The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-13

"8ut would they not be happier for
forgetting?"
I do not think So said the bishop.
and. bowling low TO her again. he stood
back, for he saw the king approaching
with the grand duke; and the king took
him by the arm and walked on with
him: but Csra's face lost the brief pen
siveness that had come upon it as she
talked With the bishop, and, turning
to her lover, she stretched out her
hands 70 him, saying:
y wish there was a cottage, and
that you worked for bread. While I
made ready for you at the cottage, and
then ran far, far, far, down the road
TO watch and wait for your coming"
Since a cottage was not too small. a
palace VIII not be too large" said he
catching her in his arms.
Thus The heart Of Princess Osra
found its haven and its rest: for a
month later she was married 10 the
grand duke OF Mittenheim in the ca
thedral OF Strelsau. having utterly re-
fused 10 take any other place for her
wedding. And again she and ne rode
fcgth together through the western
gate: and the king rode with him on
their way tsll they came TO the woods
Here he paused and all the crowd that
accompanied him stopped also: and
they all waited till the sombre depths
of the glades hid Osra and her lover
from their sight. Then leaving them
thus riding together TO their happi-
ness, the people returned home. sad for
the loss OF their darling princess. But
for consolation and that their minds
might less feel her loss. they had her
name often on their lips; and the poets
and story tellers composed very many
stories about her. not grounded on
fact as are those which have been here
set forth. but the fabric of idle imag-
innings, wrought to please the fancy of
lovers 0r to wake the memories of
Older folk SO that. if a stranger goes
now 10 StTelSau. he may he par7Oned
if it seem to him that all mankind
was in love with Princess Osra. Nav.
ard those stories so pass all fair
bounds, that if You listen to them Won
would come near to be. wing that the
princess also had found some love for
all the men who had given her their
love. Thus to MANY she is less a vO-
man that once lived and breathed than
some sweet image under whose name
they f00dly group all the virtues and
the charms of her whom thew love
best. each man fastening for himself
from his own chosen model her whom
." >7''S bis DrirN7eS. Yet ii NAV b,
that for some of them who so truly
loved her her heart had a moment's
tend7rness. Who shall tell ali the
shOrt-lived dreams that come and 60
the promptings and STRINGS Of a va
grant inclination? And who would prv
too closely into these secret matters9
May We not more properly give
thanks to heaven that the thing is rs
it is? For surely it makes greatly for
the increase of JOY and entertainment
in the world. and Of courtesy and ten
derness that the heart II Princess
Osra-or Of what lady you may choose.
sir. to call by her fN-me-sh0uld hutter
In pretty hesitation here and there
and 10 and fro a. little. before it flies on
a straight swift wing t5 its destined
and desired home And if You be not
the prince for your princess. why sir.
YOUR case is .. sad one. Yet there have
been many such. and still there is
laughter as wei as tears in the tune to
which the world spins round.
Put sun ruby zindies in the Vine
And many a garden by the water
blows
Wear your willow. then. as the Mar
quis de MerOsailles wore his-lightly
and yet most cOurteously-or wear it
as some say the Bishop of Modenstein
wore one-with courage and self-mas-
terry. That is-if you wear it You
1r'' You member what the Miller
Of Hofbau thought.