The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-11-12

to b nagni6cently dressed. and gave
her everything in abundance. Not
outstanding she Was specifies, yet
she was 50 graceful and charming that
the whole court loved her, and the
king also. and be married her.
When nearly year had passed, the
queen brought son into the world !;
and in the night when she was alone.
the guardian angel came to her and
said: IF thou wilt now confess the
truth, that thou dids't open the for
hidden door, then will / open thy
mouth and give the speech again But
II thou cOntlnuest obstinate in sin, and
Hest, then will / take from thee thy
new born child.
Then the queen was allowed to
answer, but she said, mo, ! did not
open the forbidden door"
The angel took the child in her
arms and disappeared with it. The
next morning when the child was not
to be found, murmur arose among
the people that the queen had killed
her newly-bOrn child.
She heard it, and could not explain,
but the king would not believe it, be-
cause he loved her.
After year, another son was born,
and again the angel came to her and
said: IF thou wilt acknowledge that
thou hast opened the forbidden door,
l will give thee thy child again, and
loose thy tongue. But if thou con-
tinuest in sin, and lest, then take /
with me thy newly-born child"
The angel teok the child from the
mothers arms and went with it to the
land Of happiness.
In the morning when the people
heard that the child had disappeared,
they said loudly, Tho queen has
eaten it! :" and desired of the kings
that she should be tried.
But the king loved her and would not
believe the tales, and commanded the
not to speak Of it again, on
penalty of death.
On the next year daughter was
born and yet again the angel came in
the night and said, "FollOw me-" and
took the queen by the hand and led
her to the land Of happiness, and
showed her her two sons, who smiled
upon her when they saw her. As she
rejoiced over them, the angel said;
IF thou wilt now confess that thou
hast opened the forbidden door, / will
give thee back thy two sons.
For the third time the queen
mo, / have not opened
The forbidden door"
The angel let her sink again to the
sarth, and took to herself the third
child.
The next morning when it was ru-
nored that the child vanished, all the
people cried aloud: 1.-The queen is .
She must be judged"
The king could no longer refuse to
rear bis councillor. A court was held,
md because the queen could not
lnswer or defend herself, she was SEN
enced to be burned on the funeral
pile.
The wood was brought. and then
he was bound to the stake, and the
lanes began to curl around her, then
he hard ice of pride melted, and her
,eart moved with repentance, and she
bought. Gould ! but confess before
die that / opened the forbidden
loor." Then her voice came. and she
ried aloud: "Yes. angel. I am
,uiltyr
Then the heavens began to rain, and
luenched the flames. and over the
queen shone q bright light; before her
lppeared the guardian angel, and on
ach side were the two little sons, and
q her arms lay the little daughter.
nd she said: "Whosoever repenteth
nd confesseth bis sin, to him il il for
,iven." Then she restored the children
o their mother. and loUsed her tongue.
nd gave her happiness to the end Of
'.r life.-Sprngiea Republican.