Year: 1862

the king Of the arrival OF the ofhcer, and the
king no sooner heard of it than he gave orders
for great barrel to be well fenced with iron
hoops, which was forthwith done, and the
barrel was brought to the king, who, seeing
that all was ready, ordered his daughter and
the fool to be placed in the barrel, and the
barrel to be covered with pitch. No sooner
had tbs been done than he commanded the
barrel to be cast into the sea, and was forth
with obeyed. The king then returned to his
palace, and the barrel abandoned to its fate,
foated about for some hours. The fool all
last, and perceiving that he was in darkness,
he asked Of himself-"Where am ?" for he
imagined that he was still alsne


"You are In barrel, Emelian," said the
princess; "snd they have placed me with
you"


"And who are you ?" asked the fool


81 ann the kings daughter" she replied
been placed In the barrel with him.
Thereupon she begged him to deliver him
self and her from the barrel. But the fool
made no other reply than


81 am warm enough here"


spray have mercy upon me" said the prin-
cess. Take compassion on nay tears, and de-
liver me out of this barrsl.''


"I'll do no such thing" said Emelian, "I
am lazy"


The princess began again to beseech him:


"Have mercy upon me, Emelian save me
out Of this barrel, and do not let me die''


The fool being moved by her entreaties and
tears, said to her:


every well, will do this one thing for
you" After that, he said seftly to himself
"At the pixies behest, and at my request, cast
up, sea, this barrel, in which we lie, ON some
dry place, as near as possible to our own coun-
try; and do thou, barrel, on coming to dry
ground, 90 to .eces Of thyself."


Scarcely had the fool uttered these words
when the sea began to heave, aud forthwith
cast the barrel on dry ground, whereupon the
barrel went to pieces Of itself. Enelisn arose,
land on which they were cast, and the fool
perceived that they were on beautiful island,
on which were great number of trees Of diff
ferent kinds, with all kinds of fruits; and the
princess, seeing these things, was very much
rejoiced that they were upon so beautiful an
island. In little time, however, she said


"But, Emelian, where are we to live, for
here / don't see hat or any kind Of shelter ~


"You are already hanksring after something
more


"Do be 50 kind, Emelian, as to order some
kind of house to be built" said the princess,
''in order that we may have some place to
take shelter in when it reins;" for by this
time the princess knew that he could do any
thing if he did but please.


But the fool sand:


"I am lazy"


WhereupOn she began to beseech him again,
and Emelian, touched by her entreatiss, was
obliged to do what she desired and going a
little way apart from her, said


"At the pixies behest, and at my request,
may there be erected, in the midst of this
island, palace, which shall be twice better
than the kings; and may there be from the
palace a crystal bridge to cross the water by /;
m IA in ha oil oil inAa of
servants"


Scarcely had he pronounced these words
when an enormous palace with a crystal
bridge made its appearance. The fool and the
princess, entering the palace, perceived that
there was plenty Of magnificent furniture in
the rooms, and that there were numbers of
people, both lackeys and officers, Of various
descriptions, who were awaiting the commands
of the fool Tho fool, seeing that all these
people had q decent and honorable appear
ance, and that he alone was a lout, wished to
be made better, and therefore said;


"At the pixies behest, and at my request,
be now made youth so handsome as to have
no equal, and possessed Of the very best Of
understanding


These words were ssaroely uttered when he
became so handsome and intelligent that
everybody wondered. After this, Emelian
sont one OF his servants to the king, to invite
him and all his ministers to the palace. The
messenger of Emelian rode to the king over
that same crystal bridge which the fool had
built. On his arrival at court, the ministers
presented him to the king, whom the messen-
ger addressed in this manner:


"GraciOus Sir 1 am sent by my master
with his humble compliments to invite you
to dinner"


"Who is thy master ?" demanded the king


But the messenger replied


81 cannot tell you, gracious Sir, anything Of
E. q IL =
to say whs he Was); "but after you have
dinsd together he will give you full account
Of himself"


The king filed with curiosity TO know who
it could be that invited him to dinner, told
the messenger that he would come without
fail; and the messenger forthwith returned.
Scarcely had he arrived when the king, with
all his ministers, came riding over the bridge
to dine with the fool


On the arrival of the king at the palace
Emelian went out to meet him, took him by
the hand white as snow, kissed him in the
mouth sweet as sugar, and leading him into
his palace Of white marble, set him down to
the oaken table to the feast of sweet things
and mead; and the king with his ministers,
sitting at the table, drank, ate, and were mer-
~. Now when they got up from the table,
and sat In their places, the fool said to the
king:


"Gracious Sir, do you know me and who
am?"


But as Bmelian was then in splendid dress,
and moreover as his face was very handsome,
It was impossible to recognize him. There
fore the king said that he did not know him.
But tho fool said to him:


''Gracious Sir, do you not remember how q
certain fool came driving to your court on q
petsch, and how you shut him up with your
daughter in barrel, which you covered over
with pitch, and caste out upon the sea Know
now that am the very same Emelian."


The king, seeing that it wss the fool who
was now before him, was very much frighten-
cd and did not know what to do. But the fool
st that moment went for the princess, and led
her before the king. The king on seeing his
daughtsr, was very cauch delighted, and said
TO the fool:


81 have sinned grisvously against you;
therefore give you my daughter as q wife,


The fool, on hearing these words, most hum
bly, thanked the king: and as Emelian had
everything ready for the marriage, it was GEL
ebrsted that day With great magnifcence. On
the next day the fool gave magnificent ban
quet 10 all the ministers, while for the common
people hogshesds were brought out full of all
kinds Of drinks. When the rsioioing Was over
the king offered to resign his fingdom to him;
bat he refused TO accept 1t. Thsreupon the
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