The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-10-16

her long hair as in a mantle, and was
one of the most wratchcd and dis
ire; sed in the world.
One day, wi en- the trees were
again fresh and green, the king hunt
ed in the forest. And because deer
fled from him into the thicket which
surrounded the tree, he dismounted,
and with his sword cut path
through the briars ;and when he had
passed through, he saw under the
tree a beautiful girl whose golden
hair fell to her feet. He stopped and
looked at her, full of establishment.
Then he said:
"Who art thou? Why art thou
here in the wilderness ~
She made no answer, for she could
not. Then the king said:
wilt thou go with me TO my cas-
tle?"
And she smiled and nodded.
The king carried her in his arms
and placed her upon his horse, and
with her rode ZONE. When they
reached the royal castle he caused her
to be magniticently dressed, and
gave her everything in abundance.
Notwithstanding she was speechless.
yet she was so graceful and charming
that the whole court loved her, and
the king also, and he 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:
of thou wilt now confess the
truth, that thou did'st open the for
hidden door, then will ! open thy
mouth and give thee speech again.
But If thou continuest obstinately in
sin, and hest, then will | take from
| thee thy newborn child"
Then the queen was allowed to an
swer, 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 tie child YVES
not TO be found, a murmdr arose
among the people that the queen had
killed her nowly-bOrn child.
She heard il, and could not explain,
but the king would not believe II, be-
cause he loved her.
After a 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
| will give thee thy child again, and
loose thy tongue; but if thou contin-
uest in sin and licst, then take with
me thy ncwly-born child"
Then said the queen again:
"No, | did not open the forbidden
door"
The angel took 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, "The queen has
eaten il" and desired of the kings
councillor that she should he tried.
But the king loved her and would
not believe the tales, and commar d.
ed the councillor 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 green by the hand and
led her TO the land of happiness, and
showed her her two sons, who smi.-
ed upon her wien they saw her. As
she rejoiced over them the angel said:
"If you wilt now confess that thou
hast opened the forbidden door,
will give thee back thy two sons"
For the third time the queen an
swcreth:
"No, have not opened the door"
The angel let her sink again to the
earth, and took 10 herself the third
child.
The next morning when ii was ru-
morcd that the child was vanished,
all the people cried aloud;
"The queen is murderess. She
must be judged"
The king could no longer refuse to
hear his councillor. a court was
held, and because the queen could
not answer nor defend herself she
was sentenced to be burned on the
funeral pile.
The wood was brought, and when
she was bound to the stake, and the
flames began to curl around her, then
the hard ice of pride melted, and her
heart moved with repentance, and
she thought:
"Could but confess before | die
that | opened the forbidden door,
Then her voice came, and she cried
aloud, "Ycs, angel, am guilty "
Then the heavens began to rain,
and quenchcd the flames; and over
the queen shonc bright light be-
fore her appeared the guardian angel
and on each side were the two little
sons, and in her arms lay the little
daughter, and she said:
"Whosoever repentcth and con-
fcsseth his sin, TO him il is forgiven"
Then she restored the children to
their mother, and loosed her tongue,
and gave her happiness to the end Of
her life.