change his spots, or the
Ethiopian his skin,' you know?"

"I don't know anything about that," said Polynesia impatiently. "But
you MUST turn this man white. Think of a way--think hard. You've got
plenty of medicines left in the bag. He'll do anything for you if you
change his color. It is your only chance to get out of prison."

"Well, I suppose it MIGHT be possible," said the Doctor. "Let me
see--," and he went over to his medicine-bag, murmuring something about
"liberated chlorine on animal-pigment--perhaps zinc-ointment, as a
temporary measure, spread thick--"

Well, that night Prince Bumpo came secretly to the Doctor in prison and
said to him,

"White Man, I am an unhappy prince. Years ago I went in search of The
Sleeping Beauty, whom I had read of in a book. And having traveled
through the world many days, I at last found her and kissed the lady
very gently to awaken her--as the book said I should. 'Tis true indeed
that she awoke. But when she saw my face she cried out, 'Oh, he's
black!' And she ran away and wouldn't marry me--but went to sleep again
somewhere else. So I came back, full of sadness, to my father's
kingdom. Now I hear that you are a wonderful magician and have many
powerful potions. So I come to you for help. If you will turn me
white, so that I may go back to The Sleeping Beauty, I will give you
half my kingdom and anything besides you ask."

"Prince Bumpo," said the Doctor, looking thoughtfully at the bottles in
his medicine-bag, "supposing I made your hair a nice blonde
color--would not that do instead to make you happy?"

"No," said Bumpo. "Nothing else will satisfy me. I must be a white
prince."

"You know it is very hard to change the color of a prince," said the
Doctor--"one of the hardest things a magician can do. You only want
your face white, do you not?"

"Yes, that is all," said Bumpo. "Because I shall wear shining armor
and gauntlets of steel, like the other white princes, and ride on a
horse."

"Must your face be white all over?" asked the Doctor.

"Yes, all over," said Bumpo--"and I would like my eyes blue too, but I
suppose that would be very hard to do."

"Yes, it would," said the Doctor quickly. "Well, I will do what I can
for you. You will have to be very patient though--you know with some
medicines you can never be very sure. I might have to try two or three
times. You have a strong skin--yes? Well that's all right. Now come
over here by the light-