of disgust to everyone,
that at length the king ordered my nurse to take my away from the
palace. She was the only person who cared about me, and we lived
together in this city on a small pension allowed me by the king.

'When I was about three an old man arrived at our house, and begged my
nurse to let him come in and rest, as he could walk no longer. She saw
that he was very ill, so put him to bed and took such care of him that
by and bye he was as strong as ever. In gratitude for her goodness to
him, he told her that he was a wizard and could give her anything she
chose to ask for, except life or death, so she answered that what she
longed for most in the world was that my wrinkled skin should disappear,
and that I should regain the beauty with which I was born. To this he
replied that as my misfortune resulted from a spell, this was rather
difficult, but he would do his best, and at any rate he could promise
that before my fifteenth birthday I should be freed from the enchantment
if I could get a man who would swear to marry me as I was.

'As you may suppose, this was not easy, as my ugliness was such that
no one would look at me a second time. My nurse and I were almost in
despair, as my fifteenth birthday was drawing near, and I had never so
much as spoken to a man. At last we received a visit from the wizard,
who told us what had happened at court, and your story, bidding me to
put myself in your way when you had lost all hope, and offer to save you
if you would consent to marry me.

'That is my history, and now you must beg the king to send messengers at
once to Granada, to inform my father of our marriage, and I think,' she
added with a smile, 'that he will not refuse us his blessing.'

Adapted from the Portuguese.

The Jogi's Punishment

Once upon a time there came to the ancient city of Rahmatabad a
jogi[FN#1: A Hindu holy man.] of holy appearance, who took up his abode
under a tree outside the city, where he would sit for days at a time
fasting from food and drink, motionless except for the fingers that
turned restlessly his string of beads. The fame of such holiness as this
soon spread, and daily the citizens would flock to see him, eager to
get his blessing, to watch his devotions, or to hear his teaching, if
he were in the mood to speak. Very soon the rajah himself heard of the
jogi, and began regularly to visit him to seek his counsel and to ask
his prayers that a son might be vouchsafed t