Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-13

When Basilopoulo returned he found
his wife greatly changed and took. !
strong dislike to her. So he spent thu
whole day in room apart, with his child
One day little bird flew into them anC
fondled them both with its wings, anc
then it began to sing:
Sweet Ire the SUMMERS of the king!
Night bearhis child on downy wing!
But let the gypsy woman lie
Full many an hour wthsleepless eye!
One day the false qneen heard the
words and she said to Basiiopoulo:
"Are you not going to tell some one t.
kill this bird, which deafens US day after
day." SIS aS@
replied the King, for ] swhile away my
time with that birds 5 ~
But the Queen pressed him every day
to kill it, and in the end, wearied out, he
let her have her way. She instantly
ordered her servants to seize the bird and
Kill it, but they were to take care not to
let single drop ofAits blood fail to the
ground.
The servants did not attend to her, and
Il drop of blood fell down, and from this
drop tree OF great beauty grew up.
One day the King went into the garden,
and seeing this wonderful tree, sat down
under the shade of its leaves. Then the
tree dropped down its long branches, clos
ing them about the King: and the King
was so much delighted that he did not
move from it, and returned every day to
sit there with his son.
The Queen also took it into her head to
sit in the same place, but the tree, drop
ping its branches, parted its leaves and
pricked her withits thorns
Then she turned to the Kings and ask cd
him to cut it down. IT
At first tie King refused, but at last
he ended by consenting. So che ordered
her servants to cut it down by the roots,
and not to give the smallest piece to any
One.F a#o 3
An old woman, who was passing, ask
ed tn em togive her branch to light her
fire. butin vain. Then the old woman
snatched a branch and ran away.
When she got home she forgot to put
it Oh the fire and left it in the corner.
Every morning the old woman went
out marketing. One day, when she came
back, she found the house put straight,
the fire lighted and the floors swept. She
asked her neighbors if they had not seen
any one enter the house, but no one had
done so, On the following day, ana
every day afterwards, the same thing
took place. et e+F .a-t.s.
Once she pretended to go out, and hid
herself in the house, in order to keep
watch. Then she saw woman, as beau
tiful as a Nereid, coming out of the
branch; and she Immediately clasped her
in her arms.
After that these two women remained
together, and the elder one felt great
love for her companion, who was so
beautiful and so good.
The news spread about that the old
woman had in her house lady as beauti-
full as Nereid. The King himself heard
of it and sent for the old woman to ques-
ton her. Then the old woman told him
all that she knew.
Basilopoulo at once guessed that it was
his wife, and he sent for her.
So she told him from the beginning all
that had happened to her, and he i'm
mediately ordered that her sister should
be tied to two strong horses and that the
horses should be whipped until they had
torn her to pieces for having pretended
to be the Queen. = b. u ...s E. ~
And they lived very happily.