The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-09-11

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fate some unseen power prevented
her from sinking, andsshe could only
Goat lightly ON the hmpid surface
like petal from wild rose.
frightened and weeping, the girls
returned to the village and impaired
all that had happened to Winotah.
The chief rent his garment, scattered
to the winds the plumes that waved
so proudly on his head and grieved
for the loss Of his favorfte daughter.
After awhile he took courage and
went to view with his own eyes the
fatal spotwhere she had disappeared.
But the magical illusion was gone,
and the waterfall tumbled in ,unbri-
died fury down the mountain side,
as it had ever done within the mem
DRY of man. s..........
Meanwhile the princess, who had
lost consciousness when she felt her
self sinking, had been carried by Hal
Walla through his subterranean king
dom to beautiful valley, which his
magic had filled with wonders. When
she awoke, she found herself reclin-
ing ON grassy knoll, dressed in
bright garments, and the sunlight,
glihting through the shady trees, fell
on the form of a handsome young
chief standing reverently before her.
This was none other than Hal-Walla,
who had assumed this pleasing
shape as being most likely. to find ia
vor in the eyes of the maid In glow
ing words he spoke to her of love;
told her the secret of his being; told
her of his great kingdom in the bow
els of the earth; of the power he
possessed to bring good or evil for
tune to her tribe, and SO wooed her
for his wife. But the princess only
sighed in answer and reproached him
with tears for having removed her
from her people. Nothing that Hal
Walla could say or promise seemed
TO give her cheer, and he was forced
to realize that he had been too sud
den and must patiently seek to win
her by degrees.
"These beings require companion
ship" he said to himself when he
had thought the matter over. "She
must be amused. That will set ev-
erything right" And like flash he
flew out into the fields where II
maize was ripening, picked dozei
ears and brought them with a trium-
plant smile to the princess, who was
wandering disconsolately under the
trees.
''Fairest daughter of EARTH" said
he, 81 have brought what will give
thee joy. Take these ears of maize,
touch them with this magic rod and
give them the form of any being thy
heart desires"
So saying he wisely left the prin-
cess to herself, and she lost no time in
availing herself of the gift. Touching
one of the ears with the rod, she cried,
"Visula, dear playmate, appearp and
instantly Visula lay at her feet, kiss
ing her hands, and in her joy laugh
ing and weeping at once. The illu-
sion was so perfect that the princess
knew not whether she held in her
arms the real Visula or merely her
shadow. But this gave her no con-
Germ. She surrendered herself Who'll.
ly to the delight of having her dear
est friend with her, and the two
wandered arm in arm about the gar
dens and grottoes and groves with
which the gnome had adorned the
valley to make it a pleasant abiding
place for his fair prisoner.
The beautiful princess soon con-
verified all her supply of maize ears
into the girl friends she was accus-
toned to. She was now far less lone.
ly and seemed to grow brighter and
more content, so that Hal Walla con
graduated himself on his penetration
and the progress he was making in
the knowledge of human kind.
Butas the weeks slipped by the
princess began to notice that her
companions were growing pale and
sickly. She alone among them all
bloomed fresh and fair as a rose.
One morning when she stepped
from her wigwam what horror
was hers when she saw that they
had all turned old and haggard and
were so weak that they could scarce
ly novel In her terror she called
loudly for Hal-Walla, who imme-
diately appeared.
Base spirit, she cried, sis it not
enough that thou hast deprived me
of my freedom2 Why take from me
my only solace, the companionship
of these dear maids9 What has hap
pened to them2 Why do they look
so old and stranger"
Blame me not, fair maid, replied
the spirit. '|They are, if you re-
member, but ears of maize. AS long
as they were fresh the magic rod
lent life and youth to the forms they
borrowed. But now tin juices of
nature arc dried up within them, and
soon they must return to dust. Do
but touch them once again with your
rod"
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