The Queen Of QuokA king once died, as kings are apt to do, being as liable to
shortness of breath as other mortals.
It was high time this king abandoned his earth life, for he had
lived in a sadly extravagant manner, and his subjects could spare
him without the slightest inconvenience.
His father had left him a full treasury, both money and jewels
being in abundance. But the foolish king just deceased had
squandered every penny in riotous living. He had then taxed his
subjects until most of them became paupers, and this money vanished
in more riotous living. Next he sold all the grand old furniture in
the palace; all the silver and gold plate and bric-a-brac; all the
rich carpets and furnishings and even his own kingly wardrobe,
reserving only a soiled and moth-eaten ermine rob
