Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-02-22
1)opular Gales.
AN EXCELLENT MORAL STORY.
THE PALACE OF BEAUTY;
a FAIRY TALE.
BY MRS. CHILD

\ In ancient times, two little princesses
lived in Scotland, one Of whom was ex-
tremely beautiful and the other dwarfish,
dark -coored and deformed. One was
named Rose, the other Marion. The
sisters did not live happily together
Marion hated Rose, because she was
handsome, and every body praised her.
She scowIcd, and her face absolutely
grew black, when any body asked her
how her pretty little sister Roso did
and once she was so wicked as To cut
offaIl her glossy, golden hair, and throw
ii on the fire. Poor Rose cried bitterly
abou, it ; but she did not scold ar strike
her sister for she was an amiab a., gen
tie little being ms ever lived. No won
der all the iaraly and all the ncighbor-
hood dislikci M2l.oD- and no wonder
her face grew uglier and uglicr every
day. The Scotch used To be verv
supcrstitious people and they believed
the infant Rose had been blessed by the
fairies, to whom she owed her extraor-
dnary beauty aud exceeding goodness.
1 Not far from the castle where tho
princcsses resided, was deep grotto,
said 10 lead To the Palace of Beauty,
where the queen Of the Fairies held
her court. Some said Rose had fallen
asleep there one day, when she had
grown tired of chasing butterfly, and
that the queen had dipped her in an i'm
mortal fountain, from which she had
risen with the beauty Of an angel.*-
Marion often asked questions about this
story, but Rose always replied that she
had been forbidden to speak Of it
When she saw any uncommonly brilliant
bird or butterfly, sho would sometimes
excIaim oh, how much that looks
like fairy land But when asked what
she knew about fairy land, she blushed
and would not answer.
Marion thought great deal about
this why cannot 90 to the Palace
Of Beauty ? thought she 'and why
may not batho in the Immortal Foun-
tain :
One summers noon, vhen all was
still save the faint twitcring Of the
birds, and the lazy hum Of the insects,
Marion entered The deep groito. She
sat down on bank of moss the air
around her was as fragrant as if it came
from bed of violcls and with the
souno Of far-oif music dying on her ear,
she fell into gentle slunber. When
She awoke il was evening and she
found herself in small hall where opa.
pillars supported rainbow roof, tho
bright reflection Of which rested on
crystal walls, and golden floor inlaid
with pearls. All around, between tho
opal pillars, stood the tiniest vases of
pure alabastcr in which grew a multi
tade of brilliant and fragrant flowers
some orlhem twining around the pillars,
were lost in the floating rainbow above
The whole of this scene Of beauty VAS
lighted by millions of fire. flies, glitter
ing about like wandering stars. While
Marion was wondering at all this, ii.
tie figure of rare ,ove e.incss stood before
her. Her robe was Of green and gold;
! her flowing gossamcr mantle was caught
upon one shoulder with pearl, ana ir
her hair was solitary sIar, composed
Of five diamonds, each no bigger than
a pins point, and thus she sung
The Fair, Qncen
Creature ofr-rthi, mould,
Nthiu her door
q On prlrlN 1oor,
inlnd with shining gold.
Mortal. all thon seesi l. fAir,
0uick thy purp"ses dcclurr
T As she concluded, the song wns taken
! mp, and thrice repeated by n multitude
of soft voices in The distonco. IL ItsremcG
/ ms u birds aud insects lnlnod ~ The
.rhofus--ihe clear voice of the thrust,
was distinctly heard the cricket kcpl
time with his royal cymbal and ever
mud anon between the pauscs, the sound
of distant cascade was head, whose
waters fell in music
I All these delightful sounds died away,
aud the queen of the iniIirs stood pa
ti.ni'y awaiting Morion's answer -
Courtcsying low, and with trembling
voice, the little maiden said '-
'I 'Will it please your Majesty 10 make
me NJ handsome as my sister Rose 2
The queen smiled. Il will grartynr
N Thtre was supfts'iiiun that h's,s Z
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