The Portland daily press., 1880-01-03

area Salu, surely IHe pTluCc ID pCoiu0 iiAh"
self, surely he will not dare the dangers OF
lands distant from his kingdom!' But he
answered them that he would buy the jewel
with much faith and no fear; and so the
prince departed into other lands, and under
foreign suns and again stood facing the box
and the rays. But it opened not Still again
the prince went on, journeying into very far
countries and even into Egypt, but none OF
the magician priests of Isis or Osiris could
unfold for him the mystery. Thus he wan
dered an alien from his kingdom.
Now in one of the passes of Thessaly there
is a gloomy gorge where on one side rises up
a very precipice whose smooth sides are dot
ted with innumerable' caves; and on the
other side, one thousand feet below falls
mountain torrent And many years after
the vision the prince was journeyng sadly
back to his kingdom through this pass, and
the sun was streaming up the gorge in
great column of light before sinking behind
the Thessalian mountains. Suddenly, with
noise Of rushing winds and discordant
shrieking the demon of the pass issued from
his cave upon the mountain side, and swoop-
ing down stood between the sunlight and
the prince. "Now yield me up the casket.
Thou canst not look within. Thou canst
not see the jewel. Quick, e'er thy Shrek
mingle with the hiss of yon waterfall" At
these woods of the monster great trem-
bling, which was not fear, seized the prince.
''Demon, unless 1 yield it, thou canst not
take it but only Stay me, for the genius of
the sunlight is stronger than thou art. For
long have centered my life in this casket,
and for the sake of its jewel that cannot
see shall it go with me to rest in yon whirl-
ing torrentp'
And as the prince spoke these words the
rays of the sun again converging, as in the
garden, showed him the sunspirit, and the
monster fleeing away, while from the same
golden genie he heard the words: 'Look
to the casket; for in the this sunlight hast
thou reflected from thy devoted and courage
Gus eye the pure light which is also re-
fected from the facets of the stone"
Quickly the little golden genie vanished:
and 10! it was midnight; while under the
vealed the beauty of the flashing jewel, ire
descent with all hues, like a diamond girt
about with rainbow. And the prince
passed from that Thessalian valley to his
kingdom. And when he was come to the
plain of Althusa there met him royal train
of horsemen, and one who rode before clad
in silver armour, When distance had COW
cred the sound of the cymbals, and dust the
cleaning of spears, the prince sought the
explanation of so beautiful a pageant from
one who answered him: "These be the CO.
horts Of the king of Zobar, Almacin, who
captured the city wherein reigned the father
of Prince Hasfx who VANDERBILT. Almacin
rideth to hunt four days, and when he re-
turns will wed the princess, who is the niece
of Alcestin." GLOW say you," quoth Has
fix, 'is the King Alcestin dead, and will an
enemy wed the princess and rule in the
city," sit is" replied the stranger, "be-
cause Hasfx loveth not the city of his
YOUTH And the prince was sore amazed,
and saluted the stranger, and when very
soon the towers of the city appeared, he
turned aside under the shadow of the olives,
casting himself down and mourning for the
king that was dead, the princess in captivity
and the fair land Of his youth. Taking the
casket from his bosom he gazed upon the
| jewel and said: calais for thy beauty, oh
| jewel; would that could see the garden
| wherein first longed to gaze upon theep'
| And 10! as the prince gazed into the depths
| of its brightness, he saw vision in the
| stone This was the vision:- the palace
| garden, with a beauteous court beyond,
| whose circumambient colonades were sup
ported by alabaster pillars. In the fore
| ground were three fountains, and thence
sloped away lawn set with vases. Upon a
divan beneath the roof was the most beauti-
full princess. Her hair reflected the gold of
the sunlight. Her eyes were darkly lustrous,
with long lashes. Her golden girdle con-
| fined but slightly the misty white which
| partly yelled her beautiful form. Her at
PENDANTS stood around her like tulips about
a rose. One of these, as the prince listened
intently to the whisper which he heard, de-
sired permission to gain the key of the pris-
on of the ancient city guards from the
gaoler and liberate them, but the princess
gain the key from the gaoler, thy lover,
since the prince is an exile, and but cap
tive princess. And as the prince, by the
virtue of the jewel, saw this picture and
heard the voices, he was moved greatly.
And when he had arisen and Frustrated
himself he went on to the gates, and, pre-
tending to be a merchant, passed within
When he passed the prison he saw the sleep.
ing gaoler, and within the old guards Of the
king, his father. When he came to the pal
ace he said to the keeper, "admit, pray
you, the bearer of this box of seed from
King Almacin to the princess" and when
he was come into the garden, he babe a
slave carry the casket to the princess. The
princess, seeing the box, recognized the
present given to HasfiX the prince, and was
filed with trembling and cried aloud and
rent away her veil, and fell at the feet Of
the approaching prince. And the prince
was filled with love for her beauty. When
the attendant, whose lover was the jailer Of
the cohorts of the dead king, had gained tine
key, and the guard knew that the wander
ing prince was come, the whole city was in
an uproar from the shouting, while the gate
keepers of Almacin were overpowered, and
the gates closed upon that king, who, wher
the four days had passed, went away into
his own country, because the walls of the
city were high and strong, and because he
dreaded the prince, possessor of the won
der full jewel, the report whereof had filled
all the surrounding country. After this
King Hasix made great feast, and married
the beautiful princess, and filled the city
with revelry and dancing, and with the
shouts of those drinking wine in honor OF
the new king
And this is the story of the Princes Jewel