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THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM. 7 4 Ae dragging her along, and they were drunk, and would not listen to her cries and groans. ‘They gave her wine to drink, three glasses full, one of white wine, one of red, and one of yellow, and then they cut her in pieces. The poor bride all finger jumped away, and fell behind the cask on the bride’s not find it. Then said one of the others, “Have you looked behind the great cask ?” But the old woman cried, “Come to supper, and leave off looking till to-morrow ; the finger cannot run away.” Then the robbers said the old woman was right, and they snoring. When the bride heard that, she came from behind the cask, and had to make her way among the sleepers lying all about on the ground, and she felt very much afraid lest she through, and the old woman with her, and they opened the [a —, a =e == moonshine upon them showed the way. And they went on When the wedding-day came, the friends and neighbours assembled, the miller having invited them, and the bridegroom also appeared. When they were all seated at table, each one had to tell a story. But the bride sat still, and said nothing, till at last the bridegroom said to her, * Now, sweetheart, do you know no story? ‘Tell us some: thing. tj She answered, “T will tell you my dream. I was going alone through a N
