The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-02-11

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suits; and in tlrtt days his three wishe
would be wasted on three good dinners
certainly, bnt. .eyanescent afItr all. rs I'll.
best Of dinners must necessarily be-. Sc
lie saw that that would not do; only be-
ing very thirsty, after rarisking Of sucl
highly seasoned dainiies, and thinking il
too much trouble TO rise and fetch SOM.
wafer. tTommy cried out, " lwish il
would rain wine for the next five minutes.
and then should only haveto open ~,
sssnouth, without the necessity Of ever
~ lifting a glass TO NY lips."S.'."o-~'.-'-''
Immcdiaely a gentle shower beg"p
spsner;ng amongst The leaves, while Tor
laid on his back and opened his mouth
into which there kept dripping the most
t1quisiisly favored wine mortal ever
tasted, TO which Lunpf or Fronlignac, OF
even Shiraz, are Ms but the rinsings Of
, bottle when compared to the strength
and sweetness Of this novel vintage 1t
10 true Tom WAS drcncled TO tie skin in
the five minutes the shower lasted; still
he lid not complain, and there he lay in
81 a half.fudded state, thinking it would
u have been very nee il such shower had
lasted much longer.
qsa In spite ofthe l,agy condition Of his in
tellect he recollectcd that he had one
one more wish LEFT; and now that he had
enten and drank his ill, he began thlak
ing what he should wish 70. next
"lts not ! who shonld BE- f olish
enough to wish card full of wool, that's
certain" said he, with chucke, but
It J ask Tor plenty Of money | can eat
roast goose and'drnk wine every day. and
never have TO do an hours work, So |
wish w'li all my Heart, there would fall
heavy shower Of gold and silver coins
Tor the Mxt hour, and then ! shall have
good time Of il as long as / live"
His imprudcnt wish was no sooner spo.
ken than granted. Down .elI not prn.
tie shower. but a downright torrent of
gold and silver pieces, harder ard heav-
ier than the largest hailstones; falling TOO
without intermission, and hitting him
sm"rtly as they fell. In vain Tom roar
ed aloud to the Nix to stop the rain he
might as well have argued with a. whirl.
wind. 1t still went on raining gold and
silver for the next hour, at the end of
which the foolish fellow lay buried be.
meath his treasure, having forfeited his
lie, like mrny another miser than be. to
~ nm ove'wetnins love Of gold
~ when his fellow carder came back thai
way. some hours afterwards, his notice
was attracted by Toms card lying on the
ground, when he discovered his poor
''irnd benz a'h mound Of gold and sll-
yer coins for the shower had only been
spartial one. and did not extend beyond
the circle of the tree, which accounts for
Ws'ty's knowing nothing about it, He
Immediately guessed what must have
happened. ard tia, lhe Nix punished him
for Being such lazy fellow.
" II he Ind but asked for penty Of
WOOL" said the thrifty Wa,tY. "tha,
would never have Killed him. What
pity he despised honest industry I"
And then Wat determined to give away
oil the money to the ppor, that he might
never be tempted to grow lazy; and pick
ing up his fIiend's card-tLe only bart Of
his legacy that he appropriated to himself
he went his way ,hough,iuIly. thanking
heaven. with a grateful heart for having
taught him torrstrct his own wishes Wi
in the bounds oi moderation.