The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-16

cruelty away.
Go away go awayr he exclaimed,
Wrathhlly. Go away. killer Of men!'
Then the vampire asked the King:
(which Of these three committed a sin1'
And the King replied:
THE serpent was created with poison
in his mouth what was his orimei The
wife OF the Brahmin filed with pity for
the beggar. gave him food; what was her
cTime2 The beggar swallowed the poison
without knowing II; what was his orimei
But the Brahmin drove his wife away be-
fore he had sufficiently reflected; he was
the criminal
Az he spoke. the body returned once more
TO the tree.
The King went back and again cut down
the dead man from the branch, and i'm
mediately the vampire began a third story.
'Vikrasema, this viii be short, but be
careful Of the question: he said.
There were once four brothers who
had studied deeply In all magical lore
Each one OF them claimed that he knew
more than the others. Soon their dispute
became so violent that they would have
struck Oue another, when the eldest pro-
posed
his deeds
Very WE'LL agreed the rest.
They went out in the forest, where they
presently discovered the bones Of a lion.
The eldest, by his art, fastened the bones
together and made the skeleton whole; the
second brother created the skin and the
hesh the third fashioned the claws and
caused the blood to flow through the empty
he AroNhar ~,
spirit Of life to the now perfect body Of the
lion. Then the lion fell upon the four
brothers and ate them all up.
A neighbor had been present at the dis
pute and as he ran away he thought:
There might have been three learned
men among them, but there was certainly
one fool"
which one was that, most scholarly
King2" demanded the vampire.
But vikrasema did not reply.
Then the vampire continued:
Twice, o King, hast thou yielded to
the trap spread for thee, and now thou
remainest silent. 1t Ia well. / am con-
tent with thee. Whatever gift thou mayest
/ ask Of me will give thee
/ Still Vikrasema did not reply.
Thou art silent; better and betterl'
. tAtldllNGu lAAb VAMPIRE NOH Will ANl4h0A
/ thee a service, The Yogi who has brought
thee TO the cemetery will battle and per-
/ fume the dead man whom thou bringest
| to him Then he will say to you:
king, PROSTATE yourself before me-
Thou must reply: I do not know how
TO PROSTATE myself. bow to none, while
all bow to me. Show me. then, how 1t u
done and viii obey
hg-..,tN
thee, when thou must unbuckle thy sword
in haste and cut on his head. Give me
his blood az an Offering and henceforward
forever more thou shalt possess every
bliss and happiness.
If thou dost not follow the counsel that
give thee, the Yogi will cut Of thy head
and he. instead Of thee, will acquire all
happiness. Do not AJAX me why the Yogi
seeks thy life nor why save thee. II is not
always wise TO seek too deeply into the
reasons Of things'
As he spoke the vampire vanished and
vikrasema, still carrying his burden, has
tened toward the Yogi
The holy man thanked the King loudly,
and after he had perfumed the body Of the
dead man he traced some magic circles
in the ground, uttering meanwhile mys-
! ferrous tOTtnulds linen ne hdlu 10 lle hllRs
King, PROSTATE thyself before me-
But the King replied:
Yogi have never bowed before any one,
and Il is before me that men have always
been PROSTATE, Show me, then, how to do
as you ask
The Yogi did as the King demanded, and
while he was PROSTATE on the ground the
King out OF his head. Then hs made an
Offering Of his blood to the vampire.
Immediately a soft rain Of flowers fell
from Heaven and the enchanting gandharvas
appeared, singing, while the beautiful
apasars danced in may circles.
Victory TO the King Vikresema, they
ohanted. Thou hast now acquired all the
bliss and happiness Of Paradise and thou
wilt reign over the whole world And II
there is yet gift that thou dost desire, It
is granted thee
Then said the King:
Il desire that the vampire may remain
always obedient to my orders, and further
that the stories he has told me may always
be popular and that whoever shall read
them, be he young or old, may learn wisdom
and understanding.