Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-12-06
THE DUCAT AND THE FARTHING.
By MARY HowITT.

THE DUCAT AND THE FARTHING.
By MARY HowIrr.
A duca, snG fsrlhing had jus, been coin
ed al the great min, where all The gold, sil-
yer snd copper pieces are m'de. The Two
Law close side by side, clean and beautiful.
and the clear sunIigh. elu'ered up"n them
"Thou rsg-a muffin" cried The ducs,, ""ff
with thee! Thou ar, only made Of vules,
copper, and art not worthy 10 be shown
upon by the sun. Thou " il, soon be black
end dirty, and no one i'll think it worth
while 10 pick thee up from tn ground. J..
on the contrary, am Of costly gold. shall
trsvel through the world to The end, 10
princes and kings, ! shall do great things,
aud even, ct length. perhaps, become part OF
the kings cr"wn.'
At The same moment, great white cat.
living near the fire, rose up. and turning
Tnunh on her side, remarked:
"The under must be uppefmos, 10 make
all even.'
Aud lhc fate of,hose two coins was some-
what The same.
The gold piece came into possession of
rich miser, u no locked j. up in ches, g.
mong q prea, number Of other gold pieces.
The mr.er, fearing that he should die. hu.
ned oil his gold IN the earth, 80 that no one
could possess j. sfier him; and 'here lies the
proud ducs. l!l this presen,,s and IL has grown
sn black and dirty ,hs, no one would p,ck
il up if they saw it.
The fsrthIng. however, travelled Tar ;tsG
the earth, and came to high honor and this
is how il occurred:
A lad in the mint received the fsrthine in
his wages. end The lsd's liule sister. sdmir-
ing 'he hrigh, li,.Ie coin, he gave il 10 her.
The child ran in the garden to show her
mother the farthing; an old lame beg
gar came limping up, and begged piece Of
bred. 81 have none,' said the lii,le gill;
"GIve me. then, Q far,hing. that ] may buy
myself biz Of bread" said the beggar-
The child gave hIm The far'hing. The beg
gar limped swsy to The bakers. Wills. he
stood in The shop, an old acquaintance.
dressed as pilgrim, with his cloak, s,eff
bag, came up The street, and gave the chill
dren pre!lv pictures Of saints and holy men,
and The children dropped pence into the
box " hich the pilgrim held in his hand
The beggar asked, where are you going -
The pilgrim replied, "Many hundred miles.
to the city Of jerusalem, where The Lord
Jesus was born, and lived and died ON
going 10 pray 9. His holy grave, and to bu,
The release Of my brother, who ha. been t..
ken prisoner By The Turks. Bu, first, sm
collecting money in my box" $50 take
nv mile," ssid The beggar, and he gave the
pilgrim the fnrhing.
The beggar was walking away, hungry
as he came, but the baker, who had looked
on gave the poor old man the bread he was
abou, TO have bought.
Now The pilgrim travelled through many
al length reached The city Of JerussI.m-
When The pilgrim arrived, he frs. prsy ed q,
the sePuIchre, and then presented himself
before The Sultan, who held his brother Cap.
tive. He offered the Turk grea, sum Of
money if he wsuld only Sc, his brother free.
Bu, the Turk required more. II have no.
thing more TO offer .hee,' spake The pilgrim,
''lhsn this common far,hing, which q hun
CRY beggsr gave me out Of compassion. Be
thou also compassionate, and the far.hing
will reward thee"
ne ouilan puI 'ne I6sln'ng IN us pock-
ei, and soon forgo, all about it. The EN-
peror Of Germany came 10 Jerusalem and
wsged war sgsins. The Sultan. The Sultan
Tough. brsvely end was never wounded.-
Once en- arrow was sho. s.raigh, at his
breast-i, struck him but fell back sgsin
wi,hou. having wounded him. The Sultan
was much surprised q. this, aud after the
battle his clothes was examined, and in the
brese, pocke, the fsr,hing ives found, agsins.
which the arrow struck. The Turk held
The fsr,hing in great honor and had II hung
with a golden chsin to The handle Of his
scimelsr. Later on in the war, the Sultan
was taken prisoner by the Emperor, and
was forced 10 yield up his sword TO h'm.-
And thus the fsr,hing come with his sword
into The Emperor's possession.
Wh,Is. the Emperor set al The table with
q besker oi vine IN his hand, the Empress
SAID she would like 10 see the SuI,sn's
sword, and it was brought. Az the Empe-
ror exhibited II 10 The Empress, the fsrlbng
dropped from the golden chain into the