The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-23

hands and garments stained with
blood, for she had torn her long
white veil to staunch the blood,
dressing the wounds Of the dying
man with her own soft hands, and
then as other wounded soldiers were
brought frour,the field, she bad for
satten her rank ana tile feeblenass
Of her sex, t. a,imin;Str" also 10
their relief. 1t was in such instar
ces as these tina: the character of
Gurith was discovered was it
strange that she seemed almost
being Of higher order to the un>
tat0rtd S'vtgeS! But soon Temora
began To fear that Gnrith was her.
s,'lt an :; ci.s.nIrr-s. for every with
ering SPILL ,; ii clcrafG had been
tried in vait against her. She had
Eet at miiuiyht with the weird wo-
men In III IL murkv caverns; there
they sung their charmed rhymes
,ngethr: and held horried incanta-
tione. Guritil wAs still unframed,
stil, lovel Y, still happy III the love
o: her hn~btni AMI of all the peo-
pie.
BY mere clllnce t4e Sorceress
az length disco ,er".i what Sh,4 fer
convinced tn b.. II" secret rf .ur
ith 5 hldien eJr,.n;A There was Ii
amber in i sinai, lonely town that
joined the t&.ace ~ which the
young princess retired, not only "a
stated periods every day, hnt often,
a, other times There sjle woa!I
sometimes remain shut up for hours,
aud no one dared 10 break upon her
privacy, even her husband humorcd
her wishes, and ha2 never since his
marriage, visited that chamber. If
sometimes she visited it mo1rnfui,
dispirited and with downcast looks,
she never failed TO come forth from
her retirement with new spirit,
calm and smiling, and all the fair
beauty Of her face restored. This,
then, was the chamber where those
spells were woven which had baffled
the skill of the sorceross.
Not long after the queen had
made the discovery of the chamber,
the aged king, her father-in- law,
while visiting the Princess Gurith,
was struck with blindness. Temora
began to rejoice, fer an opportunity
we'll suited to her OWN dark purpos~
es had it last occurred.
There was a solemn festival held
in honor Of the goddess Freya. In
the midst of the rejoicing, the sorc~
eress Cher hair streaming upon her
shoulders, and rich robes all rent)
rushed into the hall. With frantic
cries she bade the feasting cease,
and, siezing from an aged scald the
harp that he was striking, she tore
away the strings, and then, in sui
len silence, she sat down before the
idols image. Again she rose, and
with a dagger's point, scratched a
few rough characters upon the altar.
The. priests had gathered around
her, and when they saw those let~
ters they also shricked aloud with
horror they fell before the idol
and bowed their faces to the ground,
howllng and heaping dust upon
their heads. Upon this, with a fix
ed and dreamy stare, Temora arose
and beating upon a sort of shapeless
drum, commenced low and mel>
ancholy chant.
She told them that the nation
had cause to mourn, that heavy
calamities had fallen upon them,
that the gods had sent curse
among them. A monster had been
cast up by the treacherous waves,
and none had known their danger.
Their king, their prince, nay, she
herself, had been deceived; for
that fearful monster he'd come
among them in a human form, even
as a beautiful maiden. They had
cherished her, and now the judge~
ment had fallen upon them; it had
begun with the king-he was struck
with blindness-where would it fail
next? with prophetic glance she
could forsee. But here the drum
dropped from her hands; at once
her frantic violence was stilled; she
sank upon the ground and her long
hair fell like veil over her stern
features-she had said enough. AS
she began, a smothered sound of
cursinS rose on all sides; now the
whirlwind of furious passion burst
forth and knew no bounds. The
tumult spread far and wide among
the people. Led by the wizard
priests, they rushed to the palace
and demanded that their kins
should come forth to them. Now
the poor old king, being in his do
tage and almost governed by thu
priests, had been persuaded
to answer just as they suggested
Led by the sorceress he came fortl
sightless and trembling, and hi
few faltering words confirmed al
| that the artful Temora had declared
, All this time Prince Reguar ha
been absent. He came in from
hunting just when Temora ha
! brought his father forth. Horrors
truck, he soon perceived the pur
t pose Of the fendlike woman; but i
vain he sought to quell TIE furiou
t tumult, his father was totally unde
f the priests, and when a cry wa
v raised, demanding as their victim
f the young and innocent Gurith, til
d kings assent was given. As IL
8 the nrincess. she was not to I