Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-05-28
The Way Of the World.

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went into the wood to cut hop-poles, but
he could find no trees so long, and straight,
and slender as he wanted, till he came
high up under great heap of stones.
There he heard gToans and means as
though some one were at deaths door.
So he went up to see who it was that
needed help, and then he heard that the
noise came from under a great fiat stone
which lay upon the heap. 1t was so heavy
it would have taken many man to lift it.
But the man went down again into the
wood and cut down tree, which he turned
into a lever, and with that he tilted up
the stone, and 10! out from under j;
crawled Dragon, and made at the man
10 swallow him up. But the man said he
had saved the Dragons life, and it Was
shameful thanklessness in him to want to
eat him up.
MAY be-" said the Dragon; but you
might very well know | must be starved
when have been here hundreds of years
and never tasted meat. Besides, its the
way of the wOrld-that's how it pays its
debts"
The man pleaded his cause stoutly, and
begged prettily for his life and at last
they agreed to take the first living thing
that came for a daysman, and if his doom
went the other way the man should not
lose his life, but if he said the same as
the Dragon, the Dragon should eat the
man.
The first that came was an old hound,
who ran along the road down below under
the hillside. Him they spoke to, and
begged him to be Judge
"God knows" said the hound, Il have
served my master truly ever since was a
little whelp. Ihave watched and watched
many and many night through, while he
lay warm asleep on his ear, and l have
saved house and home from fire and
thieves more than once; but now / can
neither see nor hear any more, and he
wants to shoot me. And so / must run
away, and stink from house to house, and
beg for my living till 1 die of hunger
MOI it's the way of the world" said the
hound; that's how it pays its debts"
"Now am coming to eat you up" said
the dragon, and tried to swallow the man
again. But the man begged and prayed
hard for his life, till they agreed to take
the next conner for Judge; and if he said
the same as the dragon and the hound
the dragon was to eat him, and get meal
of mans meat; but if he did not say SO
the man was to get off with his life.
So there came an old horse limping
down along the road which ran under the
hill. Him they called out to come and
settle the dispute. Yes; he was quite
ready to do that.
"Now, have served my MASTER" SAID
the horse, Gas long as l could draw oil
carry. / have shaved and striven for him
till the sweat trickled from every hair
and have worked till have grown lame
| 1,ol< ox,I NJ toll
now am fit for nothing. am not worth
my food, and so / am to have bullet
through me, he says. Nayi nay it's the
way of the world. That's how the world
pays its debts"
"Well, now I'm coming to eat you,
said the Dragon, who CAPPED wide, ant
begged hard for his life.
But the Dragon said he must have q
mouthful OF msn's meat he was SO hun
cry, he couldn't bear it any longer.
"See, yonder comes one who looks as i
he was sent to be Judge between us,
said the man, as he pointed to Reynart
the fox, who came stealing between the
stones of the heap.
"All good things are three" said the
man; "a let me ask him, too, and if hi
gives doom like the others, eat me up OF
the spot"
"Very WELL" said the Dragon. He, too
had heard that all good things. were three
and so it should be bargain So the mar
talked to the fox as he had talked to tn,
others.
"Yes, yes" said Reynard; al see how
it all isl; but as he said this, he took thu
man little on one she.
"What will you give me if / free yol
from the Dragon?" he whispered into thu
mans ear.
"You shall be free to come to my
: house, and to be lord and master over m,
hens and geese, every Thursday night,
said the man.
"Well, my dear Dragon" said Reynard
t" this is a very hard nut to crack. / can
get it into my head how you, who are s,
big and mighty beast, could find room Il
!, lie under yon stone"
Cant your" said the Dragon; swell
lay under the hillside, and summed my
self, and down came alandslip, and hurle'
J the stone over nae"
"All very likely, / dare say" said Rey
nard but still can't understand it, and
/ what's more, l won't believe it till / see it.
| So the man said they had better prov
it, and the Dragon crawled down into til
, hole again; but in the twinkling of a
} eye they whipped out the lever, and dow
the stone crashed again on the Dragon.
"Lie now there till Doomsday," said til
. fox. "You would eat the man, woul
, you, who saved your life?"
The Dragon groaned, and moaned, an
! begged hard to come out; but the tw
|, went their way, and left him alone.
: The very first Thursday night ReynaI
!, came to be lord and master over the hel
! roost, and hid himself behind great pi