The dagger and the stranger saw and cried—
"Kill me alone, but spare my only son."
"Thy only son!" he said; "now wake him up,
And let us all adore our Maker first,
Who saved us from my frenzy, which in one
Short moment would have shattered all our bliss."
THE STORY OF THE ROYAL HUNTRESS.
It was a land of plenty and of wealth;