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thought it prudent to remain where he was till other than his danghter, and though she prothe giant departed again.
tested ever so much at this want of confidence With the morning the giant went out again, in her, he disregarded her entreaties, and sepebut before doing so he again separated the poor rating her head from her body as usual, went out girl's head from her body, and left her as be- of the palace. The young man, as soon as he fore, with the blood trickling from her throat saw the giant's back turned, flew to the place on to the golden bedstead. When he was where he had placed the white powder, smelt quite clear of the palace, the lad came out of it, and resumed his own shape again. He then his hiding-place and placing the fair lady's brought the damsel to life and entreated her head upon the shoulders, passed the sword to leave her father's roof and accompany him that lay by, three times up and down her into the great world above the waters. After throat, just as he had seen the giant do, and & great deal of persuasion she consented and to his great delight, found the young lady they left the sub-marine palace together. In restored to life. The poor creature was their haste, however, they forgot to carry away greatly surprised as well as delighted to see with them some of the rabies that were scatsuch a being as the young man near her, nevertered about. Just as they were nearing the having seen any human creature before. They coast the lad thought of the errand he had soon made great friends, and the prince told been sent upon, but being so far away from the her of the bright and happy world that there place where the rubies were lying, he was at a was beyond the son, and of the many millions of loss what to do. His fair companion, however, beings like him inhabiting it, and exclaimed showed him & way out of the difficulty. She how nice it would be for her to leave that told him to cut her throat with the giant's dreary palace and to accompany him to his sword which he had brought away with him. native country. They were so taken up with and to allow the blood to trickle into the sea each other that they quite forgot that there when each drop would be changed into a preWas suchbeing as the giant in existence, cions raby. He did so, and collecting as large when suddenly the damsel observed the shades & quantity of the rabies as he could carry, he of night setting in. She was greatly terrified put the head and the body together and reand begged her companion to separate her head stored the fair damsel to life by the aid of his from her body, and place her in the position sword, in which he had found her; bat before he did After a long journey through the sea they so she gave him two two separate powders, arrived at the young prince's house; the good ono black and the other white, and said that by Rani was greatly delighted to see her boy como molling the former he would be transformed back safe and sound, and to find that he was into a fly, while if he smelt the latter he would accompanied by so lovely a lady. Soon after resume his own shape again. The young man wards the young couple got themselves married thereupon decapitated the young lady and and in due time the prince went into the immediately smelt the black powder, and had presence of the Raja with the rabies, and scarcely stuck himself against the ceiling just displaying them before him claimed his reward. over the golden bed, when the giant entered The princess, who had been anxiously waiting the room.
for the rubies was so pleased with the young He at once brought the young lady to life man for having brought her the precious gems as before, and questioned her very sharply As
amentioned her very sharply as that she would bestow no less a reward upon to whether anyone had come near her, during him than her own hand in marriago, and as the his absence, for he again smelt a haman being king, her father, raised no objection to their somewhere. The girl replied that she had union, they were married with great pomp after been lying a hondless corpse since he had left a few days. her, and know of nobody having entered the The Raja gave them a large palace to live in, room. Rensured by these words he retired and the widowed Ranf and the prince's first wife for the night, and soon fell fast asleep. LAlpert, or Fairy Ruby, as she was called, and
Next morning the giant again proceeded to the princess, all went and lived together in it. cat the thront of the young girl, who was no The princess got a large necklace made of the
