The Enchanted Island

told them about Daimur, and about the tablets they hoped to get to release them from their enchantment, and beg

ttering excitedly to the cave, so anxious were t

hem all into the cave, where pure food and fresh water soon began to clear their poisoned brains, a

g and whispering, and Daimur had put up a g

for, and they ate a surprising quantity of food, and for fear the Magici

ugh the island occasionally in the day time,

chored at the Magician's door, and they immediately cried out, "It is the one he stole from Prince Redmond," a

ts, and Daimur told them he felt sure

o these doves were and from which of the islands they ca

alled upon, and after Daimur h

know, Cyril, King of

n governing his kingdom. He had only two sons, my brother Arnolde and myse

of my time to the management of the kingdom, and my brother, who was three years younger than

r part of the kingdom. My father was naturally displeased that he should have chosen for his wife some one who was not very high in ra

ying that she would no doubt have some of her father's secrets and might be dangerous, but my brother would not li

of magic at once, and were quite sure of it when we saw her effect on my brother. He became so unfriendly that he actually would not speak to me at all,

ch a clever fellow, and I so stupid, that he should be reigning in my stead. As he had always been noted throughout the kingdom as a

a little gold snuff box full of a magic powder, which when thrown into

nd take out a pinch of something, which she was just in the act of throwing into the Queen's eyes when I screamed at her. In her fright she dropped the snuff box and ran away, and upon opening it w

weeks later, when we were one day out driving, that we were set upon by a large band of me

brought out here and left on the shore, more dead than alive. Here we have been for four years, li

im that as soon as he had taken his own kingdom from his wicked uncle he would go with

is shovel and went off to get as many p