Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-11-27

Meanwhile, Tim, leading his horse some
way aside. tied it to tree, then drawing soft
ly nigh he began to make jingling with the
bride and stirrups, which he had taken off the
horse. One of the thieves hearing the jung
ling, then said
Listen, brother! some horse is going about
entangled in its harness"
AS Tim still continued jingling, one of
them, fully persuaded that there was horse
close at hand, set off to catch it, whilst the
other rested himself, sitting close by the
swine. Tim moved on before the thief, who
followed, expecting every moment to lay his
hand upon the strayed horse. Imperceptibly
he led him to a great distance, and then leav.
ing him, hurried back to the other. When he
was not more than twenty yards from him, he
stopped and cried loudly;
'Pray, brother, come and help me to unite
this accursed brute.'
The fellow, imagining that it was his broth
er, got up to help him, saying;
ga pretty baby you are, who cannot unite
horse
Tim, however, pretending that he could not
hold the horse, moved away, and led him very
far from the road. Then leaving him to seek
his BROTHER who was in vain pursuit of the
horse, he ran to where the swine lay, and seiz-
ing hold of her, placed her upon his horse and
carried her Off As soon as he got home he
tied her by the leg to the hand-mill which
stood in the middle of the kitchen, around
which he strewed some rye. Forthwith the
swine fell to eating the rye, and, by moving
round set the mill to grin ing. Tim then
flung himself upon his bed, and without any
care resigned himself to sleep.
In the meanwhile, the two thieves met each
other
One said "Where's the horse?"
The other answered, that he had never
caught glimpse of it.
"Then why did you call me to help unite
it?' said the first
'You are mad" replied the other "Inever
spoke a word.
"Well, them" said his comrade, sit is very
plain that fellow Tim has played us a trick
Let us 20 and see whether the swine is where
we left her.
But, after seeking her for long time in vain
they concluded that their brother-in-law had
carried her back with him home, whereupon
they set off for Tins house with all speed.
On arriving at the court yard, they went to
the kitchen, and one of them said
"Brother, am afraid we have lost our two
hundred roubles The old beldame, Tins
mother, is awake and up. Don't you hear
her getting the mill in order? She is going
W Brlnd. However, l VIII go TO my sister,
and ask her, as l did before, where the swine
Is hid perhaps it is not in the kitchen"
So he climbed upon the roof as he had
done before, and, waking his sister, said:
"Wlfe, where is the swine2"
'Tou must be asleep" she replied ''have
you forgotten that she is tied to the hand-mill
in the kitchen?"
The thief having learnt where the swine
was, ran to the kitchen, and quickly Selling
MS booty, fastened away with his brother,
saying;
Master Tim has taught us lesson; he
will not deceive MS again.
Shortly after this Tim awoke, and, jumping
up, ran 10 look after the swine. But on en-
tering the kitchen, he perceived that she had
been stolen Il second time. Nothing remained
for him to do but to run and overtake the
thieves and discover some means of deceivino
them again. He ran without any burden on
his back, and besides was the fresher for hav.
ing rested, consequently he had no difficulty
in oyertal1ing the tired thieves, who were car.
rying the swine between them. He went very
softly behind them until they came to the
wood.