Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-12-21

farmer. "A dead dog is nothing buf
( a dead dog But he sighed.
I A few days after, the farmer and
his wife went to market. Fearing
their terrible servant, they said to him
Stay at home, and do exactly what
you see others do"
Very we'll, said Coranda
There was an old shed In the yard,
| the roof of which was falling to pieces.
/ The carpenters came TO repair il, and
began as usual by tearing down the
I roof. COraEda took q ladder and
mounted the roof of the house, which
was quite new. Shingles. Iath, nails,
and tiles, he tore off everything, and
scattered them all to the Winds
When the farmer returned, the house
was open to the sky.
William ~ said he, what new trick
have you played me p
Il have Obeyed you, master, an
sWered COranda 4ou told me to do
exactly what [ saw others do Are
you not satisfied p And he took out
his knife
Satisfied r returned the farmer i;
why should l not be satisfied A
1 few shingles more or less viii not ruin
me. But he sighed.
Night came, I'll e farmer and his wife
said to each other that it was high
time to get rid of this incaFnate demon.
As is always the case with sensible
people, they never did anything with
out consulting their daughter, it being
the custom ia Bohemia to think that
children always have more wit than
their parents.
Father, said Helen, 81 viii hide
In the great pear tree early In the morn
ing and call like the cuckoo You
can tell Ooranda that the year is up,
since the cuckoo is singing; pay him
and send him away.
Early in the morning the plalntiVe
cry of the cuckoo was heard through
the fields. The farmer seemed sur
prised. well, my boy, spring IS
come, said he. Do you hear the
cuckoo singing. yonder? =? I viii pay
you, and we will part good friends
A cuckoo ]" said COranda that IS
a bird which l have always wanted to
see. y
He eran- to the tree and shook it with
all his might, when behold a Young
girl fell from the branches Fortunate
ly more frightened than hurt
Villain r. cried the farmer.
Are you not satisfied p said Coran-
da, opening his knife.
Wretch you kill my daughter, and
you think that I ought to be salts fed
I am furious. Beg0ne if you would
not die by my hand r
II will go when [ have cut off your
nose, said Coranda. Il have kept
my word. do you keep yours
stop !" cried the farmer, putting
his hand before his face you viii
surely let me redeem my nose 2'
It depends on what you offer, said
Coranda.
Win you take ten sheep for it ~
Mo-
Ten COWS p
No; I would rather cut off your
nose. And he sharpened his knife
on the door step.
Father, said Helen, the fault
was mine it belongs to me to repair
IT Coranda, will you take my hand
instead of my fathers nose"
Yes, - replied Coranda
Il will make one condition" said |
the young girl. 5We will make the |
same bargain; the first Of us that is /
not satisfied after marriage shall have |
his, or her nose cut off by the other"
Good. replied Coranda. I would /
rather it was the tongue; but that will
come next.
Never was a finer wedding seen at |
prague, and never was there a hap
pier household Goranda and the
beautiful Helen were a model pair. I
The husband and wife were never /
heard to complain of each other; they
loved with drawn swords and thanks
to their ingenious bargain, they kept !
for long years both their love and /
their noses.