The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-29

herI aud seemed almost beside himself
with joy; and when bis workman came 70
. ASK feF work Laurent ina careless man.
ners took him by the shoulder, aud said:. !.
am very well pleased with YOU. for
you work capitaily; but 1 don't. like you
g be always toilmg so hard, so. to-day
I'm gong to give you something to 90
I that Won't TIRE yod just 10 and fetch a
4 FORK ont Of the STABLE and III meet you
lin the yard -, ..s ...l.
\, 50 While lie WAS gone to the stable TO
fetch the fork Laurent went up into tie
ileft, aud cmptied down into the yard, a
great snck of wheat, aud then coming
Ete the door when Satan returned, lie said;
! just throw me Up this wheat with
itgyonr fork, and Ill measure it into the
SACK ....G ...
/. 50 the devil set TO work, plunging his
fork again and again into the heap Of
wheat, without picking up single grain.
| Confonnd it!a be cried out with an
oath, what dogs work have you given
me hereg' and he leaned upon his fork in
despair. $.::
".Well, my fine fellow said Laurent,
EFF you won't do my work, you can 90
and get some elsewhere, for I'm not going
10 feed you for nothingl Do you under
stan,lgs .., Z. .,,. Va ..ss 4. j @5...,
Yes, yes, / understand growlcd
Satan, furious at being thus outwitled.
~ will leave. you, but Ill have my re-
yenge some day Aud he disappeared. !.
A short time after this, foreigner
having bought this land, which the devil
had put into such good condition, buiIt
upon. it the castle Of Keriqau, the ruins Of
which are still standing, and Laurent,
now became a rich man, having no longer
any difficulty in marrying his daughter
Jeannette, was making preparations for
her nuptials with a rich Young farmer.
lie was anxious 10 have magnificent
wedding, aud determined that everything
should he in the best style: so he bought |
the iiaest cloth that could be Found, and I
selected the most,reaoYned tailor in: the
country TO make the clothes. The tailor's
name was Nicholas, and be did lis work /
iH q manner TINT no one could under
stand. He: was seentocpt out the cloth, |
but no one ever saw him sewing: how
ever the clothes which were intfusted 10
him we're always wen made. we're strong 7
" seWGd, and were always finished by I
the day on. which he had promised them /
AS soon as he had taken the measure, be /
cut cut the cloth. put the pieces into
box, md then went out to smoke and
drink at o tavern. Some said that /
Nicholas was wizard, but a great many
said that he had sold himself 10 the devil, |
and they were not far from the mark ;ior
when Satan knew that Nicholas had been T
sent for to keFiean. to make the, wedding /
clothes he came to him and said: - -
Il have got to have my re Fenge upon I
that fellow Laurent, and Ireck0a upon
your doing me ageod turn: row yoH mast
give Inc his daughter, Or it will be the
worse for. you! Do you understand me,
you tipplerlPt III ~. j. -. /
! ''AIt right, said the tailor. "Bat how
and when shall 1 deliver =Jeannette TO
yonsR i H.. -: Il. -. >... !: ...~..-
"0h, ] leave you to tho choice Of the |
means; but as you are going to Kefleau,
Tomorrow, tomorrow must have Jean. !
ueatte Now warn you not TO fall /
So the next day Nicholas was ut ker-
hau, and began to cut out the cloth early
in the morning, when Suddenly he said 10
Jeanette, who was watching him;
God gracious! what bother! I'm
pulled up short for want OF my tools I've
left my box behind nc, and cant get Oh
for want OF it," .r +
ooh, never mind, said the girl, an +
60 and fetch il for you" |
YOU'RE no end Of good girl, jean
ncttc," said the tailor; heres my key; /
you'll fiud the box on the board just he
meath the window But mind you don't !
open it, or youth meet with misfortune" /
No, no, ease your mind oil that score I
said Jeanette. II won't open it, And
she ran off.
When she had got the: box, she put it
under her arm, and carried it carefully !
without yenturing even 10 look at it.
Presently she thought she heard some
thing inside it-yes, there it was again;
a regular whispering, and tlttering, and |
what queer clatter---what an odd noise I
it is. n wonder whether i could see |
through the keyhOle;' SO she took the key
out Bother! cant see anything the (
hex must he double. If we're 10 open T
it-only little bit? No, that won't do, !
Nicholas told me that there would be .
some accident if did. However, it was
only to frighten ME that he said SO! He's I
cunning fellow, aud does not want his
secret to get wind. Its all nonsense;
what could happen if ! did inst look into .
it2 II there is an animal inside, it can't ,
eat me, for its not as big as am"
Reasoning thus, Jeanette, who was
then in the middle of "A wide common
gently opened the lid of the box about an
inch, but no sooner had she done this,
than a whole host of little dwarfs-not so .
large as your thimble. EACH with little .
red cap upon his head-lenpt TO the
ground, and dancing around her, shrieked
at the top OF their voices:
"Some work, mistress, some work"
Jeannette stood quite Stupefed, with
her mouth open, and looking at the little
men as they gambolled about her. But
at this demand for work, she thought she
was lost unless she could satisfy them; SO
she cried out:
"Come, little red caps, pull mp oil the
brushWOOd on the common"
So they Immediately began TO pull up
all the tufts Of broom, and in an instant the
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