The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-02-01

that they no longer feared munger but tney
one day, leaving his sheep to Craze upon
the heritage that seemed TO grow album
dantly in some spots the peasant wandered
| pursuit of the most beautiful chamois that
he had ever seen. The animal was so swift,
however, that it constantly eluded the
| hunter. Over rocks and crags 1t ran, the
man ever at its heels,
Suddenly, hin a great boulder, it dis
appeared, but not before q shaft sent by
| the hunter had given 1t a fatal wound. Tor
he soon found 1t and prepared TO throw. II
over his shoulder. But bust as he was lift.
dog t Pish Gaf iS the e side eye of t fsss sisc sssn' Oh .
Full of amazement, the peasant dropped
the body of the channels and approached
the mysterious opening. But there, hts
ama1ement increased, for before him, lead
Marveling at this strange discovery. end
I moving like one In a dream, the peasant
descended the steps and found himself in a
large hall.
In the far end Of this hall he beheid q
door and fastening toward It he pusn NED
splendor. In a room, so large that its sides
seemed lost in the distance, he saw more
dreamed OF The floor was of alabaster, in
laid with gold and ebony. Wrought. gold
and silver, and rare Jewels Of all kinds
lay about in ~profusion.
The ceiling of this marvellous room was
like white woven clouds. sparkling with
gems Xix stars. Strange musical inetru.
uenlS were dttu0U, WHICH pldy6u vi tncin-
selves. their united melodies swelling into
q volume of sweet sounds such as mortal
ear had never heard.
In the midst of all this ~splendor was a
group of maidens, each one fairer than
her Deighbor, and sitting in the centre OF
the group was a tall, stately, wonderfully
white. with a golden girdle at her waist
and golden sandals on her feet. By her
side hung a bunch OF golden keys and be-
fore her was a golden spinning wheel, ex-
| OIltSltelY 1pWelPd. from which. as she SPUN.
came golden threads and filmy webs OF
brilliant colors.
magnidcence, nothing SO attracted the eyes
of the bewildered peasant as a bunch of
pale blue flowers that. the queenly wonian
wore on her bosom; to these he turned
again and again, in spite of the gold ana
jewels by which he was surrounded.
Now, this qneenly woman was the god
that country for her watchful care Of them.
Having made herself known to the peasant,
she thus spoke to him:
A that you see here is mine; choose
from it what you will, and it shall be yours
The peasant fell upon his knees before
the goddess, and then, raising his eyes, he
again saw that little bunch Of blue flowers.
A that | crave, most gracious queen
and goddess" answered the a%stounded man,
is the bunch of flowers that you wear.
Give me those beautiful blossoms and I
shall care nothing for the gold and silver
and the precious stones that I'LL your
Holda smiled when he made his request.
Tbs well chosen" she sud, as you
Will find. Take the flowers and as long as
they, remain fresh, 30 long shall you dwell
in the land and prosper. Take also this
measure OF grain, and with 1t SOW your
fields. Be ever industrious, as you arf
Then, raising her hand, the goddess dis
missed the peasant, and she and her train
And all the magnif1cence around them van
qnished, whilo the earth qualSed and tht
thunder rolled over the mountain.
The peasant looked around him and saw
that he was once more on the glacier.
Over IN the west was a glorious sunset,
with long, web-like clouds floating over
the sky; these reminded him of the god
dreaming. But looking down, he beheld
the blue flowers in Ms hand and the meas
ure Of seed beside him, and he knew that
the meeting had been real.
With his heart full of rejoicing, the man
descended the mountain and sought his
home. His good wife welcomed him warm
", but when she had heard of his adven-
ture she was indignant that he had not
chosen gold aud precious stones for his
gifts,
I'VE are SO so poor" she cried, "and yet
whom bounty il offered you choose a bunch
of worthless doWers!'
But the husband answered her not, and
several days after that he passed in filling
his ground, turning up the soft earth in
long straight burrows and sowing therein
his precious seed. His amazement was
great as he saw that the seed scarcely
diminished as he sowed, but was sufficient
70 spread over acres and acres of land.
Then, when the long summer days came,
he would steal out in the moonlight and
watch the tender. green sprouts, till, at
last, the whole field was covered with
little blue flowers like those he so care
fully preserved.
One NIGHT, as he sat there in the noon
light, wondering what sort of grain the
field would Yield. he saw, a din. cloud
saw It stretch out its hands, as If in bless
ing, and then 1t faded away.
Soon after that the Goddess Holda APP
peared to him again; She told him that
yielded to him an abundant harvest Of
fax. She taught him how to reap his
treasure and his wife how to spin the fax
and to weave and bleach the linen tina
ii produced.
The peasant and his wife grew rich. for
the neighbOrs were glad to buy the linen
and the naxseed. And while the husband
plowed and sowed and harvested. the wife
spun, wove and bleached the linen.
Years came and went, and they were
very happy during all that time. Their
children grew up to manhood and woman
hood and grandchildren came to bless their
old age. Then, one day, the peasant saw
that his bunch of blue flowers, which he
had kept fresh for many a year. had wilted
and faded. and he knew that his life was
nearing Its close.
Bidding farewell to his dear ones, he
once more climbed the glacier, looking for
the door by which he had entered that day,
so long ago. Often he had looked for it
since that time, but always without sue
cess. This day, however, he found II, and
having entered, he was seen no more on
earth.
nc legend here told is the story YOU
will hear in the Tyrol of how the good
Holda gave fax to the people.-Daily News,
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