Hannibal journal and western union. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1851-1852, 1852-01-15
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Editor ana Publisher,
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be woasd 60 with them bit Of the way and
he did. He went with them till they came 10
place where three roads met and there each
them chose road and their father bidp fbe
goodbye, and went back home. have net
heard tell what became of the two elder, but .
for the youngest, he went both far and long, /;
you shall hear.
So il fell out one night as he was going thr
q great wood that such bad weather overtoos
him. Il blew and driZzled so that he conS
scarcely keep his eyes open and in trce, b
ESFs iFe kEew hove Il ~as, lie got bewiider,,
and could moi find either road or path. BIZ I;
he went on and on, at last he saw Gimme.
ing light far off in the wood. So he .hought Z
would try and get 10 the light; and after lin
he did reach it, There it WIS in large hon.
and the fire was IL zing so brigh " inside II |.
he could ell the folk had not vet gone TO bed ',
he went in and saw an old dame busting aboa
and minding the house.
"Good evening" said the youth. L
"Good evening" said the old dame.
"Hutetu! it's s1ch foul weather out of door,
tonight" said he.
$50 it is" said she.
"Can get enve TO have bed and shelter
here to-night9" asked the youth.
"You II get no good by sleeping here" said
the old dame; for if the folk come home and
find you here, they'll kill both me and yon."
"What sort of folk then, are they who live
hereP" asked the youth. -
'Oh, robbers And such bad lot Of them.
soO," said the old dame. They stole me away
when l was little, and have kept me as their
house keeper ever since"
Well, for all that, I think I'll Just go to bed :"
said the youth. " Come what may, I'll not stir
out al night in such weather."
Very " well, )" said the old dame q but il YOU
stay ii will be the worse for you"
Win that the youth got iuto bed which
stood there, but he dared not go TO sleep auI
very soon after, in came The robbers so he Old
dame told them how stranger fellow had come
in whom she had not been able to get oul o. the
house again.
"Did you see if he had any money ?" sid the
robbers.
"Such one as he, money!" said the old
dame, Z" the tramper Why if he had clothes 10
his back, il was us much us he bad"
Then the robbers began TO talk among them.
selves what they should do with him I; if they
should kill him outright, or what else they should
do. Meantime the youth got up and began to
talk TO them and TO ask them if they did not
want servant, for il might be thought that he
would be glad to enter into their service.
ooh" said they if you have a mind to fol-
low the trade thai we follow, you can very well
get place here.'
"It's all one to me what trade follow" said
the youth; g for when left home, father gave
me leave to take to any trade chose"
We'll, have you mind to steal +? asked the
robbers.
~ don't care" said the youth, for he thought
1t would not take long to learn that trade.
Now there livod man little way oil, who
had three oxen. One OF these he was 10 lake 70
the own to SELL AMI the robbers had heard what
he Was going to do, SO they said to the youth,
shat il he were good 10 steal tho from une
man by the way without his knowing 1t, and
without doing hlm any harm, they would give
him leave TO De their serving man.
Well the youlh set oil, and took with him a
pretty shoe with Q silver buckle on 1t, winch lay
about the house; and he put the shoe IN Tie road
along which the man was going with his OK
and when he had done that, he went Into the
wod and hid himself under bush. SO when
ths man came by he saw the shoe al once s0ld
be:
"Thats q nice shoe ii | only had the fellow
Co Il, I'd take At home wItl me, anu perhaps IA
puL my old dame INTO a good humor Tor once."
For YOU must know that hc had all old wife, 50
cross and Snapplsh that II was not long between
, each time that she boxed his ears but then he
bethought him that he could do nothing with the
odd shoe unless he had the fellow 10 At; 50 he
went ca his way and let the anoe lie in lhS
road.
Then the youth took up the shoe, and made
.all the haste he could 10 get before the man by
a short cut througn the wood, ANA a.d ~ down
before him in the road agIin. When the man
oame along with his OK, he got qulle angry wan
himself for being 80 stupid Us 10 leave tiIo Ieiluw
TO the shoe lying in the road instead ol ,aHins
il with hm 40 nc tied The OK % the lenoe, .,II
said to himself:
> al may just as well run back an pick up the
other, anu linen Id par OF gooI snoes ,or my
old dame, and 50, perhaps, IHcHet KInd wVid
ssSa AGr Aer ssss
So he set oil, and hunted, AMI huntel up and
down Tor the shoe, but no shoe dId he anu ana
at lengLh he had 10 80 back with lhe one he
had. but lneanW,nlc, tue youth had taSea me
or and gons oil wi.A ltj and wnvn ,ho 'Aai
came and saw that his OK was gone, he basaa ~
cry and bewsll, ior he was afraid uia' mas hd
dame would Kill hm Outright when Sne ciIns 10
know thai the OK was lost. bal Juts lllen II
came across his mlnd that he would 30 aolne and
take The second on, and drive At 60 lGo t1wn, ami
not lst Inc dame know any thing ABOUT tue mat eg.
, So he did this, an Wens home ald took the "a
without his danes knOwing it, ami set Jl w,A
il g. lhu Town. but the robbers knew all ab "a.
it, and Iiey said 70 Lbe yOdth II ne coa,l ge ulis
OK TOO, W ta0u. the mans knowing ~, and wLi.5
out hia DONG him ANY harm, he should bgas g1od
as any OF them. va ~ 'AHaN HI.i .D .ilf
Il thn were al, the youth said, ho did NOT