Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-07-28

olu woman, nooonng away toward the
heart of the forest.
~Let her not sleep o. nights.
@What means this gibberish?" ex-
claimed the prince. angrily. Then he
reflected: SHOULD there be truth in what
she says?1 And turning his horses
head, he galloped through the wood to
the high road, where the kings hunts
men waited to escort him to the palace.
There he sought the king and laid bare
his heart, and vowed he'd throw himself
from the rampart's crest if he be not
given Renee for his wife.
So the king was forced to give his con-
sent.
That night the prince sent 90 sweet
voiced minstrals to the village, and all
night long beneath her vine wreathel
window they sang the love of the prince
FOR Renee. The girl listened. The words
touched her heart, the music sway ed her
spirit, and that night her eyes were not
closed IN slumber. In the morning she
was weary and sought the shade of the
forest. There she found the prince, who
looked into her eyes and made her listen
TO the story of his love from his own lips.
And wilt thou love me. Renee?"
Nay, can not!" said Renee.
@Dost love another, then 2"
"Perhaps!' she answered. drawing
away her hands
Let her not sleep o. nights!' said
voice behind him, and the crone hobbled
by.
Each night the minstrels sang under
Rcnees window. Each day she met the
prince in the forest. She found him fair
and gentle. The lover of her dream had
blue eyes. tender as the summer sky.
But, thought Renee. looking at her
prince, dark eyes can be tender, too.
Still she said him nay.
"Woo not with too much sweetnessl"
cautioned the old mother, coming sud
denly upon the prince where he sat. dis
consolate, beneath great tree. Music
sometimes soothes to slumber.
So that night the prince sent the keep
ers to beat the royal hounds beneath the
window of Renee. All night the miser-
able brutes howled-all night the keep
srs lashed their whips; and in the morn
ing Renee, pale, languid, worn with a
weeks vigil, laid her little tired head on
the arm of the prince and could not in
any manner say him nay.
Make haste to malryi" cried the old
woman, crossing the homeward path of
the prince.
SAY, that will II" cried he, and thou
shalt be a duchess, mother, ere to-mor
COWS sun goes down!'
A gilded coach bore Renee to the pal
ace, and when she stepped forth, clad in
her white communion robes, even the
unwilling king found her fair, and kiss
ing her, he called her daughter.
The aged crone was bidden to the feast
wherein the village gossips saw the
confirmation of their suspicious. How
but through the interference of Satan
could an old peasant get an invitation to
,ourt? There she found occasi N to ex-
plain all to the prince, who feared a
rival, and bade him have a care lest Re-
nee's eyes close ere the marriage cere-
mony was over. So he whispered love
words in her ear all the while the good
priest mumbled the mass, and as soon as
it was at an end he led her to the bridal
chamber.
The moon streamed through the case
ment In the court below 20 sweet
voiced minstrels sang the hymn of Hy-
men.
@Ahl send them awayl" cried little
Renee, for am weary, and fain would
sleep!"
And SO thou shalt, my princessi" said
her husband, closing her lips with a kiss,
~for henceforth, shall be the lover of
thy dreams