The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-10
SLEEPING BEAUTY.
THE STORY AS 1T is TOLD TO PERSIAN
CHILDREN BY THEIR NURSES.
The Kings Test to Aid Him In Choosing
an Heir-The Adventures Of Prince Ak

bar With the Goblin. the Witch and
Three Doves-The Beautiful Princess.
A Persian woman of culture thus related
the old legend of the Sleeping Beauty"
as an old household servant was wont to
tell 1t to the children: Once upon a time
there was king who wished to appoint
one of his three sons as his heir. He sum-
moned his grand vizer into his presence
so as to consult him on this important
question. They decided to watch the
princes for year and Judge them accord
ing to each ones conduct. One day at the
beginning of the year the three proposed
to go out hunting. After some time the
eldest, Prince Abdullah, shot lion, and,
feeling tired, returned home. Prince
Housen, the second, shot bear, and as
he was satisfied with his days hunting,
returned to the palace. The younger,
Prince Akbar, spied gazele and pursued
it. Ho was soon lost sight of. His follow
ers who, after waiting for long time for
their master and having looked every
where for him, decided to return and tell
his father the sad news.
The king was very much grieved at los
ing his youngest and dearest son. He
sent many soldiers and men TO search tho
grounds where the prince had been last
seen, but without success, for nobody could
find any trace of him. and at last the king
gave up the idea in despair, feeling sure
that he would never see his favorite child
alive again. The prince, meanwhile was
running as fast rs he could after the ga
zelle till at last he arrived in front of
palace with an iron gate, over which the
gazelle leaped and disappeared He could
not follow 1t there so, being hot, tired
and thirsty, no threw himself on the grass
to rest u little. He noticed three doves
perched on the gate (they were really fair
les who had assumed that shape).
"Welll" said one, THAT prince is doing
very foolish thing, lying down there.
Perhaps he does not know this is the COB
Inns residence and that every Sunday
morning the goblin takes walk round
his property and devouIs anybody he finds
on 1t. He is certain to find that prince
Just near the gate"
"Well," said the second dove, she can
save his life very easily. He only has to
go down that. deep well, and when he gets
to the bottom of it he will find himself in
dark room, where he will see an ugly
old witch leaning over kettle and half
sitting on chair. Without waking her, he
must take the piece of glass which Is I'M
der her left foot and break it, for 1t Is the
goblin's life. AS soon as 1t Is in pieces the
goblin will expire. He must then attack
the witch and kill her with his sword
The prince rose from tho grass, and,
acting on the advice he had just heard, he
very soon found the well and went down
1t by circular path, but the lower he got
the hotter 1t grew, till the poor prince be-
gan to feel giddy, sick and faint, though
he kept on. bravely and never thought Of
turning back. AT last he found himself
in the room,i took the piece of glass with
out waking the horrible old witch, broke
it into hundred pieces, killed the witch
and climbed out of the we'll 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 walked about the gar
den, In which was large tank of running
water, quenched his thirst at it and
stretched himself under a 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 rs soon as its doors fly open
put his hand in his 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 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.
rble black head of an enormous serpent
came out, showing its fangs. The prince
threw the money and the ugly reptile died.
The prince soon found himself In another
and much prettier garden, and, feeling
hungry, looked about to see IL no could
find something to eat. Fruit there was
in abundance, so, gathering up six splendid
apples he ate them and then walked up
to the beautiful 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 felt depressed at the great silence,
for not living thing was to DO heard.
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 coucn not
far from where he was standing. He hest
tatingly 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 go away as fast rs he could, for this
was the COLLINS castle. and that either the
goblin, the witch (his mother) OF the
black serpent would eat him. Ho told her
his adventures and she told him hers.
When she was q 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 COLLINS castle. She
thanked Prince Akbar very courteously
for having freed her.
After living few days with that lovely
princess the prince, finding he loved her
very much indeed, asked her to become his
wife. She consented. They then mounted
on horseback to go back to the princes ia
Tiers Kingdom. but, as the princess was
afraid of their not being able to find their
way back to the COLLINS castle, which
was theirs now, she loaded horse with