{"product_id":"2940012978714","title":"THE VULTURE MAIDEN","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER  I. Joseph, the Bear-hunter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --    II. Unbending\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --   III. Outcast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --    IV. Munzoll's Child\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --     V. Old Luckard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --    VI. A Day at Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --   VII. \"Hard Wood\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --  VIII. The Klotz Family of Rofen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --    IX. In the Wilderness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --     X. The Mistress of the Sonnenplatte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --    XI. At Last\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --   XII. In the Night\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --  XIII. Back to her Father\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     --   XIV. The Message of Grace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                          THE VULTURE-MAIDEN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                      A TALE OF THE TYROLESE ALPS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFar down in the depths of the Oetz valley, a traveller was passing. On\u003cbr\u003ethe eagle heights of the giddy precipice above him, stood a maiden's\u003cbr\u003eform, no bigger than an Alpine rose when seen from below, yet sharply\u003cbr\u003edefined against the clear blue sky, the gleaming ice-peaks of the\u003cbr\u003eFerner. There she stood firm and tranquil, though the mountain gusts\u003cbr\u003etore and snatched at her, and looked without dizziness down into the\u003cbr\u003edepths where the Ache rushed roaring through the ravine, and a sunbeam\u003cbr\u003eslanting across its fine spray-mist painted glimmering rainbows on the\u003cbr\u003erocky wall. To her, also, the traveller and his guide appeared minutely\u003cbr\u003esmall as they crossed the narrow bridge, which thrown high over the\u003cbr\u003eAche, looked from above like a mere straw. She could not hear what the\u003cbr\u003etwo were saying, for out of those depths no sound could reach her but\u003cbr\u003ethe thundering roar of the waters. She could not see that the guide, a\u003cbr\u003etrimly-attired chamois-hunter, raised his arm threateningly, and\u003cbr\u003epointing her out to the stranger said: \"That is certainly the\u003cbr\u003eVulture-maiden standing up yonder; no other maid would trust herself on\u003cbr\u003ethat narrow point, so near the edge of the precipice. See, one would\u003cbr\u003ethink that the wind must blow her over, but she always does just the\u003cbr\u003econtrary to what other reasonable Christian folk do.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow they entered a pine-forest, dark, damp, and cold. Once more the\u003cbr\u003eguide paused, and sent a falcon-glance upwards to where the girl stood,\u003cbr\u003eand the little village spread itself out smilingly on the narrow\u003cbr\u003emountain plateau in the full glow of the morning sun, which as yet\u003cbr\u003ecould hardly steal a sidelong ray into the close, grave-like twilight\u003cbr\u003eof the gorge. \"Thou needn't look so defiant, there's a way up as well\u003cbr\u003eas down,\" he muttered, and disappeared with the stranger. As though in\u003cbr\u003escorn of the threat, the girl sent up a halloo, so shrilly repeated\u003cbr\u003efrom every side, that a flying echo reached even the silent depth of\u003cbr\u003ethe fir-wood with a ghostly ring, like the challenging cry of the\u003cbr\u003echamois-hunter's enemy, the fairy of the Oetz valley.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147442110704,"sku":"2940012978714","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012978714_p0.jpg?v=1763574864","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012978714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}