The Waldorf family . men in the saddle, and crushing every thing beforethem. When Bernez saw them, he exclaimed: We are lost! we are lost! I am safe enough, cried the sorcerer, holdingup the witch-hazel branch, crowned with its wreathof five-leaved clover. Here is my safeguard; butthe treasure must be moistened with human blood,to prevent it from crumbling to dust; and yourevil destiny has made you the victim. As he spoke, the troop of stones came dashingforward; but the old man waved before him hismagical branch, and they turned aside, right andleft, in full career for poor Bernez. The unhapp
The Waldorf family . men in the saddle, and crushing every thing beforethem. When Bernez saw them, he exclaimed: We are lost! we are lost! I am safe enough, cried the sorcerer, holdingup the witch-hazel branch, crowned with its wreathof five-leaved clover. Here is my safeguard; butthe treasure must be moistened with human blood,to prevent it from crumbling to dust; and yourevil destiny has made you the victim. As he spoke, the troop of stones came dashingforward; but the old man waved before him hismagical branch, and they turned aside, right andleft, in full career for poor Bernez. The unhappyyouth threw himself on his knees, and expectednothing else than a frightful death; when, to hisamazement, the stone which acted as leader of theband, suddenly stopped, and became a barrier be-fore him. Bernez looked up, and beheld upon itthe holy text which his hand had engraved theevening before. The inscription had consecratedthe stone, and its evil spirit had no power to com-pel it to do a work of wickedness. 210. The mighty mass of stone remained fixed beforeBernez, until all the other stones had found theirplaces, and then it darted, like a sea-gull, towardsits own. -But in reaching its former position, itcrossed the path where the beggar was gatheringup his sacks of treasure. He immediately held uphis witch-hazel branch ; but the spells of magichad no power over a stone on which was inscribed aholy text. The gigantic pillar rushed fiercely on,and crushed the old beggar, like an insect, beneathits weight. Bernez found himself master not only of thetreasure he had collected, but also of the threebags which the sorcerer had carried off. Marzinnwas now very happy to welcome him as a brother-in-law ; and he lived happy with his beloved Ro-zanne, for the rest of his life. 1
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