, 1862-11-06
No. 22~
A 9eriaan fairv, raie,


There was once q poor woman. and she had
no dearer wish than o=ee, BY accident or . mira
cle, to obtain great deal Of money, because she
Believed that u she only bad money, al sorrow
and suffering would be - good as gone. Thoac-
cident and the miracle did not happen ~ 4 lona
time, however, till the woman one day heard
that on the slope Of the hil there grew among
other grass aweed, and if any one we're 20 lort1i
nate as to pluck IL, the mountain would open,
the plueker would walk into q large cave, at
which seven men sat round table, Who would
aIl1w 'her 6 a. take away asmuebo Of their treasure
AZ she eotild carry Ftbni this moment. Ire poot
woman bad nothing more pressing 10 DO than u
fetch hill grass daily during tho summer laF her
COW, because she hoped 70 pluck the miraculons
weed among it And 50 she did one day he
woman had again collected grasa. carried lie
heavy basket on her head, and lea her HtliS
daughter by the hand, when large rock onouei
noiselessly belore her like q well oiled door. ana
allowed her to see into cave. where seven Old
men with long boards were sitting round table,
and piles Of gold and silver were hcaped around
them. The woman naturally soon took advane
tago Of the opportunity, empted her basket upon
the ground and filed il with gold. When ihia
was done, and she was going out atain, one 81
The old then cettAinly said, aNoinan, forget not
the best thingf" but she did not listen, and WcnS
Oh, But she had scarce reached The entrance q
the cave when the rock closed again, and shut
10 the womans little daughter, who had remained
behind playing with the gold. Then, the wo-
mans grief Snd agony were great; she ran to
the clergyman aud told him what had occurrod.
The latter said she must wait other seven years
till she could hnd hvt Hgain aiter that period
she must 60 hg6ih 70 the mountain At the shdo
hour ID which she lost the child, and wait ~
what might happen but she had made kihnd
mis- fnEa In r
sake Of the gold, because the miracle weed was
among the grass she threw away. Nov She re-
membered the old mans words, and learned 70
her sorrow that she bad done wrong 70 consider
wealth as the higl est blessing Hoe slightly sho
nov valued the gold She bad brought home
when she bad 70 pay for il BY tho loss df bet.
child She thonght further, and found that
there were many blessings in the world which,
il lost reduce the value Of gold % nothing-yes,
even make Il appear 10 an odious shape. lI6
who gives lOr gold and property The loss of .
dear chilli beloved pargnts, bis fsther lad, q
good conscience, bis honor, etc, could not riy
that be has gained, for he has really and truly
lost This aud many other things, the poor rich
woman had ample time to reflect on during thsl
seven years and, % her honor Be 4 aid, that
till the expiration Of that time, she would ubt
look at or bardle the gold At length the day
came on which She hoped 10 find her child again.
The woman hurried to the hill in the neIehbor-
hood Of the rock where her child was shut up 1
and see therei from distance she perceived lie
treasure Of beF heart Der child, sleeping in iront
Of the rock II was as young and looming a.
when she lost il She liited II tenderly. and
kissed il thousand times, with tears, on tho
road home, thinking. " II al the gold were out
Of my room, should be as happy as Il I had
found ell the treasure in the Wofldl" But lhS
gold was not gone, and 50 she was efnleful 81
that, and enjoyed the advantages Of wealth, and
spent much on the good edncation Of her daugh-
ter, and thus the wel.trained maiden became
great and invaluabls treasure. 20 iffath