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] ect, and to Oken. now uaaccon panied BY
( h-r viper, ana found the three sisters as
amis'l. ss ,se day befcrs had tho ousht them
de,es,sble. l vas Obliged to premise to re-
main few day. lo' ger at W ie.enthsl To
eorhrm our sitisree. prove my forgiveness,
srd heap eosls oi IRE upon the beads Of my
| tormentors, Volunteered to undertake the
aelseaistsss Of is'.rcs dirr y i;a the counsel
lor. ssd declared ths; would no, leave the
house until be bad given bis consent to bis
daughters marriage with the nen they pre-
ferred Upon receiving this promire. the
| sisters wsre near Killing me With iindpess
aud csr,sses. IL va. no small thing I had
pledged my self to perform. bat, thu. ensour.
aged 4 feii myself equal to any difficulty -
We had . council Of var. aud that same day
the sicge b,gsn. worked hard in the
trenches. vac repeatedly under Gre, and bad
TO rrpel ssveEsl smart scrties On the hrss
day made little progress. hot. CT coursged
by the i@ploring looks aaA Lonied ~ords Of
the female besieging army 7 persisted, and
held my ground frsger proved an eb.ti-
nate old fortress Fond though be was of
his daughters. ard generally isduleent aud
easy go,ug. ia some things he vas siutbern
n any mule However, on the evening ef
the day fhad cpepsd breach. and on the
third fhesded the storming psriy. There
nFen the enemy lurR out the white dsg,
aud asxsd for sday'struce This vas r, an
ted, hut strict blockade vas maintained.
The truce expired, the storming party again
advanced espi'ulation snsued, and general
rcj"icins. eeiel rated our triumph
Tue tetro,l al Of Il thrse sisters was now
ofheislly announced. and the eu.tomary fes-
t.ya! was TO take place IN fortnight Twas
20 be tLsre. and TO bring Minnie sith me
Fur, IS good deed tar.ly goes unrewarded
Frsger, my conquered foe, undertook TO in
tcEecds with my uncle aud obtain his con-
cent AID 50, after suother happy day %
Wieseuthal, departed. . tooth the poorer
than on my arrival. but radiant With yi,t,.
~ aud rich ia hope
IL wss ling -iuce lad seen my vor nv IN.
Gle laugh so heartily "a at the narration Il
my adventures with the coun.ellor's daurh.
ters IL put him in such 6ne humor that
when Frsger. true to his promise, made his
app arance q day or two Isier. he bad muck
less d fhculty than expected in obtaining
his c'n.eut 60 NY union with Minnie. 4
fottn'ght afterwards a happy party vas as.
senbled az wi,,enthHl made the seauain-
tante OF the rsrsou. the dragon, and tho
painter and was obliged to admit that MIN.
rod. ID, fetbseh ard Okea had shown both
gsod tsst aud g. oil judgement in a. cir choice
'fy " were OF
course again brought upon the tspis, snd
were source of never ending mirth. The
threc young men ~ho- in nIirectly, were The
cause Of my misf,riunes cordially con so!ed
With me but DielIenLach, the operator,
declared land let this lie the moral Of nv
talc) that the los the tsoih was bat .
just puni.hment Tor going TO lcol al other
women when vas sirsady apIigbsd aud nc.
eePted lover asntiment in which her sis-
rsSn Minnie ESPECIALLY the latter, most
cordially eoncurrrd
Before . year was ont. there we're four
weddings At Wiesspths Siues ,h, n. two
more years have elapsed Iringing ou their
wings va i'us G. aress most OF them for the
better Although I dad not marry ex,etly
as NY uncle wished. he did not the less
make ne lis partner Einrt d, ert ,ssed
With gcDtler cares i. no lsuger q sportinr
character much to the satisfaetiou of her
bu bud, who has pleasant eouatry living.
ID efs"bich has long ,Thee retired from
nrdH al ? aciice aud the dragon. row Q
captain. - quaftered q few miles from
wi.seuthsl Okn pets baby instead 81
asnske TIE painter has throsn away bis
Z unPvch'ah psieti~. has taken to serIcuI.
p, ture, and lives with his fsther-iu. law, whose
I estate he manages Such are the satisfac.
tory results OF my 'COartship under Dif.
I cult.es'