Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-21

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two, as long as we live may have our ne
cessary daily bread. For the third wish,
do not know what TO ask
The traveller said, would you not like d
new house in exchange for your old onef
+; The man said. sf this could come TO pass
| should like it, and Immediately the wish
was fulfilled, the old house was changed
for = beautiful new one, and the traveller
went his way.
When the rich man looked out Of his
window in the morning, lie saw a new
house standing opposite in place Of the
old one. He rubbed his eyes, called his
wife and said, wife, look here, see what has
happened; yesterday morning there stood
opposite miserable hut, and nowhere IS
fine new house; run over, and find out
how it has happened
The wife went to see her poor neighbor,
and asked her what it meant. The poor
woman told her that they gave poor
traveller nights lodging, and that when
he bade them good bye, he granted them
three wishes--EternaI bIessedness, our
daily bread, and new house for our old
one
When the rich mans wife heard this, she
ran back and told her husband, who said,
could tear my hair, am so pexed with
myself i'll had only known who the
stranger was, would have taken him ia
but | turned him away
Make haste said his wife, get upon
your horse, the man has not got far, you
will overtake him, and he will give you
your three wishes
The rich man rode forward, he overlook
the traveller. spoke kindly to him, and told
him he hoped he would not be angry that
he did not take him in last night, that he
went to look for his door key, and that
while he was gone the strang er went away:
but he hoped when the traveller returned
from his journey he would stop at his
house
i well, said the traveller, 'if | return 1
will STOP ~ s N,.l
l. Then the rich man asked him sif he
would be so kind as TO grant him his three
wishes as he had done his neighbour
Yes said the. traveller, i can grant
them to you, but they will do you no good,
and you had better not wish.
!, !. But the rich man thought he should GER
tainly wish for something good, if he were
certain he should receive his wish.
Ride home, said the traveller, and the
three first wishes which you make, shall
come to pass
Now the rich man as he was riding
along, began to think what he should wish
for. and while he was thinking he dropped
his bride and the horse began to spring so
THAT all his thoughts were iumbled up, and
| he did not know how to get them 10 order.
He grew angry with his horse, and said
impatiently to the animal, 4 wish your
neck was broken No sooner was the
word spoken than plump down he; fell to
the ground, and there the horse lay and
never got up again. But Is he was very
saving, he thought he would not leave the
saddle there, SO he cut it off the horses
back swungit on his own, and went tow
ards home on foot. He was comforted
however with the thought that there was
still two wishes before him. As he .trueed
along over the sand, and the noon-day sun
scorched him, he grew hot and impatient
and could never settle in his mind what he
could wish. If were to wish for dlI the
kingdoms in the world and all their treas
ures, there would be still something that ]
should want, will wish in such way that
there may be no other thing that could
desire, One thing would be too little an
other too much While his mind was SO dis
turbed, he thought Of his wife, there she
sits, said he, in her cool pafIor, dressed in
her best. This made him feel cross, and
without thinking he said, i wish she was
sitting on this saddle instead Of its break
| ing my back .es 'ss
No sooner had he spoken than the sad
die vanished from his back, and he recoI-
lected that two Of his wishes were spent
Now he grew very hottie began 70 to run.
he thought he would sit down By himself
at home, and think over bis last wish and
have that, the greatest Of all. But when
he reached his door there sat- his wife
on the middle of the saddle, she could not
get off from il, and was weeping and wall
ling. Then said the. husband, be quiet
wife, | will wish you all the Kingdoms in
the world, only sit stiIl. But she answer
ed, what good would all the Kingdoms ia
the world do me. if 7 must sit upon this
saddle; you have wished me upon il. you
must wish me off agnin Whether he
would or would moi he must make the third
wish that she should be free from The sad
die. and this was quickly fulfilled for be
had gained nothing but vexation, trouble,
and dead horse. But the poor couple
lived content. quietly and piously to the