The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-03-27


Then the wind came and blew away
his hat and off it flew great way over
the hills and far away, so that he had
to run after it and when he came back
she had bound up her hair again, and
all was safe. So they watched the geese
till it grew dark.
In the evening, after they came home,
Curdken went to the old king, and said,
81 cannot have that strange girl to help
me to keep the geese, any, longer"
"Why ?" said the king. Because, in
stead of doing any good, she does moth
ing but tease me all day long" Then
the king made him tell him what had
happened. And Lurdken said. "When
we so in tho morning through the dark
gate with our flock Of geese, she cries
and talks with the head of horse that
hands upon the wall, and says,
Falada, Faloda there thons hangostr
and the head answers,
Bride, BRIDE there thou gangest!
Alas! alas ii thy mother knew it,
Sadly, sadly, would she rue It,.
And Curdken went on telling the
king what had happened upon the
meadow where the geese fed; how his
hat was blown away and how he was
forced to run after it, and to leave his
flock of geese 10 themselves. But the
old king told the boy to go out again
the next day: and when morning came,
he placed himself behind the dark gate,
and heard how she spoke to Falada,
and how Falada answered. Thea he
W cnt into the field, and hid himself in
bush by the meadows side; and he
soon saw with his own eyes how they
drove the flock of geese and how, after
little time, she let down her hair that
glittcred in the sun. And then he heard
her say,
"Blow, breeze blow!
Let Curdkcn's hat gol
Blow. breeze, blow
Let him after II got
Ger hills, dalss, ava rocks,
Away be 1t whrld,
Till the silvery ,ocEs
Are all comb'd and curl'd ~
And soon came a gale of wind, and
carried away Curdken's hat, and away
went Curdken after it while the girl
went on combing and curling her hair.
All this the old king saw so he went
home without being seen; and when
the little goose-Girl came back in the
evening he called her aside, and asked
bn lx,g Il, Il ia I,,f phn L,,r ;,,t,
tears, and said "That | must not tell
you or any man, or / shall lose my
life"
But the old king begged so hard, that
she had no peace till she had told him
all the tale, from beginning to end,
word for word. And it WAS very lucky
foriher that she didso for when she had
done the king ordered royal clothes to
be put upon her, and gazed on her with
wonder, she was SO beautiful. Then he
called his son, and told him that he had
only the false bride ; for that she was
merely waiting-maid, while the true
bride stood by. And the young king
rejoiccd when he saw her beauty, and
heard how meek and patient she had
been; and without saying anything to
the false bride, the king ordered q great
feast to be got ready for all his court.
The bridegroom sat at the top, with the
false princess on one side, and the true
one ON the other; but nobody knew her
again, for her beauty was quite dazzl-
ing to their eyes and she di d not seem
at all like the little goose-girl, now that
she had her brilliant dress on.
When they had eaten and drank and
were very merry the old king said he
would tell them tale. So he began,
and told all the story of the princess, as
if it was one that he had once heard
and he asked the true waiting
maid what She thought ought to he done
to any one who would behave thus.
Nothing better" said this false bride,
"than that she should be thrown into
cask stuck round with sharp nails, and
that two white horses should be put to
it, and should drag it from street to
street till she was dead" "Thou art
she :" said the old king "and as thou
hast judged thyself, so shall it be done
to thee" And the young king was
then married to his true wife, and they
reigned over the kingdom in peace and
happiness all their lives and the good
fairy came to see them, and restored the
faithful Faada to life again.
The Wolf and the Shepherds.
A WOLF looking into hut and sec
ing some shepherds comfortably re-
calling themselves ON joint of NUT
ton-"A pretty row." said he, would,
these men have made if they had
caught me at such supper ~
Men are too apt to condemn in others
the very things that they practise them
selves.
rhe LlOness.
THERE was great stir among all the
Beasts which could boast of the largest