Telegram-herald., 1890-05-21
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before n- bul tlsy could hnd 10 one.
4 seoon3 and gnira time he b~l rang.
eut s-.ll 10 human Osing " - - De seeu.
A. leugth tie kslSer himself wxuE forth.
snd lie found large serpent, y hich lad
twlaxd itself roand the shaft u the pillar
and was theu IN tAe very acE u pulling
the bell rope.
''This IS Gods viii, said the monarch.
Let tie brute &c broRsh Defore me.
laay deny justice 10 uoRe Of Gods Great
ares. nan 0r beast
The serpent was accordingly usbered
into the imperial presence, and the kaiser
spoke O. it As he would 10 one Of his OWE
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Tue serpent made most ooar1eoas rev
srence aad sigRaled ia is own dumb
way for him % follow. lie did 40, ac-
c0mpanled by his court. aud the creature
led tnem 10 the shores OF the lake where
Il had is nest. Arrived there the kaiser
ySon saw the cause Il tho serpent's seek
ing hi,n, for It's meet, which Was full OF
eggs, was occupied 10y hideus tosd OF
nonstr0us proportions.
LET the toad be flung into the fre,"
ssid the monarch, "auc let the serpent
have the possession Of the nest restored
tolt"
Three DAYS after, as the kaiser again
est a. dinner, he was surprised al the ap-
psaUoce II the serpent, which this time
glded into The hail unannounced.
What does this mean?' thought the
kaiser.
Tile reptile approached the table, and
raising Itself ca It's tail dropped from III
mouth into an empty plate which stood
beside the monarch a precious diamond
It then silently disappeared. This dia-
nond tie kaiser caused 70 DO set in a
costly ring, which he presented 10 ais
wife. the much beloved Fastrada.
Now. this stone had the virtue Of at.
traction, and who 50 received it from
another, 50 long as he or she wore il. re-
ceiyed also the intense love Of that indi-
vidual. Il was thus with Fastrada. For
no sooner did she place the ring on her
Enger than the attachment Of the kaiser,
great before, no longer knew any bounds
IL fact, his love was more like madness
than any sane passion. But though the
talisman had full power over love. 1t had
90 power over death, and the mighty
monarch was sent into despair over the
sudden demise Of his wife.
lie was inconsolable. BE would not
listen to the voice OF friendship, but sor.
rowed in silence over the dead body OF
MS once beautiful bride. tie would not
allow her to be buried. At length Tur.
pin, archbishop OF Rheims, being made
aware of the cause Of the kaiser's in
consoia0le grief, contrived to engage hi.
attention while he removed the magic
ing.
Immediately that the talisnlan was 70
moved the spell was broken. The es-
,cem, hove that he had held for
Fastrada was now transferred to the
possess, Of the ring, Archbishop Tur-
pin.
The pious ecclesiastic was so perse-
,uted by the emperor affection that he
inaly cast the ta!isman into a distant
lake which surrounded one Of the mon
arch's castles.
An immediate transference of the roy
ii liking took place, and the monarch
thenceforth and forever after during his
lifetime loved this castle and lake as
man might love his wife. So much die
he become attached to it that he direct
ed that he should be buried there, and
there, accordingly, his remains res. until
.his Tay.-Jeweier Weekly.