Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-05-06
THE OGRE.
A German Tale.
Fresa the Dublin University Magazine


There was once King who had a
beautiful daughter and at a very early
age she was betrothed to the son of a
neighboring King and Queen. The
young Prince was Of a bad disposition,
and humpbacked beside, and his mother
was powerful witch. TIE Princess did
not like him at all, especially as she had
fallen in love with the pastry-cook who
supplied the Court, a fine, handsome
young fellow The time of her mar
riage with the Prince was approaching,
and she was always crying when she was
in her own rooms. Her nurse, who was
an enchantress, found out the cause of
her trouble, and so she get admission to
her lover into the palace, and they spent
much time in discourse together, the
nurse always being in the same room.
But the Prince was acquainted by his
mother with what was going on. So he
took her father and mother one day to
the Princess's chamber, and. opening the
door in haste, there they found the pas
try-cook and the Princess lovingly con-
versing. The King and Queen nearly
tainted at the sight and the Prince burst
into a fury. The pastry-cook darted
away through private passage, and the
Prince, as soon as his anger gave him
liberty to speak, cried out: "Let every
one in this palace become stone, and SO
remain till choose to restore them"
So it happened; each remained in the
nasition he or she was in at the time,
except the nurse, who, being an encban-
tress herself, was not subject to his power.
She soon paid the pastrycook visit,
and told him what had happened. He
was sunk in grief, but she informed 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 sealed letter, and told him to open
it outside of the city at midnight, and
three times read aloud the words
that 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 Orge
went to hunt, and he was to go to the cas-
tie and get the Ogre's wife to aid hin.
He obeyed her orders, and as soon as
he had read the magic words of the let
ter the third time, he found himself be-
fore the Ogre's castle in the thick wood.
He hid himself in the darkest part till he
saw the trightful Ogre go out. He snuff
ed and snutfed, as if he smelled the flesh
of a man. When he was out Of sight,
the lover entered his house and asked
his wife for a nights lodging. She was
frightened very much, but said she would
give him some food, and he should 90
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 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, she had the lover under the bed
He came in very cross, for he had hardly
caught any game, and snufed and cried
out: 81 smell mans flesh; where is it?"
"Oh, dear husband" said she, lit is not
here at all. There were some stangers
here just now, but | frightened them
away. I think you'll find them III the
| wood in the morning. Here is 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
his tail and plucked it out He awoke
with start, and criet out, "Woman, are