Show NO 7 apie LEGEND OF THE FAMOUS OF ARG lives of luckless architect and his wife sacrificed to the despotic whim of a tyrant story of splendid though unavailing heroism there Is a strange superset tion con necked with the church of angish situated in the valley of the angish river in the western part of rou mania it was built in 1519 by bing hing bassaraba who in order to stave off the violent death that had visited several of his predecessors perhaps had quite a habit of build ing churches and monasteries king summoned manole his architect and commanded him to draw up the p ans As soon as this was done laborers were hired and the g ground round was broken at angish but things did not go smoothly there seemed to be some evil spell hinging over the worl and the labor ers could make no progress each morning waa the men came to worl they found the walls which they had built the day before leveled to the ground the black prince was very angry he cursed them all for a crowd of lazy doga dogs and said that it if at the end of one month mouth the walls had bad no risen to twice the height of the tallest one among them he would put the lot to death atthe ahe men were terrified at this and redoubled their efforts but all tono to purpose finally one night when the evil one had wrapped them all al in slum ber as usual a white robed figure ap feared to manole mancle the architect in a dream and told him that the church could never be completed except on one the first woman corn com ing to the camp no matter who she was must be buried alive in the walls when the others awoke manole told them of his dream and they desperate and glad of any chance that might save their own lives sol emaly swore that they would bury in the walls the first woman who reach ed the camp at daybreak they sat themselves down to waif wait each praying that it might not be his wife who should visit them first at last a woman s figuie figgie was seen in the distance the architect strained his eyes a moment and then started back with a groan it was his wife soon she reached the camp and started to prepare her husband a breakfast he set the men to work and ordered them to leave a hollow in the wall just step in there and see how it would feel to be burled buried alive he said to his wife she laughingly compiled complied but when the stones had reached the height of her chin the thought came to her that after all this might not be a joke she turned pale with terror and begged to be taken out yes yes aid manole but instead of lifting her out the men heaped on V r 4 T Q 0 FA CZ the stones more rapidly until she was completely covered the spell was broken and after that the work went on without hind ranee rance when it was completed the black prince came to inspect it that Is a very fine church he remarked to the architect if you had it to do over again I 1 do not suppose you could suggest any changes manole thought of his wife who stood burled buried in the walls well he said sadly since you ask me sire I 1 do not think I 1 would build it in just the same manner an other time oho said the king in surprise by the way I 1 wish to get a better idea of that cross ascend the seal folding and stand beside it manole obeyed when he had reached the cross the king angry that hl hlo architect had not designed the finest church in his power as he thought ordered fhe the scaffolding cut away manole manoie hearing this became terri fled and jumped where his body struck a cool clear spring gushed forth showing that his sin in bury ing his wife had been atoned for and that s the story of the burtea d arddis or the church of argush |