The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24

must take the piece of glass which is
under her left foot and break 1t, for it Is
the COLLINS life; as soon as it is in pieces
the goblin will expire. He must then
throw himself on the witch and kill her
with his sword"
The prince rose from the grass, and, act
ing on the advice he had Just heard, he
very soon found the well, and went down
it by circular path, but the lower he got
the hotter it grew, till the poor prince be-
gan to feel giddy, sick and faint, though
he kept up brayely and never thought of
turning back. AT last he found himself in
the room, took the piece of glass without
waking the horrible old WITCH broke it in
to hundred pieces, killed the witch and
climbs out of the well, and was surprised
to find himself in a lovely garden, near
another iron gate much bigger than the
first, which he tried to open. AS he could
not do so he walked about the garden, in
which was large tank of running water.
quenched his thirst at it, and stretched
himself under tree. where he soon fell
asleep. He awoke hearing the same doves
speaking in the tree on 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 its doors fly open put
his hand in his pocket and take out three
gold coins, hich he must throw into the
mouth of the black serpent which will
come out OF the gate with it's mouth
opened 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 a 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 hor-
rible black head of an enormous serpent
came out, showing its fangs. The prince
threw the money and the ugly rep
tile died. The prince soon found
himself in another and much prettier
garden, and, feeling hungry, looked
about to see if he could find some
thing to eat. Fruit there was in abundance,
so, gathering up six splendid apples, he
ate them, and then walked up to the beau
tiful palace he saw in front of him. he went
through many lovely rooms, full of rare
and costly things, each one more splendid
than the last, but the prince began to feel
depressed at the great silence, for not a
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At last he reached the second story, and
going into the last and handsomest room
he shortly became aware that beautiful
young lady was asleep on low couch not
far from where he was standing. He hest
tatingly approached her to have a 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 go away as fast as he could, for this was
the goblin's castle, and that either the COB
lin, the witch CHS mother) or the black
serpent would eat him. Then he told her
his adventures and she told him hers
When she was child she had been stolen
from her fathers kingdom, and manv
princes and young men had lost their lives
in trying to save her and take her away
from the COLLINS castle.
She thanked Prince Akbar courteouslv
for having freed her. After living few DAYS
with that lovely princess, the prince, find
ing he loved her very much indeed, asked
her to become his wife. She consented.
They then mounted on horseback to 90
back to the princes fathers kingdom. but
as the princess was afraid of their rot
being able to find their way back to the
goblin's castle, which was theirs now.
she loaded a horse with two bags
of lime and cut hole in each bag
so that trail of lime lay all along the
way. They soon arrived at the Kingdom of
the princes father. The king was very
happy to see his son again and also to see
what beautiful bride he had chosen. The
prince told his father about all the adyen.
lures he had had. The year was now over
and after this happy wedding had been
celebrated the king chose Prince Akbar as
his heir. The prince now inhabits the
goblins castle, where his father occasion
ally visits him. And if any of you little
sahibs and khanoums gentlemen and la
dies) wish to go and see him you have oniy
to find the COLLINS castle, for the prince is
very hospitable and will make you wei.
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