Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 29
ll, said the magician; to-morrowthe vial shall be thine. Radha was so impatient that the next dayseemed long; but at length the sun sank towestward, and she took her way toward thewell. When the adjutant-bird had descended, Rad- [May, and she slowly lowered her uplifted hand. Thenhe spoke: Maiden,… … HAVE HEARD A THOUSA ha could not wait a moment. She drew forththe little blue vial and held it toward him. I have learned of a great mystery, she ex-claimed. Know, O adjutant-bird, that thouart not a fowl of the air, but an enchantedprince. I have but to sprinkle a few drops ofthis powerful fluid…
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