. Tales of enchantment from Spain . y handkerchief with my coronet embroideredin the corner. The wedding guests looked at each other inamazement. The bridegroom searched anxiously inall his pockets. In none of them could he find a hand-kerchief with the coronet of the princess in the corner. The princess turned to her father. Send men 68 THE ENCHANTED CASTLE IN THE SEAto search for him! she cried. He was dressed asa beggar and he sat upon the steps of the church! Heit is who came to my side in the enchanted palacein the sea. It is he who awoke me out of my enchant-ment. I gave him my handkerch
. Tales of enchantment from Spain . y handkerchief with my coronet embroideredin the corner. The wedding guests looked at each other inamazement. The bridegroom searched anxiously inall his pockets. In none of them could he find a hand-kerchief with the coronet of the princess in the corner. The princess turned to her father. Send men 68 THE ENCHANTED CASTLE IN THE SEAto search for him! she cried. He was dressed asa beggar and he sat upon the steps of the church! Heit is who came to my side in the enchanted palacein the sea. It is he who awoke me out of my enchant-ment. I gave him my handkerchief with my coronetembroidered in the corner. I will wed him and himalone! Search was quickly made. There on the steps ofthe church still sat a youth with smiling eyes, a youthdressed in shabby, dusty garments like a beggar. Inhis hand he held a dainty handkerchief of sheerestlinen with a royal coronet embroidered in the corner. The former bridegroom retired in sorrow anddisappointment, and the wedding was celebrated withgreat THE PRINCESS WHO WAS DUMB NCE upon a time in a cityin Spain a little daughter wasborn in a home where thethree elder brothers had al-ready gone out into the worldto seek their fortunes. Timepassed, and when the girl wasfourteen years old and the loveliest maid in the wholecity, the parents died. Luisa, the daughter, was leftentirely alone in the world. No one knew where her brothers were to be found,but in spite of that fact, Luisa started out in searchof them. She wandered on and on, and finally whenit was almost dark she saw in the distance a greatcastle. She hastened toward it to beg shelter for thenight, but when she arrived there she could find nodoor. She walked round and round the castle, butcould see no entrance. The only windows were 69 70 THE PRINCESS WHO WAS DUMB high up in the towers and there wasnt a single door. Suddenly there appeared an opening in the wallbefore her. It was large enough for her to crawlthrough and she crept in. As so
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