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"a little brightfill, that wandered to play
with the wild blossoms in this weed set0Tn!,
ed to me. and pratiling by my side, told NO
iof the dreadful delusion under which yonE
good and stalwart husband lahored.tI
watched him as he came, with detected
look, 20 unlike bis former self to lave his
burning brow in my cooling wsters.isl
quickly saw what fair demons hand hadse
destroyed the goodly form and noble heart
of my poor goodman. Here was the shsd-
ow that fell over your poor brow, drained
your young heart and silenced the song that
made this no longer a solitude. t.s7E
Listen to me- continued he, and ] viii
endeavor to save. If you can persuade
him, by the eIoquence of your love aud the
picture Of the ruin that dsy-hy-dsy eDesn-
passes Jon all. to attend strictly to NJ
warning, I will rescue him from the over.
PIONEERING spell Of the fascinating denoa
that enthrsls him. sf4Ta
q will give him q talisnan 50 powerful
that the scales will fall from his eyes, and
ibis destroyer appear in her own proper
IhadeOus ~cOlOrs, when, If he has sAy lore
left for those whose sole dependence is on
him, he will Tesoluiely battle ell the ate
ltempts made to seduee him again into the
world of vicious dreams and i~ndOIence.fsii
As he concluded, he sunk beneath. tbs
waters. The Young wife stood e~ntrssceds
with hope be ating in her heart, ard her eyes
fixed upon the bubbles as they rose to the
surface, doubling almost whether what she
jhsd heard was not q delusion of her dis
itracted brain.
E
Another moment and the benevolent spis.
il. again appeared, holding in its hands -
globe containing q liquid that shOns ikea
ipure diamond.
Take this, and let your husband keep e
with him, and when the deludiRg ,deup0
approaches him, TO, mystify him with her
Vaccinations, lethim drink from The small
aperture, in this globe, and he viii ~instsnsr
ly see her in her demohisc form. Let hfm
persevere, and she will fly from him, and
you and he will be saved and restored 10
jpeace. FAREWELL en!
As she clasped the bottle with eager hand,
he sank amidst a thousand sparkling bub.
bles, and she was alone. Very quickly
she sped through the tangled way, for her
feet were winged by love, and by hope that
had long lain dI ooping. The cottage door
was soon reached, where sat the pale form
of her husband, his blood-shot eyes turned
languidly towards her as she approached.
/ But he was soon reused from his l~istless pos
ture by seeing the excitement Of her man.
ner, and listening to her strange tale, which
lhe would have doubted had she not shown
him IN triumph tAe4right globe given her
/, by the spirit of the spring.
r Her almost childish delight, strange to
say, hardly met with q response in his boz
som for the charms Of his daily enchanter,
he seemed to feel hesitation to relinquish.
= They appeared to his bewildered senses eli
that was worth living for.
Her heart sank with almost q death-like
.pang, but she babe him drink from the jew
eled bottle. A deep shudder shook his at
fltennsted frame as he did so. One moment
! and his pallid feature s flushed as he behelds
for the first time the ruin and desolation Of
his home. He stood an sbashed, Q guilty
D man before lis wife and little innocent chill
Idren.
D, Hubert, armed with good resolves and
{ his stout axe, again entered the forest, his
I lhSodS Pc1PIlo Jug WIN uH iu0CSSAioauiC bceSr
: ing, as if in doubt Of the power Of the tall
isman to shield him from the fascination Of
his deludel. Hardly had the stroke Of his
axe awakened the echoes of the forest,
, when through a sandy vista, he saw the light
form Of the fairy tripping over the green
lIsward, with upraised cup and joyous laugh,
as she recognized him at his labor. Strange
emotions rushed through his frame as she
: approached nearer aud nearer; stranger
thoughts lowered in his mind Of throwing
his wife's talisman from him, and once more
clasPrng that tempting cup that shOne even
in the distance like a bright smethyst.
But a shadow fell over the bright form and
her Respondent eyes slared with a fendish look
] as it approached nearer 10 the spot.
He seized the talisman, and drank Of ifs pure
and bright contents. On the instant, the form
e of his wife and children ~encircled him in fond
b union, as a barrier between him and the Tevil
e spIrt. Again. he drank, as she did so, be shud'
r ldered with horror as he beheld a lambent flame
n rise from the hitherto carved goblet OF the fend.
The beautiful locks which played round the
brow Of the false enc, twined into writhing
K snakes, bright burning scales rose upon her fair
o bosom. and her face became distorted with hor.