The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-30
THE STORY OF THE OGRE.
A GERMAN TALE.

There was once q hlng VINO AdQ q
beautiful daughter, and at a very
early age she was betfothed to the
son of a neighboring King and
Queen. The young prince was of a
bad disposition. and humpbacked
beside, and his mother was a pow
erful witch. The Princess did not
like him at all, especially as she had
fallen in love with the pa~stry-cook
who supplied the Court, a fine,
handsome young fellow. The time
Of her marriage with the Prince
was approaching, and she was al
ways crying when in her own rooms.
Her nurse, who was aneenchantress,
found out the cause of her trouble,
and SO. she got admission to her
lover into the palace, and they
spent much time in discourse to-
gether, the nurse always being II
the same oom
/. But the Prince was acquainted by
his mother with what was going on.
So he took her father and mother D
day to the Princess's chamber, and
opening the door ID haste, there they
found the pastry-cook aud the Prln-
cess lovingly eOnversing. The King
and Queen nearly tainted at the sight,
and the Prince burst into a fury.
The pastry-coo darted away through
a private passage, and the Prince, as
soon as his anger gave him liberty to
speak, cried out: " Let everyone IN
this place become stone, and SO re-
main till | choose to restore them.
So it happened; each remained 10 the
position he or she al at the time,
except the nurse, who being an en-
chantress herself, was not subject to
his power.
She soon paid the pastry-cook a
visit, and told him what had happened.
He was sunk IN grief, but she inform
ed him he might release his Princess
by means Of an Ogre, who lived In a
dark wood many thousand miles away.
She gave him directions what to do,
and as he was eager to deliver his
true love, she gave him asealed letter,
and told him to open it outside the
gate of the city at midnight, and three
times read aloud the words hat were
written in it.. He would then find
himself In the thick wood where the
Ogre's castle was, and wait there TILL
the clock struck 4. At-that time the
Ogre went to hunt, aud he was to go
to the castle and get the Ogre's wife
to aid him.
He obeyed her orders, and as soon
as he had read the magic words of the
letter the third time, he found him
self before the Orge's castle ia the
thick wood. He hid himself 10 the
darkest part till he saw the frightiuI
Orge go-out. He snuffed and snuffed,
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When he was out of sight, the lover
entered his house and asked his wife
for a night lodging. She wasfright-
ened vefy much, but said she would
tgive him SOME food, and he should go
away or her husband would eat him
on his return. But he told her what
he wanted, and all his sorrows, and
how she. could help him, and, as she
was a kind creature. and had been
taken by force from her first husband,
she consented to assist him.
just when she heard the Ogre at
the door, sheehid the lover under the
bed. He came Ia very cross, for he
had hardly caught any game, and
snUfed and cried out " / smell mans
flesh where is itg' oh, dear hus-
band" said She, 1T is not here just
now, but | frightened them away. I
think you'll find them 10 the wood IN
the morning.. Here is a dish OF meat
better than the flesh Of the incest man
you ever ate"
When he was asleep and snoring.
the woman took hold Of one Of the
feathers Of lis tail and plucked il
out. He awoke with = start, an1
cried out, Woman, are you mad
What's this29 All, der husband, ,
said she. I have had a frightfuI
dream. / thought thlre. was a castle
in a distant country with all the IN
habitants turned into stone, aud my
self among the rests | suppose l must
have gripped you hard In my fright.
Your dream is true enough, said
he, and there IS little chance of the
enchantment being removed. The
lover of the Princess should come tC
the water ali in the wood (the castle
is thousands If miles away, a0G
watch till he'd see a dwarf come ouI
from under It into the river. Their
he should strike this dwarf with one
of my feathers Ia the face, and hs
would become a great giant, anC
return with the lover to the enchanted
castle. The l0ver-w0uld then t0ucE
the Princess with my feather, and al
regain life. A likely thing all this &
happenl I'm sleepy. YaW, yaW
don't disturb me again
When she heard him snoring again
she pulled another Feather out Of hi.
tail, and he gave q great jumT
Wi e. said he, 'syoU do not NEAR
to give me any sleep the whole n ght.
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