Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25

inside, and with a silent prayer to God
fell asleep. The elements ragged with
out, but he cared not for the storm.
He forgot his cares and sufferings in
blessed, restful sleep.
While the traveller thus slept, all un-
conscious of what was preparing for
him, a huge bird with mighty pinions
alighted from the distant hills, and, lift
ing up the skeleton with the youth at
rest, bore them aloft to the top of Solo
mons tower. The burden then
the roof before the door of the beautiful
princess. Then the bird flew way
with a shrill scream that awakened the
young traveller. He arose in terror,
gazed about him, and began to walk up
and down the roof, from whichhe could
decry only the, rocks below and the
clouds above, In the distance he saw
the fast-disappearing pinions of the
bird that had brought him there, and a
sharp pang smote his heart as the full
measure of his Indebtedness was real
lied.
Suddenly he decries a woman advanc-
ing toward him. She is young and
beautiful, and with a commanding air,
vet gracious and kind. 1t was the
princess taking her daily stroll on the
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youth, exclaimed: sNWho art thou?
How earnest thou here ?"
81 am a Jew of Acco," was the reply.
cit was a bird that brought me-"
"But you are tired and tattered," she
continued. "Your face bears the mark
of misery. You look troubled and suf-
fering. Come, tell me your history"
He told her of his wanderings and
how he had sunkto rest in the skeleton
of an OK, and then of his flight through
the air. And she listened entranced to
his story, admiring his courage and
sympathizing with his SORROWS. She
had him clothed in new garments. Her
servants bathed and anointed him.
Then his eyes shone with a new radi-
ance and his whole being assumed a
strolled together kindred tastes were
revealed. For the first time the prin-
cess realized the beauty in her fathers
words, which he had written decades be-
fore: my friend is mine and [ am
HIS while the youth, as he contem-
plated the solitary tower and the i'm
prisoned maiden, exclaimed with Solo
mon: "A locked-up garden is my sister
bride, a locked-up spring, a sealed foun-
tain !"
The north wind blew and the south
wind blew. They loved, for both were
beautiful to each other and the world was
before them. What should they do?
Fly and seek happiness in some distant
spot, far away from the king?
NAY, nay, beloved !" she exclaimed.
"My fathers wisdom would discover
our hiding-place, and his chieftain,
Benaiah, would drag us back to Jerusa-
lem"
"There is one resource, dearest" he
rejoined, after a pause. Marry me
here"
marry you? Yes, that I will; but
how can we marry according to the law
of Israel? Where is the ink with
which to write the marriage certificate "'
Despair not, beloved. | am pre-
pared for every emergency" He
barred his arm, and, opening a small
vein, used his blood as ink, and the
marriage was secretly solemnized, with
the words: MAY God be my witness
to-day, and the angels Michael and Ga
briel."
Their spell of happiness was brief.
The custodians of the princess were
thrown into the widest CONSERVATION
when they discovered what had taken
place. They stormed, they ragged, they
threatened. But it was too late to
argue with the pair. No more time was
to be lost, SO they hastily sent the
swiftest-footed of their number to the
royal palace, and the story was soon
told.
Solomon at once ordered his mantle
to be brought. 1t was of green silk, in
terwoven with fine gold and embroid-
cred with images of all kinds. He sat
upon it, and swiftly was borne on the
wind to the solitary tower.
HWhora is the vOutb - he cried aS he
gained entrance, "who has dared marry
my daughter?"
NAY, father, the princess pleaded,
''be not angry with him. Reproach me
but spare him, for love is..our master,
and thou didst write in thy Song of
Songs love is as strong as death
$50 thou art the man who has pre-
sumed to marry a princess" he ex-
claimed, scornfully, as the youth was
brought to him.
80 king, be not we're / but obeyed
the words of solomon; Many waters are
not able to quench love, nor can the
rivers flood it away"
"Who is thy father, and where thy
dwelling-place ?" inquired the king.
81 am the Sol of a poor Jew of Acco,"
was the answer. Altamar is his NAME"
And the youths heart grieved as be
thought of his family's poverty.
"Whatr' quickly rejoined the king.
'the son of Altamar of Acco, the poor
est man in Israeli"
Eyes, 0, king" and the youth trem-
bled, but regained his courage as he saw
the princess step forward and take her
place proudly at his side.
"He is my husband" she exclaimed,
''accordingto the laws of Israel. With
his blood he has sealed our troth."
"He is indeed thy husband and my
son." said Solomon, reckoning both to
approach his throne. Chou art the
very man who the stars told me was
destined for my daughter. Thy name,
thy lineage, thy estate, proclaim thee
the same. God is the ruler of this uni
verso. Blessed is he who giveth a wife
to man"
A Too Conscientious BOOkbinder.
From the Lewiston Journal.
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