The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-17

that a most beautiful baby boy was
born with a tiny star in his forehead
According to the comadres the star
signified he would marry the kings
daughter.
Precisely at that time the King him.
self visited the city in disguise and
asked if there were any notable things
to be seen especially worthy of inter
est. He was told of the boy who was
to marry the kings daughter OF
course, he Immediately desired to see
the child.
He went to the house of the parents
and by making them a thousand prom
ises that he would educate him as he
would need to be if he We're to become
a prince, succeeded in carrying away
the baby. When in his power he
placed the child in a wooden box and
closing it, threw it in the river at mid
night.
But the box instead OF sinking be-
gan to float down the river like a lit
tie bark, until it reached the sluice OF
a mill, where it was seen next morn
ing by one of the mill workmen, who
fished it out to see what it contained
Naturally he was not a little surprised
with wide open eyes and a tiny star in
his forehead
He carried him to the mill owner
and as they had no son he agreed with
his wife to keep the babe as though
he were their own. And so they did
with tenderest love and watchful care
Many years passed. One night dur
ing a furious storm the bad king found
himself surprised away from his own
domain. Seeking refuge from the tenn
pest, he entered the mill.
There was the boy, already a gallant
youth. The king asked the miller if he
were his son. The miller replied that
he was not, and told of the strange
way he had come to them.
The king understood at once he was
the babe whom he had thrown into the
river with his own hands. Determined
to get rid of him forever, as he did not
wish him for his daughters husband,
he told the miller it was necessary for
him to send a letter to the queen and
the youth could carry it.
The miller agreed. So th9 king wrote
a letter to his wife telling her that as
presence she must have him put to
death and buried at once with great
secrecy, urging that all this be done
before he, the king. returned to the
palace.
The young man took the letter and
left the mill in the darkness of night,
but this was SO great and he knew so
little of the road that he was soon
lost in a dense forest, and could not
find the way out.
At last he saw light in a house and
went toward it, as he wished greatly to
rest. Knocking at what seemed a poor
hut, an old women came to the door
and opened it. Said the youth:
Il am very tired and wish to pass
the night here"
Thou hast called at an evil door,"
eo;3 +Io ala rx-opoap ss'Tbis ic a bo1se
of thieves, and when they return I be-
Iieve thou wilt fare badly"
II care not. 1 was carrying letter
to the queen and lost my way. I am
so weary I will face anything rather
than continue walking
LAS thou wishest. Come in and sit
thee on that bench
The youth did so, and fell asleep.
In a little while the four robbers ar
rived and the captain asked the old
woman VINO the youth was and what
he did there. She replied that she had
taken him in from compassion and it
seemed he was the bearer of a message
to the queen.
The robbers stole the letter and read
it. Learning what a fate awaited the
young fellow in the palace and sympa-
thizing with him, they tore up the let
ter and put in it's place another, which
they wrote themselves, ordering the
queen as soon as she received it TO
IN q Y,Y-v the messenger ro her daughter
The youth awoke with the daylight.
The robbers gave him breakfast, then
showed him a road by which he could
reach the palace quickly.
He arrived, and hardly had the. queen
read the letter, believing it from the
king, when she ordered the marriage of
the princess to the young man, which
was celebrated in the midst of great
splendor.
Afterward the king reached home, to
hear how badly his wishes had been
carried out, thanks to his letter having
been changed by the robbers. Full of
anger, he called for the youth and told
him he would not recognize the mar
riage unless he brought him three gold
hairs taken from the head OF the devil.
The young man promised and started
off in search of them, to the sorrow
of the princess. who was mucn in love