er-Maid had
been doing, she found her dressed in a rich silver dress, and said to
her:

"Will you sell that dress to me?"

And the Master-Maid said, "Yes, at a price."

Then the Princess said, "What price?"

"One night in Edgar's room," replied the Master-Maid.

The Princess knew what had happened the night before, so she agreed to
let the Master-Maid pass still another night with her bridegroom. But
all happened as before; and when the Master-Maid came into the room
she bent over Edgar, lying upon the bed, and called out:

"I gave my bones for thee,
I shared the apples for thee,
And yet thou'lt not speak to me";

and had to leave him as before, without his waking up.

But this time Prince Edgar had heard something of what she said in his
sleep. And when he woke up he asked his chamberlain what had happened
during the night. And he told the Prince that for two nights running a
maiden had been in his room and sung to him, but he had not answered.

Next day the Princess sought out the Master-Maid as before. And this
time she was dressed in a dress of shining gold; and for that the
Princess agreed to let her spend one more night in the Prince's room.

But this time the Prince, guessing what had happened, threw away the
wine-cup, in which the Princess had placed the sleeping draught, and
lay awake on his bed when the Master-Maid came in. She bent over him
and cried:

"I grew the forest for thee,
I made the glass mount for thee,
For thee a stream flowed from my magic flask,
And yet thou'lt not wake and speak to me."

But this time Prince Edgar rose up in bed and recognized the
Master-Maid, and called in his father and his mother and told them all
that had happened, which had now come back to him.

So the Princess was sent back to her home, and Edgar married the
Master-Maid and lived happy ever afterwards.

[Illustration: The Visitor]

A VISITOR FROM PARADISE

There was once a woman, good but simple, who had been twice married.
One day when her husband was in the field--of course that was her
second husband, you know--a weary tramp came trudging by her door and
asked for a drink of water. When she gave it to him, being rather a
gossip, she asked where he came from.

"From Paris," said the man.

The woman was a little bit deaf, and thought the man said from
Paradise.

"From Paradise! Did you meet there my poor dear husband, Lord rest his
soul?"

"What was his na