The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-03
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Copyright 1855. by Longmans, Green 4
Company.


Inc King was a man that stood well
before the world; his smile was sweet
as clover. but his soul withinsides was
as little as pea. He had two sons; and
the Younger son was j, boy after his
heart. but the elder was one whom he
feared. 1t befeli one morning that the
drum sounded in the dun before it was
Yet day; and the king rode with his two
sons. and brave army behind them.
Tney rode two hours, and came to the
foot of brown mountain that was very
steep.
Where do we ride?" said the elder
son.
Across this brown mountain" said
lne KING, and smiled to himself.
MY father knows what he is doing"
SAID the younger son.
And they rode two hours more, and
came to the sides Of a black river that
was wondrous deep.
And where do we ride?" asked the
elder son.
Over this black river" said the king,
and smiled to himself
MY father knows what he is doing"
SAD the younger son.
And they. rode all that day, and about
tne time OF the Sun-Setting came to the
sac or a lake, where was a great dun.
1t is here we ride said the king;
10 a kings house, and a priests and
a house where you will learn much"
At the gates Of the dun, the King who
grave man, and beside him stood his
daughter, and she was fair the
morn. and one that smiled and looked
down.
These are my two sons" said the
first King.
And here is my daughter" said the
king who was a priest.
She is a wonderful fine maid" said
the first king, and I like her manner
of smiling"
''They are wonderful well-grown lads, -
Gqi6 fha SPPnnd I liza bai ora "
aty."
And then the two kings looked at each
other. and said, 1.-THE thing may come
And in the meanwhile the two lads.
looked upon the maid, and the one grew
pale and the other red; and the maid
looked upon the ground smiling.
Here is the maid that I shall marry"
said the elder. For L think she smiled
upon me-"
But the younger piucked his father by
the sleeve. "Father." said he, "a word
in your ear. If l find favor in your
sight. might not 1 wed this maid, for I
think she smiles upon me2"
"a word in yours said the king his
father. Waiting is good hunting. and
when the teeth are shut the tongue is
at home"
Now they were come into the dun. and
Toasted: and this was a great house, so
that the lads We're astonished; and the
king that was priest sat at the end
of the board and was silent. so that the
laGs were filed with reverence; and the
maid served them. smiling, with down
cast eyes, so that their hearts were en-
larGed.
Before it was day. the elder son arose.
and he found the maid at her weaving,
for she was diligent girl. Maid"
Quoth he. Il would fain marry YOU
You must speak with my father said
she. and she looked upon the ground
smiling, and became like the rose.
Her heart is with me- said the elder
son. and he went down to the lake and
sang.
a little after came the younger son.
Maid" quoth1a he 'S, If o our fathers were
You can speak to my father" said
she. and looked upon the ground and
smiled and grew like the rose.
younger son, ''she will make an obedient
Wife And then he thought, What
shall I do?" and he remembered the king
the temple and sacrificed = weasel and
a mare.
Presently the news got about; and the
two lads and the first ki.g We're called
into the presence of the king who was
q priest. where he sat upon the high
seat.
Little I reck of gear said the king
who was a priest, land little of power.
For we live here among the shadow of
things. and the heart is sick of seeing
them. And we stay here in the wind like
raiment drying, and the heart is weary
of the wind. But one thing | love, and
that is truth: and for one thing will
give my daughter; and that IS the trial
stone. For in the light of that stone the
seeming goes. and the being shows, and
all things besides are worthless. There
fore, lads. if ye would wed my daughter:
outfoot, and bring me the stone of
touch, for that is the price of her
"a word in your ear said the young
err son to his father. Il think we do very
we'll without this stone
"A word in yours" said his father. "I
am of your way of thinking; but when
the teeth are shut the tongue is at
home" And he smiled to the king that
But the elder son got to his feet, and
called the king that was a priest by the
name of father. For whether ! marry
the maid or no, 1 will cali you by that
word for the love of your wisdom; and
even now I win ride forth and search
the world for the stone of touch" So
he said farewell and rode into the
II think L will go, too" said the