The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-29
THE LAST OF THE FAIRIES.

I'LL IAO1 vi 1I1L IAlAllISs
FROM THE FRENCH OF JULES sANDEAU.
was sixteen years old when she APP
reared to mefort the first time. I re-
member we'll that it was O beautiful
evening in May. Ihad gone out ofthe
city alone. l was wandering aimlessly
across the fields dreamy and restless
without knowing why. Ihad been for
some time OF this humor, and con.
stantly took refuge in solitude.
Isaw the sun 60 down into a sea of
purple and gold, the shadows ascend
from the hills to the plains. Thestars
shine forth one by one in the sky.
The frogs were croaking gently by the
ponds; the trills ofthe nightingale rang
out at long intervals. / heard the
leaves trembling in the night wind,
and the long grass blowing before the
breeze with a gentle and lovely sound.
The moon, white and radiant, slept
on the pearl of a cloud bank, whence
her rays fell in floods of silver through
out the night. The warm air was
laden with delightful colors, and along
the blossoming hedges I could hear
themurmnrs of the birds caressing
each otherin their nests.
Twas walking on, my soul open to
all these sweet sounds and perfumes,
when l saw a group of young girls
holding each others hands and sing
ing together on their way to the city.
They were singing in chorus of the
spring and of love; their fresh voices
Ubrated through the silence of the
sleeping fields like the distant sound OF
acascade. / hid behind a thicket of
hawthorn, and watched them pass
like a. group of those white, misty
shadows that gathered at night on the
k removing lightly together in dance,
and vanish before the rays of
the dawn. / could distinguish by
the starlight their brown or blonde
heads; | could hear the rustling Of
thelrgarments; l inhaled deeply the
: mysterious emanations they left in
Their passage, which came to me sweet
erthan the balmy scents of the even
ing.
When they had disappeared / felt
myself seized with a strange agitation,
and seating myself on amound on the
edge of the plain which spread itself
peIore me like a n ocean of verdure, /
mao my face in my hands, and gave
myself Up &c deep revery, listening,
surviving to understand the confused
sounds and ~iutterings that troubled
my senses.
Ell know not how to express what I
,elS. MY heart was oppressed and
ready TO burst. There was within it
. concealed spring which sought an
outiet, like o captive stream which
must ind room for its course. /
sobbed and wept; / found I knownot
"1at Wild delight in my tears.
now long | remained thus / cannot
zen. When / arose / saw before me O.
neaVenly creature who looked at me
nv, MIN q smile. A tunic whittier than
INES Tell in graceful folds from her
shoulders, and revealed on the grass,
mnlcn they scarcely touched, two bare
iSe1, as white as the marble of Paros.
hher blond hair hoated freely about
ner neck; her cheeks had the freshness
@nu brilliant color Of the flowers that
taowned her head; in the rosy alabas-
ser oi ner lace, her eyes shone like two
Seriwinkles blooming in the snow In
asl Aprifs first kisses. Her arms were
SHare, one of her hands lay ON her
~ ueast, while the other beckoned to
NC IN friendly invitation.
los scook q moment mute and motion
~ regarding her. DOUBTLESS she
same nom heaven, for heS beauty had
an ~ d IN 1t likethat of earthly maid
s4 s, \ saw shining about her an
atmosphere which enwrapped her like
..Mannlant garment.
Mho are your" I cried at length,
o.mullng out to her my eager arms.
Wy iriend," she answered in a
syace sweeter than that OF the night
81 naa, am the fairy whom the Kingof
~ Iena laid asleep in your bosom
.pe hour ofyour birth; this morning
: sleeping there still. | have just