Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-01-12
TIE DUCAT AND THE FARTHING.
BY MARY HowITT.
Lake Of Constance.

A ducat and a farthing had just been counted
in the great mint, where all the gold, silver and
copper pieces are m .de. The two lay close, side
by side, clean and beautiful, and the clear sunlight
glittered upon them.
Thou r~agamuiin ~ cried the ducat, "off with
thee :! Thou art only made o" vulgar copp.r and
art not worthy to be shone upon by the sun. Thou
wilt soon be black and dirty, and no one will think
it worth while to pick the up from the ground. |,
On the contrary, am Of costly gold. ! sh all travel
through the world to the end-to princes and kings
II shall do great things, and even ut length, per-
haps, become a part of the kings crown"
AT the same moment, a great white cat, lying
near the fire, arose up, and turning round on her
side. remarked
"rhe under must be uppermost to make all
even"
And the fate of these two coins was somewhat
the same.
The gold piece CAM into the possession of a
rich miser, who locked it up in a chest among q
great number OF other gold pieces. The miser,
fearing that he Should soon die, buried all his gold
in the earth, so that no one should possess it after
han !; AMI the e lies the proud ducat till this pres.
ent time, and IL has grown 40 black and dirty, that
no one would pick it up ii he saw il.
The %farthing, however, Travelled far thro' the
earth. and ca.Ie to high honor and this is how it
occurred.
A lad from the mint received the farthing for
his sages, and the lads liule sister admiring the
teigb. e"ie, he gave it ia her. The child ran into
the garden ~ sAoV her mother the tarthin2, and
an old lame bsggar cane iimpirs up, and b. eyed
q piece Vi bread. Il have Rone." said the little
girl. ''Gire me then = farthins. that 1 nay buy
myself 4 bit Of bread" said the heggar. And
the child sayebim the ~fsrthiay. The begEar inped
away ~ the bakers. Whilst be stood la tie sh0p,
an old sequaintance, dressed as a pilgrim. ~sk lis
cloak. staff and bag, e&pae np the street, aud gave
1he ehilanen pretty pictures al saints and holy fSes,
and the ehiidnea dropped Jenee into the iSx which
the pilgrim held in his hSad- The tegsar asked
wbene are y0s going?" The piisrira replied,
Many hsNorea 1s5Jes 10 the Sity 81 Jerusalem,
ahere the LG1 Jes<s xss burn. lived and died 4
an gsag to pray ri b5S heiy grave. add ts buy the
reletse Of asy irolhe1. GbG las hean taken prison
er by the Turks- But 6rsi. | ass collecting saaney
in uy box" SotaSen y &sits." said the beggar,
aud gazs de pasgraM the farming
The bes6ar xss Melkins away. Sspngry as he
came bss the hzkers EhS has locked Ca. gage
the pooa ODD man the bread he vas sbOpt 10 have
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