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 Rh chariots met with a frightful crash in mid-air, and the Princess looked on in breathless anxiety, while a furious battle took place be



tween the lovely Fairy with her golden lance, and the hideous little Dwarf and her rusty pike. But very soon it was evident that the Beauty had the best of it, and the Dwarf turned her bats’ heads and