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Show THE SANDMAN I STORIES Th Spell of the Ogreit PANT II. fetar knew there waa aome etrang power of Ik magia people at work, and wken tba goat came, with the burning brand ba look It from hia mouth, partly kerauaa ka waa afraid Ik gnat wauld be burned and partly bacaua b felt that waa what ha waa a peel ad to do- The bug gtaaia all thla lliae did not move. Thay atood wllb their face toward the while carta) ead did not aeam to notice What waa happening. W.tat be waa to do with Ibe brand bnw ba bald It l-etrr did not know, but lha goal, now atandlng on Ha hind lege, pointed loaard l he gianta. "Tou 4o not want ma lo throw It a them, 4o you ." aekeo Iwler. Tka gnat nodd.4 that he did. but though ha wanted lo help tha golrirn rairrd girl, feter did not warn to burn lha gtanla. Ht ill tha goat pointed and then he be. gaa la dance annul unltl I'eter waa afraid the gianta might dterovar tkm and Put an end lo everything. Urttng the burning brand high above hta bead, Paler burled II, hoping II would go over th haade of lha glanla and etrtke th oaell which they were hiding. Hla wteb waa granted, for aa anon aa ba threw It the brand aeemed lo rlee above the baade of the glanla and than fall in lha center of the group. In another Inalant lha gianta had 41a-eppeared 41a-eppeared and the wblta ceeil waa In fUmea . Th girl!" cried peler, "Ibe gnlde haired girl: eha will be burned " Hut he-frre he-frre be count move the goat bad run toward lha flamee and leaped Inle them. "Oh!" cried I'eter. "thry will both ba burned and I cannot help tham. What ahall dor' lie ran everywhere looking fnr water, and than, turning once mora toward th burning caatl. ha atood atlll and looked, for the fire waa out and there waa no algn that there had been ona. alter rubbed bla eyea. Ha wondrred II he had been aaleep and dreaming about alt be bad eeen. but ha eoon dlMcnvared be had not been dreaming, fnr there on the very epot where tha caatla bad atnn4 raa lha golden haired girl, and beeld, ' her waa a hand aome youth holding ont band. "Thar I our deliverer," he aald. lead. 1 Ing Ike girl toward I'eter. who atood look. . Ing al tham, loo aurprlaad In apeak. ' "Thla lady la a prlnoeea." aald tbl voulk "and I am a prince, but an the ev, 1 of our wedding an ogreee who had man) giant anna rarrled off the prlnceaa be-cauaa be-cauaa lha king would not bav on ol key eona for a aon-ln.law. 1 "I followed the ogreaa ta Ihla mountain, moun-tain, but whan part way up ahe diarov. 1 ared me and rhanged me Into a gitat. "Aa you may know, I'eter, all Iht magic people have to give Ihelr virtlmi 1 one chance to eerene from their apell ; making It aa hard there la little rhaiat , af breaking II. "1 followed after I waa changed, ant l aa lha ogreaa formed th caatla and placet tha prince lnid f heard hr aay: 'Tot ahall never b releaaed or your lovet freed from my apell until a mortal throwt a burning brand and yu both burn It tb flame.' "Of rouraa. I knew when you threw th brand that no one would be harmed, but of eouree. I could not tell you." "But how did you know where to gi fnr Ihe firebrand?" Baked Iwter. who hat rcoverd from hi aurprlae. "Oh, at night, whan the other goati ware aaleep, I mad friend with th gnome and they prooitaed lo help mi when I could grt ntortal to the top n th mountain. Tou ar t eotild talk wltl th magic people, bul not with mortala.' The prlnr look retr ta hi palac wher ka lived In comfort all tha raa of hia day, and lha go la were not fnr gotten, for Iba prince aald be had llv.i with them too long to leave them en tb mountain. And though no one knew the at rare atory of tha prince and prlnceaa htf I'eier. h often told U lo tha roval rhil drn at lha palace, without tellln then It waa their own father and. mother wh had eeceped from tb apell of th wlcke ogreaa. (Copyright l!l. by th MrClur New paper Syndliwt. New Tork City.) |