Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-10-05
SyETOSLAy 4, THE BULGARIAN.
or How the MiiIer's Daughter Became
Queen.

Or How the MiiIcr's Daughter Became
Queen,
Once upon a time there was n mil
Ter who had daughter named Sveto
slava, more beautiful than many q
princess. But the miller was a
thoroughly cruel and wicked man,
and when his wife died his daughter
was left wholly unprotected and eX-
posed to his wckedncss and his cruel
ty; and when he found that she was
not wicked like himself, his evil pas
sions stirred him to wreck the most
horrible vcngencc upon her; SO he
seized the occasion, when she was one
day innocently employed in the house,
to fall upon her and pick out both hel
eyes from their sockets, and to cut oil
both her arms and, thus mutilated
cast her out to wander through the
wide world
She walked and walked, suffering
everywhere the sharp pangs of hun,
ger and the pain of the wounds,
which gave her no rest. One day, as
she was walking YEARLY on, sue pre-
ccivcd all ut once smell Of fruit.
Her lips chance to touch the laden
branch Of most fragrant apple tree,
and she ate her fill Of the delicious
fruit, and afterwards went away.
Now this applc-tree was in the kings
garden, and no one was allowed to &c
near it, You may perhaps imagine
how angercd the king was when one
morning the gardner came to him, in
tears, and said that seven apples were
missing from the reserved tree, and
that it was not known who had picked
them. He fell upon his knees and
implorcd the king To- forgive him,
promising To use the utmost vigilance
in future SO as to catch the thief il
possible.
The king was very wIoth indeed
with the gardener; but to no avail
More of those apples disappeared, and
therefore the king told him to search
in every direction for the culprit. The
gardener was glad to escape SO easily,
and went into the garden and hid
himself there and watched to see II
any one would come again to take the
apples. There he waited and waited
until ut last he prcceivcd the thief.
SvciOSlava had again followed up the
odor of the fruit into the garden, and
walked around the tree until she came
in contact with one of the prohibited
apples. The gardener Immediately
went up to her, seized her, and
brought her straightway before the
king in the palace
The king marEclcd exceedingly
when she was brought before him.
His dcmcanor suddenly changed as
under some magic spell. lie was no
longer angry. Svctoslava pleased him
greatly, and he felt compassion fol
her and her wrctchcd condition. He
gave orders for her to be well treated,
and asked her Who had pluckcd out
her eyes and cut of her arms. She.
however, did not dcuouncc her father.
but begged not to be asked about
that
After Il time, hc began to love Sve
toSlava, for notwithstanding her mutt
lation, she was very beautiful, he
thought of cspousing her, and was not
long i'll carrying out his intention. Ii
was regretted on all sides that the king
had taken to himself blind and
arnlcss conSort. The miller came to
hear OF the event, and was furious at
the news, and resolved III his heart to
be rcvCngcd.
The king gave NO heed To the opin-
IONS Of the people, and lived happily
with SyetoSlava. But nothing lasts
forever in this world. The king was
obliged To go away to make war, aud
entrusted the kingdom to his dear
spouse, and charged her To write to
HIM often, and told her that h; would
look for every letter from her with
great Impotence.
\ short time after this SvctoSlava
wrote a letter to the king containing
the joyful news that she was moth
or, The letter was dispatched by a
certain man, but, unfortunately, this
messenger was brihcd by the millerto
carry the letter, not to the king, but
To- him. The miller read through the
letter, and wrote another purporting
To be from the ministers, that the
queen was not behaving Mt all atrably.
and that she did not know at all how
to rule This letter he sealed and for
wardcd to the king.
1t is not to be told with what cha
grin the king read this letter. The
unfortunate man grew rs pale as the
wall, and fell into a SwOou; but
shortly recovered himself. and wrote
TO his ministers letter telling them
not to do anything III the government
but to wait until he returned from the
war. But the messenger went again
10 the mill, where he gave the kings
letter to the miller. who changed this
likewise for another. This time he
wrote as If under the kings hand, or
dcriug the queen TO be shut up and
we'll guarded till he returned from the
war.
The minister marveled much nj this
command; they even had some doubts
about fulfilling it. They were afraid
of the king, and of b,ing subsequent
~ punished by him; and SO they com
municated the kings order to Svetos-
lava, and begged hcr ut least to make
show of obeying the order, and re
tire into confinement, as they said tn
her they still regarded her with kind
ness. The unhappy queen wopt bitter
ly; but to what avaIll She knew not
what had come over the king; she be
came afraid of him, and obeyed, and
allowed herself to be shut up, where.
shortly afterwards, she gave birth To
a prince. Thereupon she wrote to tell
the king of this, and sent the letter by
the same messenger as before, who
was brihed this time also. and went to
the mill, where the miller took his
daughters letter, burned it, and wrote
to the king that the queens son was a
monster and asked what was to be
done with it and its mother. The king
wept bitterly when he received this
letter, and at once wrote back to do
nothing, but to wait until his return
home from the war. But the miller
intercepted this letter also, burned it,
and wrote another as if from the
country where the king was, ordering
the queen and her son to be immedia-
tely burned to death. The minis.
tiers We're very much shocked upon
receiving this order, and consult
ed together for a long time
how to act. On the one hand they
did not wish to burn the queen. for
che ,y.s x-orv rood and in No vvav