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DRAGOLJO WINS THE BEWITCHED PRINCESS, DRAGANA
(Trunnlnlcd from flip Hiinsnrliiti bj
:> liOiil.Ho Sournn) ,
>~"v NCK there wan a, poor widow who
VJ Jia d nothing: undertho itlilnliur aim
but a boy by tho name of prawoljo
and two fcoatfl. Tho goatu nhn Im/I
earned by her spindle. The boy she sent
to school and the goats Bhe sent out
Into the woods to pasture.
One day the goats returned home,
bleating vehemently. Tho mother called
Dragoljo and said: "Go and milk,' the'
souls at once, for they seem to act
rather oddl.y tonight." Dragoljo started
to milk the goats, nnd there, not a drop
of milk came out. "A snake, has taken
the. mtUc from' our goats,": cried' Dra
goljo.: ,. "1 5 have often heard people say
that /snakes do such things as that.
Tomorrow early In the morning- I'll go
out- Into, the wood, He there In ambush^
and kill the .snake which Is causing
such 'damage.". %\u25a0\u25a0';\u25a0.'; , '"
J_- The" following. morning Dragoljo took
a'hatchet and'drove theigoats lntoHhe
,wood. ''c Toward evening ., the •, goats com-,
menced to- bleat dreadfully. .Dragol jo
quickly., jumped 1 to ' his , feet \u25a0'. and saw * a „
fearful snake r which-, was just about to
'wind ; ; itself ,„' around 1 the \u25a0 goats \ to : draw
out" their ?rnUk.'-. Dragoljo .reached 'out
with ;. tho ; hatchet, * when suddenly; the
[snake, began .to speak and; said: "Oh,
.Dragoljo;" do t\o_t kill me!i I shall yet bo
of 'great; valuc.to you. Here,'- take , this .
golden cloth.," If ; ; you Hwist. : this: cloth i
around;; the": goat's ''hornVand J shake It
:wellrlnstanUy<every; wish of. yours will
belfalfllled. ,1 ,'amv the; daughter" of .the
] snake emperors, and;as'I>have;lqst my
way.'v;l dare .not-] return? home , "alone.
Please take'irne to my father,' and as a
rewardjyou may, keep*th"e;Cloth; but do '
riot Intake i ariyj other ; present ; fr om my '
' father ; If jyour^llfe; is; dear, to ypu. >'\u25a0. : You
would-- haveHt6^payJfor.v it^with; your/
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'0. Dragol jo started i ; out to take 'i: the
• snake '{to *her< home. '. They, wandered 1 :
fand* wandered *> until i they .'reached i the;
ocean.? V^A-' '~ bridge l",£.: said '$. the' ; snake. \
And 1 Immediately.; there^ stood ; a' bridge r
'across : .the i wide ; ocean, ; even \u25a0.up - to/ the
snake ; emperor's^ castle.' y Dragoljo car- -
ried the; snake-across thejbridge j to; the
fsriakelemperortand % said:?. "He re, '% \u25a0* em- \u25a0
! peror^; take X your 'daughter, \u25a0 whose '' life;
'I;;haye^spared rahd^whomr I^have thus
ibr6ught;backUo^.yoii."r^;-':^ ; v'::A : »Y;-> :
r;X"Thahk:5 you J.very^ much,"',; said i the.,
snake/emperor.-^'JWhat'isJyour-heaVt's^
"desire? want to; reward your; noble
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;/! "I^thank * your,< highness,',';; said Dra
goljo," C'but * your has given .
me \ a". little.'; golden '\u25a0•\u25a0 cloth,- and that is '
'all.'I?ask : :for.V"v"- f v'v : '; ;; - ; -'-'.- ; . ; 'r . : -~:y; ' :
;;5''Just4thattItcanln6t>let;you have,"
\u25a0replied \ the \u25a0 snake emperor. >- "Can* t ; you ;
ask; for something .better?". 5 \u25a0 . '
•y^; But 'Dragoljo 'would .'not < have any-\
thlng^ else jC'and^ insisted : upon the
golden ' cloth: " ~" \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0S, :;^ ; '""'- -\u25a0 '£'•"\u25a0\u25a0•' \u25a0'•
J^iWellri to « make i it ; short,' when the
emperor J Baw ": Dragoljo ;iwas>in no
wa y«£ to f be ] persuaded i to ; accept . ;". some
other., present \u25a0 he; permitted him to take \u25a0\u25a0.
, the :iclothv;^Theysnake[ princess 'accom-;
panted rasol Jo \ as a far fas "'the » ', b r Id ge,
took leave of \ him? and toiher,"
father and ? Dragoljo i. went ;' s trai ght " t o^
his ]; goats, i-v Arrived % there,^ he v twisted :
the ; ! cloth c j around 1; the" horn , of - a J; goat,
shook, it, and i himself 1 a good
1 square 1 meal.^/And^T; do \; look! . : In .. v ian- ;
; other.t minute. . there • was such a r^ de- ;.
licious dinner upon tho ground as he
; surely; had! never tasted ;the: equal'of in ;:
"all ? his r litest He j ate^S and r d rank ; al The '
: could: and jthen^wentihome,. highly .:con-X
tented."/^ At5home' he went right i,to? bed, ,,
; but v the - golden cloth v he"' put under ". his „
pillow. j ; '-,\;. !^:S'.\ .' \u25a0] '\u25a0" \u25a0 '." ' '"- '\u25a0/\u25a0'"\u25a0, "'- :-' K-.:>
\u25a0\u25a0Jt In the morning the: first thing he did
.was to tell his; mother, all that had.hap
pened. .' He^wished ! also? to . show, her! at
once the "magic cloth! t He preached f-uh-' 1 *
der/. tho. '- pillow';, to"' get- it;f and ,' to. his
great ;' disappointment, "it:, was .gone!"
; AVhat ;was;tot>e done?. Nothing." Dra- '
goljo : asked \u25a0 his ;tno ther f or , a goat— also
the \ dog j and ; the^ cat~topk I his hatchot
'and'jwent'out Into the : .w6rld. •'
, Dragol jo'and the three animals wan
dered ;on* and on, and at ; last they came'
Into a dark wood,* which' was absolutely
strange,' to Tall *pf , them.-so l^that they
could -see no; way out;," Dragoljo. com
mand'edthe cat to-climb.up a tree and
see cwhere . they Jreally. were and * what ,
the surrounding : 'country '."was .like/>
( Qulckly; the cat ran' up the '.tree' and'
announced !thut;ln the, far distanced un-,
'derneath- tho, Bun,\a! magnificent castlo;
with'- a \u25a0 golden roof was H to- be" seen.
From her -description 'Drngol jo recog
nized at once- the castle, of the snake
emperor. »They;all proceeded on their
journey In that direction and soon they
reached the ; ooean^ Then he com
manded the f dog to, take the *cat upon
his back and . thuB' cross the ocean.
\Vhenthey arrlvod In the'back yard of
,tha .' snake emperor's castle : Dragoljo
instructed them- to: mingle In aa un
noticeablo a way as possible among
the other dogs and cats. At night wh«n
the emperor, was sleeping deeply, tho
cat 'was to sneak into his room and
''steal' 'the'. golden cloth, from under his
pillow, and then the' dog wus to bring
back the cat as before. :
. Tho oat did all that eho had been
told, and both returned to the water
safely. While In the middle of the
ocean Dragoljo called out to the ani
mals to take good care qf the cloth,
for a powerful «naku. was puruulng
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them. The cat. turned about, perceived
the; snake, - and . as ishei did not ; know
what? to do; in her terror.; She '; meowed
at\ the . dreadful . snake. : : That * moment
the .cloth 'fell out » of ';i her; mouth arid
into the 1 water. ., The.snakecaught up
the cloth and shouted to Dragoljo, "You
shan't "get -the' cloth ;,unless you bring
me/the living fire!" -^ - ' A'
DISCOVERED B¥ ACCIDENT.
V The number of useful articles in
vogue today that were invented by.ac
cident would lead to the conclusion
that most conveniences come into being
in that \u25a0; way; I Bays, the Boston j Herald.
For ; example^ the}, porcelain ; of , your
bathtub was discovered by an alchem
ist who ; was r seeking "a -mixture ~ot
; earths f(, that ..would .%> make . '-/ durable
crucibles, Sand 1 roast pork came j into : be-_
ing through the accidental, burning of a
pig -sty 'in" Scotland; together with! its
inmates.- > . '."\u25a0 '•-•.'. \u25a0.'/\u25a0' :; "'- \u25a0.''\u25a0{
\u0084 When, 'Marshall vJewell '.was minister
to ; Russia^ he ". discovered the " secret of
making Russia leather by his sense or
smell. ., :;The \u25a0 Russians use ,> birch"% bark
tar • in : dresslßgl skins • instead; of i tallow
and ; grease: ; By;literally> following, his
nose one ? day 'on'a visit to a large Rus
sian ;tahnery,VJeweliychaniced ;upon;(the
secret; compound in. a large kettle. Ho
recognized the' odor-.of the 'birch I bark
'arid ( reported, the : disco very "to his gov
ernment." \u25a0\u25a0' As. a : result •\u25a0genuine Russia
leather goods are now being made in
this country. : :. -
Tfaer All Proceeded on Their Journey and Soon Reached the Oceaa
\u25a0 .Now, '"where on earth was Dragoljo
to \u25a0 get; the living flre? :He pondered
and- pondered this question; and,* .thus
i meditating:/ he came to -a' little pool,
and In \u25a0 this pool was. a fish spattering
and splashing.' ' "For, heaven's sake, do
throw. me back Into the; ocean, for here
I \u25a0 -am .perishing : . miserably!" : cried the
: fish, pitifully. *. Dragoljo took the fish.
;. A hen^once walked/ through : a/ clay
puddle and then into a sugar house and
left tracks; of ; her muddy feet oh- a pile
of sugar. ; Wherever her- tracks^ were
it was noticed the sugar was whitened.
"After • a number; of experiments it "was
; found- that <wet "clay was in
.•\u25a0 refining; sugar. •\u25a0•\u25a0 :: .. \u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0",. 'v,.i.u; ; - /.•'/; '>$£%ss. : /
j;f The wife of an ; English; paper maker
rbnee let k : a blue \u25a0 cl,oth bag 4 all by accl
' dentiinto one of ,the vats ; of piilp. .She
/was |£fo i frightened' .when\ her:! husband
[enraged at the blue tint of the
{paper resulting, that she did /not con
fess her agency in the affair. For
*four/ years the -damaged paper was
stored \u25a0as § a dead loss. •&'>\u25a0'\u25a0 Finally the
"manufacturer sent ,tb a' London agent
and- instructed } him to sell it 'at any
,price. The'paper was an instantaneous
hit with the buyers > and large addi
tional orders. were received.. The maker
was.-in a dilemma, for he did not know
| how" to reproduce it. Fortunately the
; was a man .who took his. wife into his
confidence, she' revealed the inward
facts ,in .the case and. their fortunes
were made. . .
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threw it into , the ocean and wanted to
go on, but the fish said, '.'"What; do you
want .for your kindness?" "Nothing
at all," replied Dragoljo. Upon that the
\u25a0fish 'pulled out a: scale' from- his coat
and said: "Take this scale and;if once
you •\u0084 are in ; need ~ rake up i the earth
.j with/i t and I'll' come to your aid."
Dragoljo' took^the scale, put it into
his waistpocket and.wenton.
* Presently, as he went along, he no-"*
'ticed an eagle's nest and a dragon who
\u25a0was just about to eat; vp \u25a0 the young
ones. .Immediately/ Dragoljo reached 1
\ out with his "hatchet and. struck,' the
• monster right- in the middle of .the
head, 80 that'Jt rolled down -the rock
; like a stone. The old eagle had. watched
• all this; near by and said to Dragoljo:
, '^VVhat do you demand now" that you
have saved .my little ones '\u25a0'\u25a0 from sure
,'dealh?" '. "\u25a0- '\u25a0.'.",,.' ' •" \u25a0/-./
"I don't: ask anything, since you are
'Just as poor, as I am,": replied .Dragoljo.
-\u25a0'\u25a0 Tho ; eagle took out a feather , from
hjs plumage , and said, "Ta ke good care
of this feather, -.< and. when you are in
need swirig.it three times above your
head,' arid I'll bring you help." "'"-\u25a0
Dragoljo took the feather, put it into,
his bosonTand went on. •
: -\u0084 With - all < this Dragoljo almost forgot |
that' he -had to get j tho living fire.
When * he' i-emembered, about v it he
thought,he would ccc what' his i friend
the eagle could do for him, so at once
he took the: eagle's feather/swung it
three times above his head, and'im
; mediately the eagle stood before him.
• "Could you get mo the living .fire
which keeps, burning/ even in the
water?" asked the lad of tho eagle.
"Surely I can, get" the living fire. 1
Just. get me a diamond bowl to carry
It; in,": replied the eagle, ''and at once
departed. So now Dragoljo took out
the scale, raked up the earth with it
and in another moment the fish ap
peared. Said Dragoljo:
"Could you find me a diamond bowl
in the ocean?"
"I can," replied tho fish, and In less
than no time he brought a wonderful
diamond bowl. Immediately afterward
the eagle returned/and In a ahort hour
the living fire was in the diamond bowl.
Dragoljo, with the living flro in his
hand, took a. seat upon the dog's back
and, started for tho snake emperor's
castle, and from far off. he saw tho
dreadful snake girl waiting for him.
lie hud hardly arrived on tho shore
whon tho snake took' o£f> her skill and
burnt it at once upon the living fire in
tho diamond bowl. When the skin
.burned to ashes tho snake changed into
a lovely maiden and she said: "There
Dragoljo, take- tho golden cloth and
load me to my father, tho emperor of
this great realm. 1 was bewitched and
you saved me. I will marry you and
together we will reign in this beautiful
Jund, for I am. the only child."
Dragoljo took Uragana's hand (for
that was tho girl's name), brought her
to her father and told him how it all
happened.
The emperor In his Joy ma riled them
on the spot and gave them half of his
realm. After the honeymoon tho young
couple went after Dragoljo^ mother
and brought her alHo- to their house,
where they all lived happijy a long life
and muybe are living yet today.