Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-10-29

hcnses and towers new by her like the
arms of windmill As swift as thought
he flew, aud iu moment he was at The
foot of a high rock. So steep and high he
could not get over
Bella Immediately began Il cry:
a. tt.s 10 re, IItIs ..tr {, & uisl
4 al mr. -. little hrr,e, bsaT u,s
tvrr ton AL ,.um.
Dvrr rOps' an Uiump,
Over tn river aud ,ver tie ssa,
Far away throu "a the ar, lltte unr.e. carry
lie had hardly pronounced the words,
when huge wings grew out OF the horse )
sides, and II changed into au cage, VIII oh
brought Bella TO the top of the Rocks
| There she cs led great rest, in which
sat little black, crippled dwarf 81 ear
ma den, he cried, "sqyG me, save me
no are you, ray ny dear little
mani" cried Bella.
Il am the husband Of the water witch,
who has enchanted me here, aud here
am condemned to sit till somebody frees
me, or till | have Matched these stone
eggs If You rescue William. who is in
the power If the water witch
Fella did not wait TO hear that a sec
ond time Sc, ok, what must do (" she
said
first you must dress yourself like a
man, replied the dwarf. so that the
water witch may not recognize YOU: aud
then you must snatch away the wire net
she wears ut her girde and imprison her
in ii forever
But haze no mems clothes, said
Bella.
"WeIl soon help you TO them
| answered the little man. MS lac pulled out
four of hi, red hairs He b cw them into
the air, mItlcring softly; they Instantly
turned INFO four talurs one Of whom
bore a cabbage head They seated them
selves around the nest and hogan to make
a suu for leila Out OF the first cabbage
leaf they made "A coat. out OF the second
yCs'; Two others gave tie liowiug
trousers, the heart ser led for ha.. and
the stump iuT s!ucS leila looked ike IA
noldeman in her new dress
he mounted her cage, and belO X her
self to the island of the water witch
here she changed the ca lie into a walk.
in--slan ami suffered herself IL he
brought hy the swan 10 the dwelling OF
the water witch,
At the S;gnl Of the young man in silk
aud satin the wafer witch was greatly lie.
lighted She brought Bella into the
pearl room and served her with wine
leila found " ill.am knife on the table,
and suck it into her girdle. Then she
went with the water witch 10 walk into
the garden and they both stpud beside
the sh tank leila leaned over the little
fishes with delight and when the water.
witch invited her TO remain with her she
said, -Ies, If you will permit me TO fish a
little in the tank.
The waIer.wtiCh suspected no harm
She gave her the net which hung from
her ride and said, laughing Now, let's
see what you will catch
Bella threw the net over the water
witch with "a cry OF JOY. Infamous
witch, bec0me in appearance what you
are in heart
The water witch shrieked but she was
quickly changed into an odiOus mush
room. leila drew the net closely over
il, and threw il into deep well, which
she filled NJ with heavy stones Then
size FASTENED back to the fish tank. But
the Sizes had already come up cut Of the
water, and were wriggling along in an
upright position toward Bella
She took the knife in her hand She
had obser" ed close to her feet frog who
wore little blue bell around his neck,
anu Sl8DSu heavily. one VuCueu ulIn
with the knife; the frog turned into Il
man who was no one else than William.
Then she touched the fishes and they im,
mediaiely turned to men
When she had done this the dwarf
from the high rock made his appearance;
lie sat in his nest as in carriage, and
the six stone eggs had been changed into
as many beetles. and were drawing the
| carriage
lie thanked leila thousand times. and
led her aud William to the treasure
chamber, which was entirely filed with
gold and precious stones. Both hlled
pockets, hats and handkerchiels; then
leila changed her stat into a winged
carriage which was large enough to hold
them both, aud which took them back to
their native village
Now they coud get married William
| bought all the land there was to be sold,
aud all the cattle, horses, sheep and goats
there were 10 be had, aud they built a
splendid house and lived Icing life in
peace and happiness