Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-11-21
VOL. 3. NO. 5.
The Dacat and The Farshing.
BY MANY uov1rT.

q ducat and farthing had jnst been coiacd
in the great mint where all the gold, silver,
and copper pieces are made. The two lay
close, side by side, clean and beautiful, aud
the clear sunlight glittering upon them.
% Thou rag-a-nuffn !" cried the ducat,
" off with theci Thou art only made Of vul-
gar copper. and art not worthy 10 be shone
upon by the SUM-. Thou wilt soon be black
and dirty, and no one viii think it worth
while to pick thee up from the ground I, on
the contrary, of costly gold shall tray
el through the world to the end, to princes
and kings. shall do great things. and even
at lengths perhaps. become part Of the kings
CROWN .Fr
AT the same moment, a great white cat ly-
ing near the fire, rose up, and turning round
on her side remarked:
The under must be uppermost. to make
all even"
and the fate of those two coins Ess some
what the same ....
The gold piece came into the possession Of
a rich niser, who locked it up in chest
among a great number of other gold pieees
Tue nliser, fearing that he should soon die.
buried all his gold IN the earth, so that no one
should possess it after him; and there lies the
proud dust til this present time, and it has
grown so black and dirty that no one would
pick it up if they saw it. ~
The farthing, however, travelled far through
the earth, and came to high honor; and this is
how it occurred: 8ss.-.
a lad in the mint, received the farthing in
his wages, and the lads sister, admiring the
brigh. little coin, he gave it to her. The
child ran into the garden to show her mother
the farthing; an old lame beggar came limp
ing up, and begged apiece of bread :" /
have none" said the little girl. Give ne
then farthing, that | may buy myself bit
of Tread, I" said the beggar- The child gave
him the farthing. The bcggar limped away
to the bakers. Whilst he stood in the shop,
an old acquaintance, dressed as pilgrim,
with his cloak, staff and bag, came up the
street, and gave the children pretty pictures
eff saints and holy men, and the children drop
ped pence into the box which the pilgrim held
in his hand.
The beggar asked, /" Where are you goingr
The pilgrim replied, Many hundred miles,
to the city of Jerusalem, where the Lord Je-
sus was born. and lived and died; am going
to pray at his holy grave, and to buy the re-
lease of my brother, who has been taken pris-
oner by the Turks. But first, am collecting
money in my box" So take nay mite"
said the beggar. and he gave the pilgrim the
farthing.
The beggar was walking away. hungry as
be came; but.the baker. who had looked on.
gave the poor old man the bread be was about
TO have bought.
Now, the pilgrim Travelled through many
lands, sailed over the sea in little ship, and
at length be reached the city of Jerusalem.
When the pilgrim arrived. he frst prayed at
the sepulchre, and then presented himself
. \ = Il u
tive He offered the Turk great sum Of
money if he would only set bis brother free.
But the Turk required something more.
II have nothing more TO offer thee" spake
the pilgrim, :" than this common farthing.
which hungry beggar gave me out Of com
passion: be thou also compassionate, and tho
farthins viii reward thee F"
The Sultan put the farthing in his pocket.
and soon forgot all about it The Emperor
of the east cane TO Jerusalem, and waged
war against the Sultan. The Sultan fought
brayely, and was never wounded, Once an
arrow was shot straight at his breast-itst-uck
him, but fell back again without having woun-
ded him. The Sultan was much surprised at
thus and after the battle his clothes were ex-
amined, and in the breast pocket the farthing
was found, against which the arrow had
struck The Turk held the farthing in high
honor, and had it hung with a golden chain to
the handle of his scimeter. Later in the war.
the Sultan was taken prisoner by tho Empe-
ror. and was forced TO yield up his sword to
! him.-And thus the farthing came with the
sword into the Emperor's possession.
Whilst the Emperor sat at the table with
! beaker Of vine in his hand, the Empress said
She should like to see the Sultan's sword and
| II vas brought As the Emperor exhibited it
to the Empress, the farthing fell from tho
golden chain Into the beaker of wine. The
Emperor perceived this, aud before he placed
the beaker 10 his lips, he took out the farthing
Bat the farthing had grown quite green.
Then every one knew that tho wine was poi-
| son! A wicked attendant had poisoned tho
vino in order to destroy the Emperor The
atfSn liant was condemned to dcalh--but the
farthing was placed in the imperial. crown.
Thus the larthing lad delighted a child.
had procured beggar bread, had released a
prisoDer. had saved the life of Snlsan. and
Of IN Emperor. Therefore it was SCI ia tho
hnrcrial cse@n, and IS there tc-cay-f one
could oiil SC tEat crown