Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-06-19
Eor De ChiIdren.
THE WAY oFTHn WORLD.

went into the woods 70 cut hop-poIes.
out could dnd no trees as long, and
i,,ls,lg' issEalght' and slender, as he wanted, till
ne came nigh up under a great heap OF
stones. There he heard RrOans and
means as though some one were az
DeAth' . door. So he went up tOBee who
y We L1at needed help, and then he
1eafu Ihat the noise came from ma.
9er q great fiat stone which Law uDou
| the heap. It was so heavy 10 would
have taken many men to-lift it. But
the man went down again into the wood
and cut down tree which he turned
Z into lever and with that he tilted the
stone, and loi out from under It crawl
ed Dragon, and made at the man 10
sWall0W him up. And the man said he
had saved the Dragons life and u was
snametul thankfulness in him to eat
''NIay be-" said tho Dragon; "bus
you might very well know I must b8
starved when 1 have been here huna
areds Of years and never tasted meat.
Besides, it's the way of the WORLD
that's how it pays its debts.
The man pleaded hls cause stoutl9.
/ and begged prettily for his life; and Ut
l last they agreed to take the FIRST living
/ tnlng that came for 2 dayssuq3ap, and II
his doom went the other way the man
should no6 lose his life, but ifhe said the
eat the man,
Inc hrst chat came was an old hound,
{ VINO ran along the road down below uH-
I der the hillside. Him they spoke To
/ and begged him to be Judge.
/ GOD Knows" said the hound, fs'l
nave serFeo my master faithfully ever
since was little whelps i have
I watched many and many a night
through, while he lay warm in bis bed
and have saved house and home from
1ra and burglars, more that once but
now 1 can neither hear or see any more,
and ne wants to shoot me. And 40
mglst run away, and stink from hOWS8
20 house, and beg for my living liii
world said the hOuna ''that'B how il
pays its debts"
"NOW ] Rm coming to eat you up, Dsaid
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
II ne said the same as the Dragon and
the Hound, the Dragon was to eat him,
ana get meal Of mans meat; but fl
ne dig not say so, the man was to get
of with his life.
So there came an old horse umpinQ
down along the road which ran under
the hill. Him they called out to come
and settle the dispute. Yes; he was
quite ready 10 do that.
NOW IhaVe served my master" said
the horse, Gas long as could draw or
carry. I haYe shaved and striven for
him till the SWEET tricl1led from every
hair, and have worked TIL i have
grown lame and halt, and worn out
with toll and age; now am fit for
nothing, I am not worth my food, and
50 I am to have bullet through me,
he says. Nay nay It's the way Of
the world. That's how the world pays
its debts" 4"
''Well, now Pm coming TO eat you"
5Bid the Dragon, who gaped wide and
wanted to swallow the man. But he
begged hard for his life.
But the Dragon said he must have q
mouthful Of mans meati he was so
hungry, he couldn't bear ii any longer.
'See, yOnder comes one who looks as
II he was sent to be judge between
us" said the man, as he pointed to
the fox, who came stealing
between the stones of the heap.
All good things are three" said the
man ''let me ask him, too, and If he
gives doom ike the others, eat me mp
ON Che spot"
Every we'll, - said the Dragon. E-e,
too, had heard that all good things
were three, and so it should be a bar
gain. So the man talked to the fox as
he had talked to the others.
= Yes, yes said Reynard ''I see how
9 all isS' but as he said this, he took
he man a little one side.
W nat VIII you give me if free you
rom the Oregon ?" he whispered into
he mans ear
"You shall be free to come to my
louse and to be lord and master over
ny hens and geese, every Thursday
hight, said the man.
'Well, my dear Dragon" =" said Rev
lard, "this is a very hard nut to crack.
can't get il into my head how you
Who are so Big and mighty beast could
ind room 10 lie under yOn stone"
"Can't you, p said the Dragon 0well
[ lay under the hill side, and summed
myself, and down came landsllp, ana
hurled the stone over"
All very likely dare say" said Rey-
lard "but still I can't understand it,
md what's more, won't believe it till
see it,"
So the man said theyhad better prove
l. and the Dragon crawled down into
he hole again but in the tWinkling Of
m eye, they whipped out the lever, and
Town the stone crashed again on the
Dragon.
Lie there now till Dooms-day,'' said
ne fox. "You would eat the man,
would you, who saved your life ?"
The Dragon grOaned, and moaned and
egged hard to come out; but the two
vent away and left him alone
Ihe very first Thursday night Rey-
ard came to be lord and master over
he henrOOst, and hid himself behind
great pile or wood hard by. When
be maid went 70 feed the fowls, in stole
She neither saw nor heard
nything Of him but her back was
earce turned before he had sucked
loOd enough for week, and stuffed
imselfsO that he couldn't stir. So when
he came again in the morning, there
teynard lay aHc slept in the morning
un, with all four legs stretched straight;
nd he was as sleek as German sRu-
age.
Away ran the lassie for the goody,
nd she came, and all the lassies with
er, with sticks and brooms TO beat
seYnard; aud, to tell the truth, they
early banged the life out of hims but
1st as it was almost over with him,
nd he thought his last hour was come,
10 found a hole in the door, and 80 he
rept out, and limped and hobbled of
D the wood.
"Ob, oh" said Reynard, chow true Il
8. 'Tis the way of the world aud
his is the way the world pays its debts