hed the corpse, and being made
aware of the cause, by some supernatural communication contrived to
engage the emperor's attention while he removed the charm. The magic
ring was found by him in the mouth of the dead empress, concealed
beneath her tongue.

Immediately that the talisman was removed the spell was broken, and
Charlemagne now looked on the putrid corpse with all the natural
horror and loathing of an ordinary man. He gave orders for its
immediate interment, which were at once carried into execution, and he
then departed from Ingelheim for the forest of the Ardennes. Arrived
at Aix-la-Chapelle, he took up his abode in the ancient castle of
Frankenstein, close by that famous city. The esteem, however, that he
had felt for Fastrada was now transferred to the possessor of the
ring, Archbishop Turpin; and the pious ecclesiastic was so persecuted
by the emperor's affection that he finally cast the talisman into the
lake which surrounds the castle.

An immediate transference of the royal liking took place, and the
monarch, thenceforth and for ever after during his lifetime, loved
Aix-la-Chapelle as a man might love his wife. So much did he become
attached to it, that he directed that he should be buried there; and
there accordingly his remains rest unto this day.

THE JEW IN THE BUSH.

A faithful servant had worked hard for his master, a thrifty farmer,
for three long years, and had been paid no wages. At last it came into
the man's head that he would not go on thus any longer, so he went to
his master and said--

"I have worked hard for you a long time, and without pay, too. I will
trust you to give me what I ought to have for my trouble, but
something I must have, and then I must take a holiday."

The farmer was a sad miser, and knew that his man was simple-hearted,
so he took out three crowns, and thus gave him a crown for each year's
service. The poor fellow thought it was a great deal of money to have,
and said to himself--

"Why should I work hard and live here on bad fare any longer? Now that
I am rich I can travel into the wide world and make myself merry."

With that he put the money into his purse, and set out, roaming over
hill and valley. As he jogged along over the fields, singing and
dancing, a little dwarf met him, and asked him what made him so
merry.

"Why, what should make me down-hearted?" replied he. "I am sound in
health and rich in purse; what should I care for? I have saved