Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-12-12

lhua lftlWI ~ lhe ''ihfu '""'Ws NV
strangers couuirnance still wore a smile whlrli
scensd 10 shed yellnw lusire all ahoi the
rnm, and CLEANED "n little Mirygrld, fp-
urr. aud ~ the olhcr ohircls that had been
Transmitted by the touch IL Midas.
"wrll. friend 1iidas. said the stranger,
''pay how do you succeed with the Golden
Tou'h 90
Midas shopk bis head.
II am very miserable" =" said he.
Very miserable, ind,cd. sad N, siran-
ger. and ho~ happcns that Have ! nu'
huhlully kep, my pmmi.e With YOU Have
YOU n,' everything ll,,I Your heart ,Irs !"
told is nu' everything. ausvergdM.dls
"Aui ! have Iu,r al that my helh r,,.Iy car
~ tor"
An 50 yuu have made d.srovsr, since
yr,lrrl,yi' uh,srci the stranger "l.'i u,
see. thea. vh.rh iur,a two things de- YOU
,hus O., n1ll, worth lhe mo,i-lhr rrit ufr
Golden Touch, OF one cup OF clear, cold ~.
teri
30. hlc,,rd water" cNc'1.u,d Midas, ",t
vill never mn.,lru uy plrchrl throat again.
"lur Golden Touch. ." c.aIiuuri the slrau-
ger. "or crus, Of brradw
"a piece of bread. 90 ANSWERED M.la', -,
worth 30 lhe gold un earth
The Golden Touch" asked the stranger.
''or your "~u ltIr MnuPuId, warm, soIt iud
loving. o, she ,a, au hour nro''
"O.. NV cIuld. NV dear clhli 90 cried pear
child cried poor VI das. urngmg tr, haud.
II would uu, have rl,cn lhar ous sulll d,m.
,l- lu her chin for the p.,v.r 81 chrurlur ih 81
nbolr bug rauh inro q solrd lump II gold 90
"Yuu are ~i,"f lh,u yuu wcrr, Kng Vi
tls Of" .t.d ihc stranger. hpNug Seriously II
bm. "Your o~n lr,r, r"rcr..c, l1s uur
l,arr currrl, changed lrou frsh iu gold o.
W,rr ir 30, Your ,,sc would indeed brdr,ier
ate u.t,"uapIraf Z" be- sull capable "l uu
drr,uudng illr the crmmuuot things surI
. o., l.c 0ihu everyday .grl.p. arc uuir ,al
rahlr tIuu ihr rclir, ah0rh 80 m,uy iauua
Sigh lrI struggle AFTER Tell me NOW, oil.
yuu ,Iu-rrrly dcsr' 90 al yourscil ,t iu,
GuId,u Tow,hi'
lit q, hateful 1" m", ," rrihod Midas
4 fy settled un hrs nose, bot Immediately
| f.llto the foor, ior il r"o, had become gold
NUIs, ,hudlcr,d
"Gu, lhrn, said the stranger, and plunge
rnru lIr r,rr ilui rlltDs Iast tie bulum cd
,uur rar,n. Take nkruIsr % ya.e 1T 'h,
.atn, -llrr. lud .puuslc lt over au, ug,r
,uu uay desire To chlrlr back again inn
gold luruits lonner Substance. lfyou de- ibr
40 clmrsucs, and sincerity, ), NAV r",'ihl
/ rrra.r rhr mischief winch yuur a'.arra fa
"rca,.uu.d
kmc Midas bowed low aud - Oher be- lin
81 h., head, the lusirnu, stranger had van
r,hr,l
Won vlll easily believe lIl, M.d1S lost o.,
,u' ru sruchug up rrrateauIrrn pitcher
t,m ala, mr u Nls ~ longer c1uhrmanr
boz touched 49, aud FASTENED o. trc r,er.s.j.
. \, be- -clmIcrrd alo .. aud inrrrI i.s Na,
rhruurb ,hr shrubb-ry. it NJ, marvellous z.
Sc how 'hc inIngc turned yclI"v bchind llu
e, II ihe autumn had brcu there, and puwheu
is. On reaching ,hr u,rr', buns, hc pIuu,
.I h-lIl"ur 90. Wth"uI waiting ~ r-ch l'
10 pull uT hl, ,lo-s
'.l',sd' ruui' I-uf' snourl King MdIs
r, hs hrtirn r,cl uui 1t trcOltcr well
rls o., really refreshing hl,h. and rtrnk O.
np,l have quite NaNhcl ava, the Colder
ruurl. hud uoV iur filling m, pitcher 80
\, ha dlrpci the pitcher into ihe water, d
. .luldrucd loo ,cry heart io sc % change iun
,ull iu,o the .,rnr r,.pd, i'rr-sl, carhrru' 'c'
I 81 vhtrh It had been hriorr he had uuuchr,
I t lleNls conscious alsu. ui 70 change with
100 hum.rlL \ cold. hard. aud hsa,y wcili,
,rcm-d 10 have rrur uut 81 ~ hn.om y,
luuld. hl, hrlr bat been gradually losing ii
human substance, and transmitting ItscIt ln''
usru,lhlc metal, but bad u"w soiIcucd hIc'
tpAlu iu,n frsh pcpsung a ,rolrt that gn-v
nn li, hank Ul lhc Incr. Mdis iuurhcd 3
,rh hs Guger.lud va, over Yc lInnt rtrct :
riil.rurplr hue instead "fundrr,ung yellur
blight. The cursc ot the Golden I"uri hid
therefore, really hern rrnnsrl from him.
Kur Midas haslcnei hack lu the palace
and. suppose. the servanl, knew net What ID
MIKE uf It ohrn lh,y ,aw their ry,l masl'
80 ctr,fily bringing hume m c1ulrfu pitch
.r II aat,r. liut that var,r. Which was u
nnInall thcnisrhlrlihi hls lnlly had Nuugi
A,s mnrr pr.ci"u, ~ Mdis than an uccan '
nn,rcl gold GUILD have been. TIE fnIlhln
p. did. a, vuu uccl hardly b. todd, vas q
sprinkle Il hy h1ud,lul over the golden fgur
"f lrule MlrygoJ,
q. Nn ,,nnrr dad II f,ll nu her Than you woul
have laugh d ,u see hnN the risy color hlc
tn tie dear child ch,1t and how aslons.r
ri M, was to fnd herself dripping vet, an
her f,hcr sull throwing more ~alcr o'er he
PAY de- NOT, dear lllher'' cried She
IS - how ynu have spoiled my uc- ir"e'
, which put ~ nnly this morulng -
, For Mlrygold dId not knew 'h't size hl
been llrlr golden statue; nor could Size II
, member anything that had happened since tn
n,omem when she ran, wilhou,urelchej arn
to conlou poo King Midas.
Her flrher did not think It necessary to Ie
. his beloved child how very i,"lsh he hal bee
hut cou,snled himself With showing how muc
/ wls,r he had rnvn. For this pGTP"se !
. tup't liule Mrygoli intn the glrlel, "h"r'
, ,prnGled an the remainder ol the water "''
= IN, r,,o-hush :, and with such good effect w.
l.