Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-01-27
HANS IN LUCK.

| Hans had served his master seven years,
and at last said TO hun, master, my time
Is up. should like to- 90 home and see my
mother; so give me my wages" And the
master said. "iou have been n faithful
good servant, 50 your pay shall be hand.
some" Then be gave him piece ofslver
that was "a big as his head
Haas took out his pocket handkerchief,
put the piece Of silver into u, threw It over
his shoulder. and logged off homewards.-
As he went laZ'lv on. dragging one foot
after another, n nan came III sight irO'tlnw
along gai,y 90 ii capita horse. "Ah!" SAID
Hans. aloud, "what a fine thing it is to ride
on horseback! there he sits a. VI he was at
home IN his CHAIR: he trips against no
stones, spar"- his shoes, and yet gets on he
hardly knows how" The horseman Lca rd
tins aud SAID, swell, Hans. why do you 90
on foot them "Ah! ~ said he, Il have
Tins load 10 carry-'o be sure II is 81 yer.
but it /, 50 heavy that can't hold up my
! head, and 1t hurts my shoulder sadly."-
NV hat do you say To ciangny,' sand the
horseman--"l wlI give You my horse. aud
you shall rive me the silver" With all
my heart" SAID Hans; "bul tell you one
Il
along" Tn" horsenan got off, took the
silver. hclped Hans mp. gave the birdie IN
to his hands. aud said, "whcn you want to
gnvory fast, you must smack your lips loud,
aud cry ".tp."
Hans was delighted as he sat on his
horse, aud rod" mcrrlv on. After a time
he lhoaght h. should like to 90 little fas
ter, so he smack"d his lips, and said sip"
Away went lI'r horse full galop, and be-
fore Hans knew what he was about, he was
thrown off and lay in ditch by the road
side; and his horse would have run off if a
shepherd who was coming by, driving a
COW, had no, r,opr it. Hans soon came to
himself, and go' anon his legs again. He
was sadly veXrd aud SAID to the shepherd,
'Ths rldna T. 40 Joke whena man gets on
a beast like has, that stumbcs and filings
hi,E off a. It be- would break his neck -
However, am off now once for all; ! like
your COW a great deal better; one can
walk along at ones leisure behind her, and
have milk, butter and cheese into the bar
gain. What would give to have such n
cow" SWELL" said the shepherd. "if
you are so fond of her, ] will change nv
COW for your horse" "Done !" said Hans,
merrlly The shepherd jumped upon the
horse and away he rode.
Hans drove off his COW quietly, and
thought his bargain very lucky one. "If
! nave on piece of bread (and certain
y shall be able to get that can whenever
! like eat my butter and cheese with it !;
and when | am thirsty, ! can milk my COW,
and drink the milk what can ! wish for
more" When he came to an inn, he hal
ted, ATE up his bread, and gave away his
last penny for glass of beer; then he drove
MS COW towards his mothers village and
me neat grew greater as noon came on,
iii at last ne found himself on a wide heath
that would lake HIM more than an hour to
cross, and he began to be so hot and parch>
ed that his tongue clave TO the roof of his
mouth ~ can lind cure for this, thought
he; NOV will milk my COW and quench
my thirst" so he tied her to the stump OF
tree, and held his lealhern cap to milk
into; but not drop was to be had.
While be was trying his luck and man.
aging the matter very clumslIy, the uneasy
beast gave hun kick on the head tina,
knocked him down, and there he lay long
whlle senseess. Luckily a butcher soon
came by driving pig in wheelbarrow. -
"What Is the matter with YOU" said the
butcher as he helped him up. Hans told
him what had happened, and the butcher
gave him flask, saying, "there drink and
refresh yourself; your COW will give you
no milk, she is an old beast, good for moth
ing but the slaughter house," "Alas,
alas" said Hans, "who would have thought