Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-07-08

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thought of turning back. At last he
found himself in the room, took the piece
of glass without waking the witch, broke
it into hundred pieces, killed the witch
aud climbed out of the well and was sur
prised to find himself in lovely garden,
near another iron gate much bigger than
the first, which he tried TO open. As he
could not do so, he stretched himself un-
der tree, where he soon fell asleep. He
awoke hearing the same doves speaking
in the tree, on a branch just over his head.
The third one was speaking;
"If he wants to open this iron gate, he
must try and do it with the point of his
sword, and as soon as the doors fly open
put his hand in bis pocket and take out
three gold coins, which he must throw
into the mouth of the black serpent which
will come out of the gate with its mouth
open, ready to eat the Prince. If he can
do this quickly, the serpent will die as
soon as the money is in its mouth, and the
Prince will set free lovely Princess, but
he will have to look for her.
Rising, the Prince once more did as
the doves had said when his sword
touched the gate the doors flew open and
the horrible black head of an enormous
serpent came out showing its fangs. The
Prince threw the money and the reptile
died. The Prince soon found himself in
another and much prettier garden,
through which he walked up to the beau
tiful palace he saw in front of him. In
the handsOmest room of this he found a
rarely beautiful young lady asleep on q
couch. He hesitatingly approached her
to have better view of her face, and
thought her so lovely that he stopped
over her and kissed her. She opened her
eyes and was surprised to find young
man near her, and told him TO 90 away
as fast as he could, for this was the gob-
Inns castle, and that either the goblin, the
witch (his mother or the black serpent
would eat him. Then he told her his ad-
ventures, and she told him hers.
When she was a child she had been
stolen from her fathers kingdom, and
many princes and young men had lost
their lives in trying to save her and take
her away from the goblin's castle. She
thanked Prince Akbar very courteously
for having freed her.
After living few days with the love-
ly Princess, the Prince, finding he loved
her much indeed, asked her to become
his wife. She consented They then
mounted on horseback to 60 back to the
Princes fathers kingdom, but as the
Princess was afraid of their not being
able to find ther way back to the goblin's
castle, which was theirs now, she loaded
horse with two bags full of lime, and
cut hole in each bag, SO that a trail of
lime lay all the way.
They soon arrived at the kingdom of
the Princes father. The King was very
happy to see his son again, ard also to
see what beautiful bri,!a he had chosen.
The Prince told bis father about all the
adventures he had had. The Prince now
inhabits the goblin's castle, where his fa-
ther occasionally visits him. And if any
of you little sahibs and khanoums (gen-
tlemen and ladies' wish to 60 and see him
you only have to find the goblins castle,
for the Prince is very hospitable, and will
makeyou welcome Westminster Budget.