The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-11-17
A Match for Him.
TIE VENETIAN VERSION OF TIM STORY ov
"DLuE DKARp."


THE VENETIAN VERSION or TIM STORY ov
"DLuE BEARD" US
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Tho Venetian story tellers have
smalgamated "Blue Beard" with one
Of Grimm's "Hausemarchen," and
chnnged its cerulean hue to that Of
the foul Gend himself. The ntory ID
entitled Gel Diavolo."
D Once upon a time there wss q
husband and wife, and they had
three daughters, all grown up, and
they took in washing. A. it hap
pend a gentleman passed. by their
house ono dky and fell in love with
tho eldest girl. He went to her
parents and asked if.they would give
her to him for his wife. They saw
that he was handsome gentleman,
and they said yes. And ho married
her and took hor away, ind he took
her to tho finest palace that eyes
could sec. When they got thore he
gave her the keys OF all the rooms,
but he said: .'s>f
"Go wherever you like, except into
that room there. If you go into it,
it will be the worse for you. ..
And he gave her q beautiful fresh
rose to put in her hair, and then
he rose up and went away. This
woman was curious to know what
WAS in that chamber that he said she
was not to 60 into, so she went and
opened the door, and she SAW that
there was many souls inside, all on
fire, and knew that it was hell
"Oh!" she cried, "wha thave done
what have I done! For certain hell
put me in there, too" ..n....
Then she looked Mt the rose in her
hair, and saw that it WAS qnito faded
By-An;l-byo back comes tho husband
and says he: "Good morning"
He noticed that tho rose wss fadod,
and he knew we'll enough that she
had been into tho room, 80 ;he sail ::
"Did you go into that room where
I told you not to 60! p
And she answered him "Not I,
indood. Once you told mo not to
60 that was enough" ...
"Very we'll now III take you
myself to sec it"
With that he opened the chamber
and pushed her into it. Then he
locked the door and what did he
do but set off TO her mother, and no
told her that her daughter had boen
40 i'll until at last she WAS dead, and
now that he should like to have tho
second daughter. And tho mother
gavo her to him.
The same story is Of course re-
pcated with the second daughter,
and after she is disposed of in tho
same manner as her sister, the devil
who is represented as an emi-
nently domestic character--not
being able to do without q wife, he
returns u third timo to the house Of
tho washerwoman, and demands hor
last remaining daughter in marriage.
Flo obtains hor from her confiiing
parents, takes her home, gives hor
the keys and the trosh brown rose,
and absents himself as before. But
this third young ladyis match for
hor husband. She is not whit less
curious than her sisters but she
takes tho precaution of removing the
roso from her hair before popping
into the forbidden chamber. OF
course, she sees what hor sister Bsw,
and sees them into the bargain.
They cry to her to hasten away, for
otherwise her husband will throw
her in thcre two But, moth
ing dauntod, she answers "Wait @
bit. Don't DO afraid. Only leave it
to mo-" The master Of the house
on his return finds his wife with the
flower in hor hair still frosh and
blooming He accepts her assurance
that she has obeyei him, and profes--
ses an unbounded affection for her.
"Well, now hark ye, old mon, "
said he ; "we must think of send
ing few things to tho wash, for all
tho house linen is dirty. To-mor-
row morning will put it all into q
chest and you must carry it to my
mothers md sho'll wash it for us."
She waited till her husband went
out, and then she put o few solid
things into tho chest and went and
fetched her eldest siator and put
her into tho chest two, and some
money besides, and sho said to her:
"Remcmber whom you arc on the
way, II you feol him sitting tho Ghost
down to peep into it you must cry
out: Mind. I'm looking at you."
And she shut up tho chest and
loft it until he came back: By-and.
by home he came, and she said to
him:
"Now, there's good fellow ; take
this chest and carry it to my mo
ther's, But, mind you, don't poop
into it, dye hoar ? Because il you
I do peep I shall soc you"
With that he took up the chest on
his shoulders. "Oh," criol he,
"what . weight it. isl" 5.
"Well, just think" anawereI his
wife, 'it 10 such long time since
dirty" ~" ,,
When he was on tho road hs
began to think "NVhat weight
this chest is I, should like to know