The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22


about his business.
Friedel was about to follow and CON-
fort him, when the old man begged him
to stay and guide him on the road to the
next village. Now, when they had gone
little way on the road, the dog came
back, and being hitched to his old place
his owner declared that he could well
enough get along alone.
Thanks, my little boy" said he, and
here is pOcket-piece," giving him large
coin; "if you use this rightly you will be
rich and happy"
Whereupon they parted, and Fricdcl
went on his way home thinking on his
funny adventure.
Presently he saw Hans yet sitting by
the wayside weeping for the loss of his
cake.
"Do not grieve so about the stupid
gingerbread and the box on the cars"
at was all your fault. That old beg
gar was the one who played me that trick
You are always running after beggars."
"Don't believe it. The old fellow was
good enough. See what a pretty play
thing he gave me-"
Now, Hans no sooner set eyes upon
the coin than he determined to have it,
and said:
"You ought to give me that to make
up for the gingerbread; but l will give
you some money for it,"
Keep your money. III give youths
# you want il, if you will only stop cry
ing"
SO Hans pocketed the strange coin, and
the two boys played peaceably together
till it was time to 90 home.
But from that time it began to be
whispered in the village that the father
Of Hans must have found treasure; for
he bought lands and cattle, and was
shortly so rich that he became magistrate
Of the village. But as his riches SO also
his pride and greed increased. Shortly
Hans was no more allowed 10 play with
Friedel, the son of the poor laborer.--
And so the years flew on.
Hans was now magistrate, his father
So, IL ~ E.:-sist- ffss,t Gtvtrtr SIy
an honest man, and Eyed III the little old
house, where he faithfully took care of bis
mother. Hans had the largest estate,
the finest house, and the fattest cattle in
all the country. But he had grown up
miser, full of forebodings-of evil to his
possessions. An overcast sky threatened
ruin TO his crops; late frost might kill
his seed-corn; thieves might break in at
night; and these and many more fears
made his nights sleepless and his days un-
easy, his temper tyrannical, his servants
remiss, and finally, after some years of
unjoyful possession, threw him into a fe-
yer, of which the village leech declared
he could not be cured. Hereupon the
dying man caused Fricdel to be called to
his bedside and said 10 him, taking him
by the hand:
See, my friend, l have cheated you.
/ am to die, fnd must do you Justice
That which once you thought plaything
was in fact dollar. l took it TO my
father, telling him l had found it. But
when l looked at it again found another
lying beside it; aud so, whenever look
ed, behold another dollarl So my father
knew it for a wonder-dollar, and forbade
me to say anything about it, and thence
came all our riches. But it has gone with
my possession as aforetime with my gin
gerbread man. / have owned without
enjoying, mach as | desired it. All, how
ever, belongs TO you, and | declare it here
before the Judge"
So saying the poor man died, and
Friedel became the possessor of all the
wealth, which he now saw had been in
tended for him by the poor carman, who
was doubtless none else than Rubezahl
But he regarded himself MS only the
steward Of his vast possessions, and ap-
Piled himself diligently 10 relieving the
poor and needy, permitting no suffering
persons to turn away from his house.
And so the curse was lifted from these
possessions, the fields bore more plenti-
fully than ever, all his enterprises succeed
ed, and honest Friedel was beloved by
all who knew him.
So he lived long in honesty ard mer-
cy; and often when, after day of good
deeds, he sat in the twilight in the gate
way of his possessions smoking his tran
quil evening pipe, it seemed to him as
though the dimly-outlinedform Of the old
carman passed by in the cleaning and
gave him a friendly nod.
re- II. u. 0nderdonk, formerly Epis-
copaI Bishop Of the Diocese of Pennsylya-