Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
THE ENCHANTED CAVERN.
ERNEST n. HEINRlCHS.
WRITTEN FOB THE DIsPATcH.1

| she said, until you find a horse with
| young man and young lady on his back.
Take the young lady away, carry her to the
Enchanted Cavern and await my arrival.
The winged monster at once disappeared,
and not long after the two fugitives saw the
| ugly vision swoop down upon them. Before
1 the Prince knew what was the matter he
| saw his beloved Princess carried away
| through the air. For a moment he thought
! he had lost his senses because the whole at
fair had only occupied five seconds. Then
he thought about what ought to be done
next, and he Immediately recalled the WIZ
| ard.
II will go to him and ask his advice in the
matter" he said, and so he did.
When the wizard had listened to the manner
in which the Princess had been stolen and
by whom he replied:
"That is the work other ugly sister, who is
jealous of the beautiful lady on account of
her good looks. The monster who stole her
was one OF the Princess menials, and he has
taken her to the Enchanted Cavern. Now,
if you will follow my bidding you shall res
cue her,"
"All right" said the Prince, what must
do?''
Follow me to my stable and will give
you another horse, the feetest animal in the
world. Let the horse run its own gait and
its own road, and in three hours you will be
at the Enchanted Cavern. Then hide your
horse by giving him one of these pills, which
will make him invisible to everyone except
yourself That being accomplished, drink
the contents of this little flask. 1t contains
the elixir of witchcrait, and while you are
under its influence no witch, demon or
monster can harm you. You may then
boldly enter the Enchanted Cavern and
Princess IN
mind you of one thing before you go. The
influence of the elixir will only last five
minutes, and in that time you must accom-
plish all you want to do, or else your lady
love will be forever lost to your
The Prince thanked the kind wizard, and
hurried to the Enchanted Cavern. He gave
his horse the pill, which made him invisible,
then he drank his elixir of witchcratt, and
be entered the cavern. On all sides he saw
witches and monsters of all kinds, but when
ever they saw him coming they fled for their
lives. At last he got into a small room
where he observed the beautiful Princess
lying like dead in large stone coffin. With
the greatest exertions he succeeded in getting
her out and carving her away But at
every step the witches and monsters of the
cavern followed him. In the meantime the
five minutes were nearly elapsed, and the
nearer the allotted time was up the more
witches came around him. While
they could not touch him, they
tried nevertheless to frighten him by max
ing hideous faces. But the young Prin.s
carried his valuable load fearlessly throu sh
the cavern and he gained the fresh air just
the tenth part of second before the five
minutes were over. Quickly he ran to his
horse and then once more the race for life
began. The horse ran straight for the wiz
ard of the cloudless sky, who received them
all with open arms. The Princess, who had
by this time become nearly exhausted from
her exciting experiences during the last day,
stayed here to get some rest. After a while,
however. the Prince and Princess took their