The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-05-17

you up IL drink that will cause you
to perspire the ugliest snakes from
all parts OF your body. am Il
woman wllorpwur,ls the kind hearted
and good natuted IL million!old for
the smallest tritic they do; but am
also woman who is incxorablc in
furnishing the wicked, especially
those who laugh at the aged and
make fun o! the poor and feeble. l
was pleased at your readiness to
offer your service to me and
carry that loud of WOO:
and l mean to repay you
kindness. Have you finished your
mell and have you drank your wine!
All right then; now let me give yo,,
something else. Take this ring that
have here and wear it around your
thumb. Tint ring has IL wonderful
power. 1t Gun undo every charm ol
witchcrait md magic and it will
charge the spell Of s0mery from any
one you tOtlcl. with it. Now, good.
hy, my Young fellow; make good use
of the gift and it will make your for.
tune.
Felix, who had been listening tn
the woman. lkein II dream, mrllan.
ically took the magic ring out of tht
woman's hand. Then hc put it OH
his thumb. and bidding Nerris good.
by he let,alcc,l his steps down the
hill. After he had walked about
two days, hc began to feel the won.
derlul effect of the dinner lie had in
Neris' log house. lie did not feel he
least hungry or thirsty, in fact lie
seemed to he so strong AMI vigor,
GUS that tirptlnrss AMI fatigue was
something lie did not know any
more"
"'rhe first towu | strike now shall
he the place where | will try my luck
in all earnest. Now that | can do
without eating andtlrinkng ought
to be able to make lots of money" :"
Thus Felix encouraged himself
while liz continued his way. Durin.
the evening he arrived in II very large
city, and no sooner had he got inside
the gate than lie heard everybody
talking about Il very extrao,li,nry
story. The facts we're these:
The king oftllc cit y had II conii,lcn-
tial servant, who was Il wizard. and
who had the secret power to change
any human lming into the shape OF
an animal. This wizard, so the story
went, was in love with the kings
dauglter, whom wanted to marry.
The king, however, when he H. ard oi
the matter, got so mad with Ills SER
want that he wanted to have him
killed. But before the c,ll;,g,sl mon.
arch could accomplish this design the
wizard servant changed theliinginto
IL donkey, and in that Shape it was
said the king was running about tile
royal castle. But that was not all
yet. The young princess, however,
liked the servant even less than lIcl
tatller, and when he came and asked
her to marry him she refused him
point blank. This made the wizard
very angry, and he told the Young
lady if he did not get IL more salts
fnctory and pleasing reply from lcr
hc would also change her into IN an.
imal.
But all his threats were ofnoavail,
and the young lady could not lm
moved by the wizard to share her
life with lis. lie promised her noun
talins ofgold, ship loads of dresses
and ear loads OF diamonds, but il
helped him nothing.
All this had thrown the city into :,
terrible excitement, but everybody
wasafr;lid tokill the servant who had
cnused all this trouble, lcmiglltturl
the whole town into II lnrllagerie il
he got mad ut every body.
1t WIS just ut the period OF events
when Felix arrived on the scene. no
sooner had he heard til" state of nt-
fairs when he resolved to try tile
quality OF his ring. liz went to his
room in the hotel where he was stay
ing, and here he put the ring round
his thumb.
No sooner had he done so than
behold! Nevis, the Wonderful Woman
from the Woods. stood lntor" Him.
"iou have called me, and ! am
her" to do your bidding. Don't m
afraid to speak, for ! will help you"
These were the words the woman
addressed to Felix, and he at once
told her of the calamity which was
tcrrorizing the people OF the town.
'ls that all, my friends? HIM, we
will casily help you in this. Get up
up mt $ O'Clock tomorrow morning
and walk outside of the city gate
until you get to the river. When
you arrive at the bunk of he stream
walk 300 steps to the lett, then 300
steps to the right and then again
800 steps to the left. When you get
to that place you will find a wonder
fully handsome horse, You take
that horse and head it into town,
right up to the castle. Everybody
will admire the animal and quite !,
lot of people will follow you. When
you get to the castle he wizard SER
want will he standing in the yard.
He is 81 great lover OF horses, and
when he comes to look ut tllranimal
ask him to buy il. II lie
refuses: beg lin to try and ride
it once; he may hesitate for IL few
minutes, but he persistent. Then,
when lie is on the horses back, and
he has his feet in the stirr,lps, just
tough the horses flank with Your
ring. No sooner will yon have done
SO and the nnimnl will ~ilIop away
with it's rider never to return again.
"Ofco,lrse when ehavc done that