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uympha, and soon dispersed them, and he soon came In view of
AU-Fair, when he exclaimed, rtO my princess, behold your
feithfni lover ! ”— ci Faithful lover!" she exclaimed, drawing
herself back : “ Did I not see you passing through fhe air with
a beautiful nymph % were you faithful then \ ’*— Ll Yes,” replied
the king, 411 was. That was the detested Desert Fairy, who
was carrying me to a place where I must have languished out
all my days, had it not been foT a kind mermaid, by whose
assistance it is that I am now come to release you." So, having
uttered these words, he threw himself at her feet; but, catching
hold of her gown he unfortunately
let go the magic sword, which the
Yellow Dwarf no sooner disco­
vered, than, leaping from behind
a shrub, where he had been con­
cealed, he ran and seized it. By
two cabalisticaJ words he then con­
jured up a couple of giants, who
laid the king' in irons*
Now,” said the Dwarf, 4< my rival’s fate is in m y own
hands ; however, if he will consent to my marriage, he shall
have his life and liberty.1'— “ No," said the king, u I scorn thy
favour on such term s/’ The dwarf was so exasperated by this
reply, that he instantly stabbed the king to the heart. The
disconsolate princess, aggravated to the last degree at such bar­
barity, thus vented her grief; “ Thou hideous creature ! since
entreaties could not avail thee* perhaps thou now reliest upon
force ; but thon shait be disappointed^ and thy brutal soul shall
know perpetual mortification from the moment I tell thee that
I die for the love I have for the King of the Golden Mines ! ”
and so saying she sunk down upon his body, and expired with™
out a sigh. Thus ended the fate of these two faithful lovers,