The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28
Nery WE'LL" said Coranda.


roof of which was falling to pieces. The
carpenters came to repair it. and began,
as usual, By tearing down the roof. Co
randa took ladder and mounted the roof
of the house, which was quite new.
Shingles, laths, nails and tiles few-..e
tore off everything and scattered them all
to the winds When the farmer return
ed, the house was open to the sky
"Villain - said he, "what new trick
have you played me p
Il have obeyed you, MASTER" answered
Coranda. you told me to do exactly as
I saw others do. Are you not satisfied :"
And he took out his knife
Satisfied !" said the farmer 'why
should not be satisfied? \ few shingles
more or less. will not ruin me- But he
sighed.
light came; the farmer and his wife
said to each other that it was high time
to get rid Of this incarnate demon. As
is always the case with sensible people,
they never did anything without consult
ing their daughter, it being the custom
in Bohemia to think that children always
have more wit than their parents.
"Father," said Helen, Il will hide in
the great pear tree early in the morning,
and call like cookoo. You can tell
Coranda that the year is UP, since the
cuckoo is singing pay him and send Linn
away"
Early in the morning the plaintive cry
of the cuckoo was heard through the
fields. The farmer seemed surprised.
'Well, my boy, spring has come,7 said
he. "Do you near the cuckoo singing
yonder? I vii. pay you, and we will
part good friends .
"a cuckoo said Coranda; 'sthat is
a bird that have always wanted to get
sight at
He ran to the tree and shook it with
all his might. when, behold a young
girl fell from the branches, fortunately
more frightened that hurt.
| ..Nillain !" cried the farmer.
care YOU not satisfied - said Coranda
opening his knife.
wretch you kill my daughter, and
you think | ought to be satisfied am
furious. Begone, if you would not die
by my hand -
II will 60 when | have cut off your
nose" said Coranda Il have kept my
word do you keep yours"
s.Stop," cried the farmer, putting his
hand before his face; "you will surely
let me redeem my nose p
at depends on what you offer" said
| Coranda
"Wil you take ten sheep for it p
"No."
sTen cows ?"
NO; | would rather cut off your
nose And he sharpened his knife on
the doorstep.
.Father,' said Helen, 'sthe fault is
mine it belongs to me to repair it.
CoranIa. will you take my hand instead
of my fathers nose p
"Ycs," replied Coranda
II make one condition." said the
young girl ave will make the same
bargain the first one of US who is not
satisfied after marriage shall have his or
her nose cut off by the other"
| Good" replied Coranda. II would
rather it was the tongue, but that shall
come next.
Never was such wedding seen at
Prague, and never was there a happier
household Coranda and the beautiful
| Helen were a model pair 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.
| Leon Gozlan used to say thata French
| woman will love her husband if he is
either witty or chivalrous; German
| woman, if he is constant and faithful |;
Dutch woman, if he does not disturb