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that You call me brother for the frs
timer"
"I am come to ask favor"
"Enter."
Phubus shut the door, and though ht
had come to demand service Of hil
brother, he could not help laughing a
the sad look OF the hunchback.
"What can I do for you% sold Esop
gently.
81 want you to teach me to sing th'
song that you have just finished"
"The one that you forbadei"
eyes," said Phebus, blushing.
"Why do you want to know itW
because the lady of my love will no
marry me until can sing as you do"
"And who is this ladya"
"Her name is Angeigue."
Glow, does she live in the. ohatear
that can see from the windowa"
eyes"
"Then she is the young girl who
laughed the other day, as was passing
under the balconya"
eyes, I was there"
"And you did not beg her to desist
from laughing at your brothers"
"No, indeed I laughed with her
you looked 80 drol in your fine clothes
with that hump on your back"
"And you really want to learn my
songa"
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because it is only the unhappy that
sing as I do"
"Good gracious I don't to pay
that price for your songs"
"But think. If you indeed wish to
sing like me, I must give you my hump
It is my music box"
"No, thanks, I would be too ugly"
Phubus sought Angeique and told
her of the hard conditions that his
brother had made If he wished to learn
to sing.
"Accept Them" said Angelique.
GLOW, you are willing to marry @
hunchbacka" -,
"Since it is the only price that he will
take for his gift"
"But you will hate me when 1 am
deformed."
cam I not beautiful enough TO,
bothf" said the girl, "and I do believe
that I prefer the beauty Of intelligence
to mere outward grace"
"But you laughed yourself at the
hunchback when he rode BY"
eyes but I had not heard him sing.
If I had, I should have pitied him first,
and loved him afterward. Do you really
love mef"
eyes"
"Well, go and learn to sing"
"What foolish fancy"
"Make haste, or I shall never marry
you"
Phubus ran again to his brother.
Give me your humpl" he exclaimed
"Why so"
"Because you must.
"Does your Lady consent to marry q
hunchback2"
eyes,"
"Then I shall keep my hump"
"Keep it,"
"Certainly."
"But I want it must have it.
"Not 30. I have kept it through sor.
row, and now that it promises love, ]
will not part with it."
"What do you mean"
"You say that the lady will marry q
hunchback, provided he sings as do 2
eyes"
"Well, T shall not part with the
hump. 1 shall marry the lady myself"
Phobus stood aghast. Esop left the
room and sought Angelique, and, kneel
ing at her feet, he sang his third song
ful of love an tenderness.
He sang of a lovely Lake shadowed BY
the night, which felt the first rays OF the
morning sun, and which moved the lott
erer on its banks to trust himself to it,
gentle rocking. Before seeing you,
the song said, "my soul was this shad
owed lake, for all was dark in my life
You are here, andnew smile as did the
lake at the first rays of light"
"Sing again." said the girl. -" Yor
are beautiful as Apollo the divine
The count and countess fell on thell
knees before their SOD.
At this moment Theos appeared sud
denly, after the manner of magicians.
Do you see now, dear knight, why
gave the hump to your sona II ne had
had only the gifts wished for him by his
kinsmen be would have been like your
other boy. This deformity was q mis-
fortune, and misfortune alone can make
men thorouphly great, for it conatrains
its children to strive to overcome an un'
toward fate; struggle which ends II
power, Your child has suffered; hif
sufferings have made him poet. The
beauty of his spirit has caused this
young girl to forget his deformity oi
BODY. is the charm in his facet No,
sir knight, it is rather in his mind and
his SOUL When one reads delightful
poetry or grand thoughts, or when one
listens to divine music, is it ever asked
if the poet, philosopher, or musician be
handsome or deformeda Esop was
hunchbacked, Horace was blind, and
both have charmed the world as youl
boy has charmed Angelique. Beautiful
as Phebus is. he can never match hp
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life, sir knight, and wish to dig
charge my obligation. Phsbus vii
have grace and beauty. He will don tht
armor of his father and become valiant
cavalier, and ride forth and win re
nown."
"And when he returns he shall marry
my twin sister," said Angelique.
A week after Esop married Angelique
Theos stood near him at the altar, anc
as he turned to pass out of the chape
with his bride the good magician laid
hand fondly on his shoulder, and imme
diately after the peasants who had come
to see the wedding said wonderingly
among Themselves: "What is tbi
story that we have heard about an ugl!
humpa Why, the beautiful young
knight is perfectly straight! !"
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