Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-09


had done that be went into the wood and
( hid under BUSH So when the man
came by he saw the shoe at once.
That's nice shoe," said he. IF | on
Iy had the fellow to it, Id take it home
with me. and perhaps Id put my old
dame into good humor at once" For
you must know that he had an old wife,
so cross and snappish. that it was not
long between each time that she boxed
his ears. But then he be;hought him
that he could DO nothing with the odd
shoe unless he had the fellow to it; so he
went his way ard let the shoe lie on the
road.
Then the youth took up the shoe, and
made all the haste he could to ge before
the man by short cut in the woods, and
laid it down before him in the road again.
When the man ca:ne along with his OK.
he got quite angry with himself foi being
so stupid as to leave the fellow TO the
shoe lying in the road instead of taking
it with him; SO he tied the OK 20 the
fence. and said to himself, Il may jus: as
well run back and pick up the other. and
then I'll have pair OF good shoes for my
old dame. and SO. perhaps. I'll get a kind
worl from her for once"
So he set off. and hunted and hunted
up and down for the shoe, but no shoe
did he fiud; and at length he had TO go
back with the one he had. But. mean
while. the youth had taken the OK and
gone off with it; and when the man came
and saw that his OK was gone. he began
10 cry and bewail. for he was afraid tha:
his old dame would kill him outright
when she came TO know that the OK was
lost. But just then it came across his
mind that he woald 60 home and take the
second OK. and drive il 20 the town and
not let The Old dame know anything about
the matter. So he did this, and went
home and took the OK without his DANES
knowing il. and set off with it to the
town. Blu, the robbers knew all about
it. and they said to the youth. If he could
get this OK too. without the mans know
ing it. and without his doing him any
harm. he should be as good as any of them.
Ii that We're all. said the youth. he did
not think it very hard thing.
This time he took w tn him rope. and
hung himself up under The arm pits to a
tree righiin Ihe mans way. So the man
came along with his OK aud when he saw "
such a sight hanging there he began to
feel lille queer.
"Ws.l," said he, "whatever heavy
though you had who have hanged yourself
up there. il can't be hel ped you may hang
for what | care! can't breathe life into
you again." and with that he went on his
way with his OF. Down slipped the
youth from the tree. and ran by foot
path. and got before the man. and hung
himself up righ in his way again.
Bless me' said .he man, "wele you
really so heavy at heart that you hanged
yourself up ,herc-or is it only a piece
OF witchcraft that see before ne? Az.
ay' you may hang for all care. whether
you are ghost or whatever you are.
So he passed on with his OK.
Now the youth did just as he had done
twice before, he jumped down from the
tree. ran through the woods BY foot
path. and hung himself up right in the
mans way again. Bat when the man saw
this sigh. for the third time, he said to
himself
''WeIl this is an ugly business! Is it
likely that they should have been SO heavy
at heart as to hang themselves. all
these three? No! cannot think that il
is anything else than piece of witch
craft that see. But now I'll soon know
for certain; if the other two are still
hanging there. it must be really SO; but
If they are not. then it can be nothing
but witchcraft that | see.".
So he tied up his OK. and ran back to
see If the Others were really hanging there.
Blu, while he went and psered up into
all the trees. the youth jumped down and
took his OK and ran off with it. When
the man came back and found his OK gone.
he was in a sad plight, and. as any one
might know without being told. he began
to cry and bemoan; but at last he came
TO take it easier. and SO he thought
There's no other hel p for it than to 60
home and take the third OK without my
danes knowing it. and to try aud drive a
good bargain with it. so that may get
good sum of money for it,"
So he went home and set off with the
OK. and his old dame knew never about
the matter. But the robbers. they knew
all about it. and they said TO the youth.
that, if he could steal this OK as he had
stolen the other two. then he should be
master over the whole band. Well, the
youth set off. and ran into the wood; and
as the man came by with his OK he SCI up
a dreadful believing. jus. like great OK
in the wood. When the man heard that.
you can't think how glad he was. for it
seemed to him that he knew the voice of
his big bullock. and he thought that now
he should find both Of them again; so he
tied up the third OK, and ran off from the
road 10 Look for them In the Wnnd. huf