEN IVY-SEED - -[Illustration] - - -IT was not long before she arrived at the cloud which had brought her to -the kingdom of the Air-Spirits, and there she found Tom the cat awaiting -her. He got up and stretched himself as she approached, and when he saw -the little crystal bottle hanging round her neck by its coral chain, he -said: - -“So far, all has gone well; but we have still to find the Golden -Ivy-seed. There is no time to be lost, so catch hold of my tail and let -us be off.” - -With that, he stretched out his tail as straight as the handle of a -saucepan. Princess Hilda took hold if it; they sprang off the cloud and -away! down they went till it seemed to her as if they never would be -done falling. At last, however, they alighted softly on the top of a -hay-mow, and in another moment were safe on the earth again. - -Close beside the hay-mow was a field-mouse’s hole, and the cat began -scratching at it with his two fore-paws, throwing up the dirt in a great -heap behind, till in a few minutes a great passage was made through to -the center of the earth. - -“Keep hold of my tail,” said the cat, and into the passage they went. - -It was quite dark inside, and if it had not been for the cat’s eyes, -which shone like two yellow lamps, they might have missed their way. As -it was, however, they got along famously, and pretty soon arrived at the -center of the earth, where was the kingdom of the Gnomes. - -“Now, Princess Hilda,” said the cat, “you must go the rest of the way -alone. Ask the first Gnome you meet to show you the place where the King -works; and when you have found him, ask him where the Golden Ivy-seed -is. But be careful to do everything he bids you, no matter how little -you may like it; for, if you do not, your brother Henry never can be -saved.” - -Though Princess Hilda did not much like the idea of going on alone, -still, since it was for her brother’s sake, she consented; only she made -up her mind to do everything the King bade her, whatever happened. -Pretty soon she met a Gnome, who was running along on all-fours. - -“Can you show me the place where the King works?” asked Princess Hilda. - -“What do you want with him?” asked the Gnome. - -“I want to ask him where the Golden Ivy-seed is,” answered Princess -Hilda. - -“He works in that great field over yonder,” said the Gnome; “but unless -you can walk on all-fours better than you do, I don’t believe he will -tell you anything.” - -Princess Hilda had never walked on all-fours since the black spot came -on her forehead; so she went onward just as she was, and all the Gnomes -who met her said: - -“See how upright she walks! She will never come to anything.” - -But at last she arrived at the gate of the field, and walked in; and -there was the King on all-fours in the midst of it. As soon as he saw -Princess Hilda, he said: - -“Get down on all-fours this instant! How dare you come into my kingdom -walking upright?” - -“Oh, your Majesty,” said Hilda, though she was a good deal frightened at -the way the King spoke, “there is no time to be lost; where is the -Golden Ivy-seed?” - -“The Golden Ivy-seed is not given to people with stiff necks,” replied -the King. “Get down on all-fours at once, or else go about your -business!” - -Then Princess Hilda remembered what the cat had told her, and got down -on all-fours without a word. - -“Now listen to me,” said the King. “I shall harness you to that plow in -the place of my horse, and you must draw it up and down over this field -until the whole is plowed, while I follow behind with the whip. Come! -There is no time to lose.” - -When Princess Hilda heard this, she felt tempted for a moment to refuse; -but the next moment she remembered her poor little brother Henry -standing in the thousand and first corner of Rumpty-Dudget’s tower, with -his face to the wall and his hands behind his back; so she said: - -“O King of the Gnomes! I am so sorry for my little brother that I will -do as you bid me, and all I ask in return is that you will give me the -Golden Ivy-seed, so that Henry may be saved from Rumpty-Dudget’s tower.” - -The King said nothing, but harnessed Hilda to the plow, and she drew it -up and down over the field until the whole was plowed, while he followed -behind with the whip. Then he freed her from her trappings, and told her -to go about her business. - -“But where is the Golden Ivy-seed?” asked she, piteously. - -“I have no Golden Ivy-seed,” answered the King; “ask yourself where it -is!” - -Then poor Princess Hilda’s heart was broken, and she sank down on the -ground and sobbed out, quite in despair: - -“Oh, what shall I do to save my little brother!” - -But at that the King smiled upon her and said: - -“Put your hand over your heart, Hilda, and see what you find there.” - -Princess Hilda was so surprised that she could say nothing; but she put -her hand over her heart, and felt something fall into the palm of her -hand, and when she looked at it, behold! it was the Golden Ivy-seed. - -[Illustration: “BEHOLD! IT WAS THE GOLDEN IVY-SEED”] - -“Yes,” said the King, kindly; “you might have searched through all the -kingdoms of the earth and air, and yet never have found that precious -seed, had you not loved your brother so much as to let yourself be -driven like a horse in the plow for his sake. Keep the Golden Ivy-seed -in this little pearl box; be humble, gentle and patient, and sooner or -later your brother will be free.” - -As he spoke, he fastened a little pearl box to her girdle with a -jewelled clasp, and kissed her, and bade her farewell. And as Princess -Hilda went away, she fancied she had somewhere heard a voice like this -King’s before; but where or when she could not tell. - -It was not long before she arrived at the mouth of the passage by which -she had descended to the kingdom of the Gnomes, and there she found Tom -the cat awaiting her. He got up and stretched himself as she approached, -and when he saw the pearl box at her girdle, he said: - -“So far, all goes well; but now we must see whether or not Prince Frank -has kept the fire going: there is no time to be lost, so catch hold of -my tail, and let us be off.” - -With that, he stretched out his tail, as straight as the handle of a -saucepan; Princess Hilda took hold of it, and away they went back -through the passage again, and were out at the other end in the -twinkling of an eye. - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - VIII - - THE MAGIC FIRE - -[Illustration] - - -NOW, after Prince Frank had seen Princess Hilda and the cat disappear up -the trunk of the tall pine-tree, he had sat down rather disconsolately -beside the fire, which blazed away famously, blue, red, and yellow. -Every once in a while he took a fagot from the pile and put it in the -flame, lest it should go out; but he was very careful not to step -outside the circle which the cat had drawn with the tip of his tail. So -things went on for a very long time, and Prince Frank began to get very -sleepy, for never before had he sat up so late; but still Princess Hilda -and the cat did not return, and he knew that if he were to lie down to -take a nap, the fire might go out before he waked up again, and then -Rumpty-Dudget would have blackened Henry’s face all over with one of the -burnt logs, and he never could be saved. He kept on putting fresh fagots -in the flame, therefore, though it was all he could do to keep his eyes -open; and the fire kept on burning red, blue and yellow. - -But after another very long time had gone by, and there were still no -Princess Hilda and the cat, Prince Frank, when he went to take a fresh -fagot from the pile, found that there was only that one fagot left of -all that he and Hilda had gathered together. At this he was very much -frightened, and knew not what to do; for when that fagot was burned up, -as it soon would be, what was he to do to keep the fire going? There -were no more sticks inside the ring, and the cat had told him that if he -went outside of it, all would be lost. - -In order to make the fagot last as long as possible, he broke it apart, -and only put one stick in the flame at a time; but after a while, all -but the last stick was gone, and when he had put that in, Prince Frank -sat down quite in despair, and cried with all his might. Just then, -however, he heard a voice calling him, and looking up, he saw a little -gray man standing just outside the circle, with a great bundle of fagots -in his arms. Prince Frank’s eyes were so full of tears that he did not -see that the little gray man was Rumpty-Dudget. - -“What are you crying for, my dear little boy?” asked the gray dwarf, -smiling from ear to ear. - -“Because I have used up all my fagots,” answered Prince Frank; “and if -the fire goes out, my brother Henry cannot be saved.” - -“That would be too bad, surely,” said the dwarf; “luckily, I have got an -armful, and when these are gone, I will get you some more.” - -“Oh, thank you—how kind you are!” cried Prince Frank, jumping up in -great joy and going to the edge of the circle. “Give them to me, quick, -for there is no time to be lost; the fire is just going out.” - -“I can’t bring them in,” replied the dwarf; “I have carried them already -from the other end of the forest, and that is far enough; surely you can -come the rest of the way yourself.” - -“Oh, but I must not come outside the circle,” said Prince Frank “for the -cat told me that if I did, all would go wrong.” - -“Pshaw! what does the cat know about it?” asked the dwarf. “At all -events, your fire will not burn one minute longer; and you know what -will happen then.” - -When Prince Frank heard this, he knew not what to do; but anything -seemed better than to let the fire go out; so he put one foot outside -the circle and stretched out his hand for the fagots. But immediately -the dwarf gave a loud laugh, and threw the fagots away as far as he -could; and rushing into the circle, he began to stamp out with his feet -the little of the fire that was left. - -Then Prince Frank remembered what the cat had told him; he turned and -rushed back also into the circle; and as the last bit of flame flickered -at the end of the stick, he laid himself down upon it like a bit of -fire-wood. And immediately Rumpty-Dudget gave a loud cry and -disappeared; and the fire blazed up famously, yellow, blue and red, with -poor little Prince Frank in the midst of it! - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - IX - - THE RESCUE OF PRINCE HENRY - -[Illustration] - - -JUST then, and not one moment too soon, there was a noise of hurrying -and scurrying, and along came Tom the cat through the forest, with -Princess Hilda holding on to his tail. As soon as they were within the -circle, Tom dug a little hole in the ground with his two fore-paws, -throwing up the dirt behind, and then said: “Give me the Golden -Ivy-seed, Princess Hilda; but make haste; for Frank is burning for -Henry’s sake!” - -So she made haste to give him the Seed; and he planted it quickly in the -little hole, and covered the earth over it, and then said: “Give me the -Diamond Water-drop; but make haste; for Frank is burning for Henry’s -sake!” - -So she made haste to give him the Drop; and he poured half of it on the -fire, and the other half on the place where the Seed was planted. And -immediately the fire was put out, and there lay Prince Frank all alive -and well; but the mark of Rumpty-Dudget’s mud on his nose was burned -away, and his hair and eyes, which before had been brown and hazel, were -now quite black. So up he jumped, and he and Princess Hilda and Tom all -kissed each other heartily; and then Prince Frank said: - -“Why, Hilda! the black spot that you had on your forehead has gone away, -too.” - -“Yes,” said the cat, “that happened when the King of the Gnomes kissed -her. But now make yourselves ready, children for we are going to take a -ride to Rumpty-Dudget’s tower!” - -The two children were very much surprised when they heard this, and -looked about to see what they were to ride on. But behold! the Golden -Ivy-seed, watered with the Diamond Water-drop, was already growing and -sprouting, and a strong stem with bright golden leaves had pushed itself -out of the earth, and was creeping along the ground in the direction of -Rumpty-Dudget’s tower. The cat put Princess Hilda and Prince Frank on -the two largest leaves, and got on the stem himself, and so away they -went merrily, and in a very short time the Ivy had carried them to the -tower gates. - -[Illustration: “THE CAT PUT PRINCESS HILDA AND PRINCE FRANK ON THE TWO -LARGEST LEAVES, AND GOT ON THE STEM HIMSELF”] - -“Now jump down,” said the cat. - -Down they all jumped accordingly; but the Golden Ivy kept on, and -climbed over the gate, and crept up the stairs, and along the narrow -passageway, until, in less time than it takes to write it, the Ivy had -reached the room, with the thousand and one corners, in the midst of -which Rumpty-Dudget was standing; and all around were the poor little -children whom he had caught, standing with their faces to the wall and -their hands behind their backs. When Rumpty-Dudget saw the Golden -Ivy-seed creeping toward him, he was very much frightened, as well he -might be, and he tried to run away; but the Ivy caught him, and twined -around him, and squeezed him tighter and tighter and tighter, until all -the mischief was squeezed out of him; but since Rumpty-Dudget was made -of mischief, of course when all the mischief was squeezed out of him, -there was no Rumpty-Dudget left. He was gone forever. - -Instantly, all the children that he had kept in the thousand and one -corners were free, and came racing and shouting out of the gray tower, -with Prince Henry. And when he saw his brother and sister, and they saw -him, they all three hugged and kissed one another as if they were crazy. -At last Princess Hilda said: “Why, Henry, the spot that was on your chin -has gone away, too! And your hair and eyes are brown and hazel instead -of being black.” - -“Yes,” said a voice, which Hilda fancied she had heard before; “while he -stood in the corner his chin rubbed against the wall, until the spot was -gone; so now he no longer wishes to do what he is told not to do, or not -to do what he is told to do; and when he is spoken to, he answers -sweetly and obediently, as a violin answers to the bow when it touches -the strings.” - -Then the children looked around, and there stood a beautiful lady, with -a golden crown on her head, and a loving smile in her eyes. It was their -fairy aunt, whom they had never seen before except in their dreams. - -“Oh,” said Princess Hilda, “you look like our mamma, who went away to a -distant country, and left us behind. And your voice is like the voice of -the Queen of the Air-Spirits; and of—” - -[Illustration: “‘OH,’ SAID PRINCESS HILDA, ‘YOU LOOK LIKE OUR MAMMA’”] - -“Yes, my darlings,” said the beautiful lady, taking the three children -in her arms; “I am the Queen, your mother, though, by Rumpty-Dudget’s -enchantments, I was obliged to leave you, and only be seen by you at -night in your dreams. And I was the Queen of the Air-Spirits, Hilda, -whose voice you had heard before, and I was the King of the Gnomes, -though I seemed so harsh and stern at first. But my love has been with -you always, and has followed you everywhere. And now you shall come with -me to our home in Fairy Land. Are you all ready?” - -“Oh, but where is Tom the cat?” cried all the three children together. -“We cannot go and be happy in Fairy Land without him!” - -Then the Queen laughed, and kissed them, and said: “I am Tom the cat, -too!” - -When the children heard this, they were perfectly contented; and they -clung about her neck, and she folded her arms around them, and flew with -them over the tops of the forest trees to their beautiful home in Fairy -Land; and there they are all living happily to this very day. But -Princess Hilda’s eyes are blue, and her hair is golden, still. - - - THE END - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - Transcriber’s Notes - -The following changes have been made to the text as printed: - - 1. Illustrations within chapters have been moved close to the text - they illustrate. The page numbers shown in the list of - illustrations refer to their placement in the printed text. - 2. A heading “Rumpty-Dudget’s Tower” has been moved from Page 3 to - Page 1. The hyphen has also been inserted into this heading. - 3. On Page 4 the two lines “and fasten down their eyelids, they saw - stars,” and “white, blue, and red, twinkling in the sky - overhead;” were transposed. This has been corrected. - 4. On Page 36 a superfluous quote mark has been removed from the - start of the line “But where are the Golden Ivy-seed and ...” - 5. On Page 55 “answered the king” has been changed to “answered the - King”, for consistency. - 6. On Page 61 “pine tree” has been changed to “pine-tree”, for - consistency. - -The following anomalies in the printed text are noted, but no change has -been made: - - 1. Spelling has been retained as it appears in the original book. - 2. 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