The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-05-21

Albert Tschautch. german paint
err, is the author Of handsome paint.
ing called Little Snow.White. " The
story Of Little Snow.W bite" or, as
the Germans call her. "Schncewit.
chen" is that once upon time a
Queen sat sewing at her palace win
dow and looking occasionally at the
snow falling without. The window
frame was Of ebony, aud as the snow
lay on the ill il looked 81 beautiful
that she forgot what she was doing,
ard presently pricked her finger with
the needle. Three drops Of blood fell
on the snow, and it looked 50 charm
ing that the Queen said. "Ah, God
that | had child rs white rs snow,
as red as blood, and rs black rs ebo-
ny" Such child was soon born 10
her, and she died, leaving the little
one TO the Kings care. Soon, how
ever. he married again, and the new
Queen was 80 proud of her beauty
that she could not hear the thought
that in all the world was one more
lovely than she. In her bower was a
mirrow, TO which she would say:
"Mirror, mirror On the wall,
Iairest am not Of alll"
And the mirror would tell her yes.
Meanwhile Little Snow.White was
growing up, and one day when the
Queen questioned. her mirror it in
formed her that Little Snow-White
was a thousand fold lovelier than she.
Filled with rage and anger, shs gave
the little girl into the hands Of n
woodman, with instructions TO kill
her. The child's beauty touched him,
and he let her run free in the forest,
where enc day she found a little
house, upon entering which she found
u small table arranged for seven per
sous. She tasted the food and drank
a little wine, after which she lay
down on one Of the seven little beds,
and soon was fast asleep. The seven
dwarfs who owned the house, and
delved for the precious metals in the
earth soon came home, and seeing
her beauty let her sleep till morning,
when she told her story. They told
her she might live with them if she
would be their house-keeper. She
consented, and the dwarfs were very
fond OF her One day the Queen
consulted her mirror and found that
Little Snow-White was yet alive.
She poisoned an apple and sent it to
the child, who took one bite of it and
fell dead. The dwarfs mourned, and
carried her on bier for burial, but
she looked so lovely as she lay there,
her throat so white, her cheeks so red
and her hair so black, that they made
glass coffin and Inscribed on It,,
"She was a Kings daughter" This,
with the maiden in it, they placed on
the mountain, where one day a Prince
saw it. lie wept, and at last induced
the dwarfs TO let him bear it to his
palace. As his followers were carry.
ing it the jostling caused the piece OF
the poisoned apple to fall out Of the
maiden's throat. whereupon she rose
rs well rs ever, and married the
Prince. The wicked Queen consulted
her mirror, and now it told her thai
a new Queen was more lovely than
she. To test the matter she went to
the wedding ball, where she was as
tonished to find the new Queen to be
Little Snow.White. They made her
put her feet into the glass slippers
heated till they glowod like fire, and
thus she had to dance till she fell deaC
with anger pain and chagrin. But
the Prince and little Snow-White Isl
the story runs lived many happ!
years, were blessed with numerous
good children, and, in short, lived il
peace, died in Greece, and were burie,
in cake of tallow.
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