Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-02
WARG& UW,
Charming to read to Children.

i'o"I 'hc NcIhioll, ana called " LIE EN-
cnANTED PoT:"
There was once a baron who was very
hard and cruel man, quick to get, and slow
to spend; greedy of gain and 10th to give
an opprcssor of the poor, and spoilcr of
the needy, GA his property lived poor
widow with an only son, whom little bv
Ilttlc he had reduced TO the lowest dcpth
ot poverty so that at last she was unable
to pay the rent due for her poor hovc of
house; and although it was by his own cx-
tortion and injustice that she was reduced
to such straits, he refused to wait single
day for his money, but threatened to turn
her and her sou-out of the house, and seize
the miserable remains of their furniture
The poor woman returned home aud sent
out her son to try and borrow some money
from their friends; but one and all began
70 make excuses, Tor no one would help
them tor fear of the baron. SO lIolgar,
for that was the name of the widows son.
returned homewards, quite out of heart. -
By-and by his path led him across little
stream of water; and when he approached
the banks he saw Il feeble, miserable-look
ing old man standing beside it, who, as soon
as he saw Holgar, asked him to help hi
over, as he was too weak to cross by him
self SO llolgar took him by the hand for
he was very good-naturcd lad, and led him
safely over the wet, slippery stepping
stones and then, wishing him akind yood
morning, was walking away, when the old
man called after him to stop, and said DO
not 90 away until have thanked YOU and
paid you for your trouble
"'l don't want to be paid Holear said
am not such churl us TO refuse to help
lcllaw creature IN distress SO good-by.'
May, said the old man, putting his
hand IN his sack, and pulling out little
inree-'egged copper pot, but take that
with YOU
So lam very much obliged answered
llolgar; but the pot will be of no usc-for
the truth is, we have nothing to boil in it,
"' Never mind you about that, said the
old man you just putt on the Gle, and
see what will happen
80 llogar took the pot, which was, for
all the world, like any other copper bot
and went home to his mother, showed her
how all their friends had refused to help
them. But the mother kicked the pot
away with her foot, and rocked herself
backwards and forwards on her chair, la
menting the unkinIncss of their friends
and Holgar said, 'lIothor, j shall do as the
old man told mel shall set the pot on the
fire.
So he set it on; but no sooner did the
pot feel the smoke and the flames curling
about it than it called out, Il run [ run!'
~ Where do you run to ?asked the wild
ow, suddenly stopping in her lamentations,
and starting up; but the pot only cried;
d" j run T! | run - rs
-" Well, run, then quoth the woman,
"and fetch us some of the good soup, such
as | saw on the baron's kitchen .gate.'
Scarcely had she spoken, when the pot
= new out OF the cottagc-door, and presently
returned filled with the most delicious soup.
Oh, it smelt so nice For a moment or
two the mother and son stood quiteamazcd.
but soon recovering their senses, they fell
to and ate it all up. But IIogar said,
g Let us see if it can bring us any thing
else but catables; for food is IA good thing,
but money is.a better" SO he put the
pot on the fire again, and stirred the fire to
make it burn brightly, and as soou as eycr
the pot felt the flames, it called out, as be-
fore, 81 run / run "
"' Run, then, said Holgar, and bring
us the ten pounds we owe the baron'
"sothe pot rev off, and when it came
back there lay ten golden soyereigus in
the bottom 1t issa splendid pot, said
liolgar5 and the next day he won't mud
paid his debt to the baron Every even
ing they ordered the pot to fetch what thew
needed sometimes food and sometimes
money, the latter of which they saved in
order to buy'anotlIer cow And whore the
pot gothic things drought tkea they did
not know. Perhapsit ran TO the old MAJ.
who had given it to Holgar but in truth
the pot got the from the baron's Kitchen
and the baron smonqy.box. Now, the bal
ron, being agreat Inisee, went every day to
his moncy-box and counted his money, and
sorely vexed aud troubled was he when ev
cry day he found something wrong. There
must be some one who has a false key, he
thought so the next night he hid him
sell behind the curtain, and watched. -
Presently he heard low knocking, and,
peeplng out, lie saw the window omen of
Its own accord. and little copper not ON
three legs come in, 1t knocked with it's
handle on the fDoney.bex, and the lid flew
open, and the pot seropcd into itself some
money, jumped out OF the window, and lia
and window shut of their own accord
Well exclaimed the baron, this beats
Ciaficr CliDch's catH But the next night
thc barOnwas on the .wotch aga1i, afa a.
econ as the pot had collected tic money il