The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-02-07
.for the NounN f0iks. I.


noon arose, Shc crlcu un(O II, huu Sulu, |
Thou shinest through all The night,
over fed and grove; hast thou no.
where seen my whi rdove? '"No, y said
the moon, al cannot help thee; but |
will give thee an cgg-breaN it when
need comes"
Then she thtnSed the moDu and
" ent On till the night-wind blew; and
she raised up her voice to it, and said,
Thou biowest through every tree and
under every leaf: has thou not seen my
white dove 2" No." said the night
wind "but ! will ask three other winds;
perhaps they have seen it, Then the
east wind and the west wind came, and
said ttcy TOO had not seen it, but the
south wind said 81 have seen the white
dove-he has fed to the Red Sea, and
is changed once more into .ioni for
the seven years are passed away, ana
there he il. fighting with dragon and
the dragon is an enchanted princess, |
who seeks to separate him from you"
Then the night-wind said, 81 will give !
thee counsel. Go to 1.-The Red Sea, on
the right shore stand many rods-count
them, and when thou comest TO the
eleventh, break it off, and smite the
dragon with it; and so the lion will
haze the victory, and both of them wilt
appear to you in their own forms. Then
set out at once with thy beloved prince,
and journey home over sea and land,
l. IL ~ Il
So our poor wanderer went forth, end
found all as the nightwind had said
and she plucked the eleventh rod, and
smote the dragon, and the lion forth
with became prince, and the dragon
| princess again. But Lily forgot the
counsel which the night-wind had
| given, and did not set out at once home
ward; and the false princess watched
her time, and took the prince by the
arm, and carried him away.
thus the unhappy traveller was again
lorsaken and iorlorn; but she took
heart and said, "As lar as the wind
blows, and so long as the cock crows, |
will Journey on, till | And him once
!
way, till at length she came to the castle
whittier the princess had carried the
| prince and there was feast got ready
aud she heard that the wedding was
abont 10 be held. "Heaven aid me
! now !" said she;and she took the basket
that the sun had given her, and found
chat within it lay dress as dazzling as
the sun itself So she put it on, and
went into the palace, and all The peo-
pie gazed upon her and the dress pleas
cd the bride so much that she asked
whether it was to be sold. "Not for gold
and silver" said she; "but for flesh and
blood" The princess asked what she
meant, and she said, "Let me speak
with the bridegroom this night in his
chamber,and will give thee the dress"
At last the princess agreed, but she told
her chamberlain to give the prince a
sleeping draugh., that he might not
hear or see her. When evening
came, and the prince had fallen
asleep, she was led into his chamber,
and she sat herself down at his feet and
said, 81 have followed thee seven years.
| have been to the sun, the moon, and
the night-wind, to seek thee and at last
have helped thee to overcome the
dragon. Wilt thou then forget me
quite 90 But the prince all the time
slept so soundly, that her voice only
passed over him, and seemed like the
whistling of the wind among the fir
trees.
Then poor Lily was led away, and
orced 10 give up the golden dress; and
| when she saw that there was no help
or her she went out into meadow,
and sat herself down and wept. But
as shesat she bethought herself oftheegg
hat the moon had given her; and when
she broke It, there ran out hen and
twelve chickens of pure gold, that play
ed about, and then nestled under the
beautiful sight in the world. And she
rose up and drove them before her. till
the bride saw them from her window,
land was so pleased that she came forth
ana asked her if she would sell the
brood, Not for gold or silver, but for
Ilesh and blood let me again this even
ing speak with the bridegroom in his
chamber, and will give thee the whole
brood"
| Then the princess thought TO betray
her as before, and agreed to what she
asked: bnt when the prince went to his
chamber he asked the chamberlain why
the wind had whistled so in the night.
And the chamberlain told him all
how he had given him a sleeping
draught, and how poor maiuen had
come and spoken to him in his chamber
and was to come again that night. Then
the prince took care to throw away the
sleeping draught; and when Lily came
and began again to tell him what woes
had beialIen her, and how faithful and
true to him she had been, he knew his
beloved wfe's voice, and sprang up,
! and said, "You have awakened me as
from dream, for the strange princess
had thrown spell around me, so that
had altogether forgotten you; but
Heaven hath sent you to me in lucky
} hour"
i And they stole away out Of the palace
by night unawares, and journeyed
home, and there they found their child
now grown up to be comely and fair
3 and after all their troubles they lived
happily together to the end of their
days. a
The Boasting Traveller.
a MAN who had been travelling in
foreign parts, on his return home was
Ialways Dragging and Boosting Of thu
I great feats he had accomplished in diff
g fcrent places. In Rhodes, for instance