Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27

within the boundaries OF my realm unless
you have learned the lesson that Queen is
not only ruler, but that she must also be
friend, sympathizer and not destroyer,
but a promoter of earthly happiness"
Thus spoke the King, and after he had
pronounced the awful sentence upon Queen
Anista he turned around, beckoning his
courtlers and friends to follow him and
leave the Queen by herself
The woman stood there like in a dream.
Her spirit of imperiousness was crushed,
and instead she became as meek, humble
and docile as child.
1T serves me right" she muttered to her
self 81 have been bad Queen all nv life;
but ohlis it too late for atonement? would do
almost anything to regain the love of nv
husband and the respect of the King" She
looked around for Matilda's body, but be-
hold! it had disappeared, and in the place
where the lovely child's form lay only a
few minutes ago, stood a most beautiful
fairy.
Come with me-" said the lovely vision,
II Will take you to the Fountain of the
Atonement, and if you are willing to reform
from your past life will help you," The
Queen willingly took hold of the fairy hand
and IN another second both vanished from
the eaEth, departing ior the Fountain of
Atonement.
In the meantime the King was in his castle
by himself He had rebuilt the walls and
helped other people to get their own houses
In shape again. Many years has passed
away, and most of the men and women of
the land had forgotten the terrible earth
quake and its APPALLING consequences. But
the King had not forgotten it. He often
remembered his wife, and although he
knew tnat his punishment of her had been
Just, still he loved her once and often in his
Loneliness he wished that she would come
back to him and help to cheer him in his
Lie. At last he took to hunting as pas
time, because the loneliness in his castle be-
came too oppressive
One day he went again into the depth of
the forest to chase the deer, the elk and
the bear, and in the excitement of the hunt
he lost his companions Then he forgot also
his road, and when evening overlook him
he found himself alone in the woods awav
from all human habitations He jumped
OF his horse and taking the saddle from the
animals back he laid il under a tree to use
it as pillow for the night. The King had
not been asleep very long when he began to
dream. A vision of three very lovely
ladies seemed to appear before him, and one
OF them he soon recognized as his former
Queen. Suddenly one of the apparitions
Il am the Fairy from the Fountain of
Atonement, this is your wife and this is
little Matilda, the gardeners daughter. I
have come to bring your Queen back to Won.
because she has atoned for all her sins and
iniquities. In the future she will be the
kindest and happiest woman in the world.
I have also brought back to life little Ma.
tilda, because Queen Anista said she could
only be happy again if Matilda lived.
Here, King. take them all back again. and
with them take all the happiness this world
and this life afford"
The King opened his eyes, and he soon
that he had not been dreaming
at al, but that the vision had been real. be. |
cause before him stood Anista, his Queen.
as beautiful as ever. She quickly ex,
planned to him once more that she meant to |
be as good as the fairy had said she |
would be. The King was overioyed. and |
when his friends found them soon after. the |
'ntire party went home to the royal castle. |
and there was great rejoicing throughout |
he land. -
Matilda, however, lived with the Queen
Anista tor the rest Of her days, and moth |
ng ever marred the happiness Of her exist
'nee.