The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-22


shc why II was he had taken her babes
away and put them out at nurse; was that
Very singular is a trHton form 81 the story
given by Hahn. \ poor woman. who supported
herself and her thrnc daughters by the collec-
down and exclaimed Ait" Straightway APP
rcarod a Moor-hs udnc being All. although
he did not -ry sp-who listened 90 her tale Of
sorrow and lUrNaincd with her for the hand Of
one uf her daughters. Tho eldest Of tho girls
became his bride. and when he received her
from her mothers hands he took her into his
abode within the 81 n and set before her a hui
man head 10y WY Of supper. This she hid be.
morning came the Moor ana asked her she
had eaton The heai. Ics." sId she. Head.
head replied from under the roof: and
the Moor. detecting hs brides fasehood.
turned her out oi the house. and told her to
send another sister instead. Exactly the
Same events took place when the second sister
arrived. 80 she H. her turn WINS expelled. But
when the youngest daughter came sho deceived
tho Moor. and Induced him To believe that she
had eaten the human head which WINS given to
her as her supper. Then he exclaimed: Thou
art the right onel" and from that time no
treated hcr with all kindness. One day her
sisters came g. visit her; and when they learnt
that her husband gave her narcotic every
evening which Prevented her from awaking
during tho night. they induced her to promise
HAT . s4 ! would tax an opportunity OF deceiy-
ihut she might Keep awake and see whit form
hc assumed during his sleep, She did ms she
had promised, mud found that her husband was
no Moor but handsome youth in whose brenst
was golden lock- with tiny golden, key, sho
turned tho key. The lock opened. and dis
closed "A beautiful landscape. with a river
n which women were washing linen
Up camc pig. and was going to
curry of n pl"ne.' And when she saw
that she cried aloud. and her husband awoke
After telling her that he must leave her. and
form, as no Moor hut Flick Zslc6 until She
had borne him babe, he disappeared. Long
,lid she wander ike Psyche. IN scarch OF her
came IN each Of which lived sister Of Flick
Lelcbi, busiy engaged in max ing preparations
ior the expected birth Of his son. And in the
home Of the third Of these sisters Of her hus-
band she gave birth to a boy. IN whose breast
CLEANED n golden lock. And when the mistress
of the house saw that she exclaimed: This is
my brothers son, and this Is his wife" Scarce
~ hai she SO spoken when Flick Ielebi himself
appeared. And after that he and his wife lived
happily together
THE GOATS WIPE
In this story as we'll as IN many others akin
TO that OF Cupid and Psyche. though the hero
scented NJ n Beast. Tho idea of complete
transformation. or OF removable musk having
been forgotten or rejected. tho mysterious huS-
band H. either said 10 be- invisible by daylight or
he Il depicted ~ q Moor or other unpleasant
Kind OF man. But he more frcquen.ly figures
ia popular fiction ~ Beast. though not as 50
tender hearted an animal MS his representative
n the French itcrary tnle. In tho following
icrocity merchant who had three daughters
sent them. on three successive evenings. to pass
Inc night IN q now house which he had Just
Quit. telling them 10 let him know what they
dreamt about And thcy dreamt that they were
about to be- mnrricd-tha eldest 10 n tradesman
tho second to a noblemnn. and the third TO a
goat. The last dream frightened tho father
Whe gave strict orders 10 his daughter not 10
Sur out OF The house But. in spite Of his
precautions. out she went one evening, ana
gott came and carried her on. The girl
was greatly alarmed. but she behaved rrspert.
iuly To the goat, and with her handkerchief
wiped lur him from time to time his SOLDERING
lips. THIS pleased the goat, and he did her no
hurr. Next morning when she looked out OF
MiuIOM. she That the lpNgn
pounded 10y a pallsade and on the top Of each
room for one more head WAS left. Time passed
hy. md she was allowed TO pay three visits to
her former home. The first was on the coca
man. the mex, WIS when n nohleman mnrrisd
her second sister; on her third visit she found
cause n particular. During each Of the three
banqucts NJ which she assisted. n handsome
youth, IN the guse of u minstrel. played and
Ne WAS invited into the banquet chamber. he
turned To- her and sang; Goats Wife, Hand
kcrchiciy Wife" To which she replied by "a
slap on the right cheek and n slap on the
LETT check" and then fed away hack. swiftly
carried through the air 10y magic stceds. 40
sooner had she reached the goat's dwelling on
tn" third OCCASION. than she caught sight Of
goats = IN lying on bench. Tho minstrel
had not had tune 10 turn himself back into a
goat. Into the fire flow the skin-nEd there wns
The merchants da1ghter married. not TO a goat.
II often occurs in Oriental stories that u soul
deserts for time its earthly tenement. but
tNfutuhil I'luTua 10 uultnhte II.
THE BIRD HUSBAND.
We may turn 70 u tale from central Asia. Dor
roWed from an Indian source. in which the
story Of the lost hut recovered supernatural
There was once n man who had three dau..h
tors engaged by turns in watching his cattle
The eldest daughter went TO sleep one day, and
when she nwoko an OK had straycd away. Going
in search OF il she came 10 n courtyard with a
red gateway. Passing through this she found
and opened gates of gold. mother-of- pearl, AMI
emerald. anu within the Inst "A cleaning
palace, rich Win gold and gems. No human
asked her To- h.roina il wife uromising II sbe
would consent 90 ind Tor her the missing OK.
But she refused the offer with contempt. Next
day tho second sister went, ami for her also the
bird proposed. bat with the same result On
the third ipy came the youngest sisters turn
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il happened soon aiterward thnt n meeting
| took place ut ncighbQrlng temple and the
| birds wife attended IT, While She was there
| lursemal rode up. who wis acknowledged 10y
al 10 be- the best looking person present. The
meeting !; stcd IN rtean days and on twelve OF
| them she saw and admired the handsome horse
man. ON the twelfth day size happened To- tell
| ln old woman with whom she was tall Ing how
| happy she would De- IL she had n husband like
| .hnt horsrman: Wncrcupon the old woman told
| her tnai the horseinan vas really her bird
| morning TIL the bird went forth. and during it,
| lh7.n'e - burn IL open ami deserted cage.
ior 10y uiNl means fhe would insure her nus
| wife did ms she was advised, burned the cage
return. T9wari sunset he came back
and asked after the ,cage;. when he
! aloud. slyln. that Il WIS his soul and telling
| her that lc must now NgAt with gods and de-
| mons for seven days and seven nit,hls. and that
| his echan 20 of success depended upon her
| Bong able 10 ntiuue all that time. without Il
| moments pause sitting NJ the mother Of pearl
| gates and laying about Der with n stick. This
She tried hard 10 do. Dropping up her
| eyeGs with pieces Of fcnther-grhss in order
| to prevent her eyes from closing. SiA days and
! nights she held ont. On the seventh day she
! l01cd for a moment. and straightway her hus-
| band was rnrri Il ~ by The gods aud demons
! Long did she sadiy sock him. At length she
| discovered him, painfully working as the
! lemons water carrier. Having learned from
| MIN what she must do 10 recover him, she
| framed a new bird ca-e and invoked his soul to
| mhaht It. Nhrrrupon her lOng-lost husband
| zane back To her.
| The all but success ful attempt Of heroine 10
| save from Economical cuch untment hero
| whom she watches or otherwise serves IL Of
| frequent occurrence in popular tales. Thus a
! wandering princess In Slcllian story (GonZrn-
! ba'hl. finds q prince lying on the ground as
| though dead, with u paper 10y his side. giving
| notice that II y maiden will rub his body with
| grass from Mount Calvary for the spnce Of
| seven years. seven months. and seyen days, he
| will return 10 life and mike her his bride. In
| a Crock variant. eiynn by Hahn. the condition
| that tina Tpuibpu shall keen uubrOk To- xvnt Oh