The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-02-24
Luck May Lie in a Pin.
BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.


Luck; there are those who see her all the
time, some only at certain times of the
year, others only one single day--yes,
there are people who only see Luck ouce
in their life time; but all of us do see her.
suppose that need not ten you that
when our Lord sends a little child here,
He lays it in its mothers lap; this may
happen in rich mans castle, or in
workingman's nicely ordered room; but
then it may happen instead in an open mar
ket place, where the cold wind blows.
But what every one of you do know, and
yet is really true, is, that our Lord, when
he places a child here, also sends along
with it good Luck, which, however, isnev-
er placed near by. but is hidden in some
spot on our globe, where we look for it
least; and it is always found at last, and
that is comfort.
Luck once was placed in an apple; that
was for man whose name was Newton.
The apple fell, and thus found his Luck.
If you do not know the story, ask some one
to tell it to you. We have another story
to tell-a story about pear,
There once lived poor man, who was
born poor, and had grown up poor, and was
poor when he married He was turner
by trade, and used to turn umbrella rings,
but he only earned enough money by this
to live from hand to mouth.
81 shall never find my LUCK" said he
Now this is a true story, which really
happened. could tell the name of the
country and the place where the man liv-
ed, but thatis of no consequence. The red
aud sour mountain ash berries blossomed
and ripened around his house and in his
garden, as if they were the choicest fruit;
and in the garden stood also pear tree,
but it never had borne a pear, yet there
Luck was placed in an invisible pear.
One night thewind blew terribly. In
Ayize, men said the great Dillig boulder
had been lifted from the side of the road,
and throwd down like lump of clay, and
so it was not at all wonderful that a big
branch should have been broken from tho
pear tree. The branch was taken into the
workshop, and the man turned ont Of It,
just for fun, big pear, and another big
pear, then a smaller pear, and then several
very small pears.
'''lhe tree shall bear pears once at least"
he said, and gave them to the children to
play with.
There are some things that are neces,7-
ries in life, and among these, most certainly
in wet countries, are umbrellas. Now the
whole family had only one for general use.
When the wind blew very hard, the um-
brella would turn over, and sometimes it
would break; but the man quickly mended
it again-that was his trade. With the
button and string that kept the umbrella
together, it went worse; would always
break too soon, just as one was folding the
umbrella up.
One day, when the button had broken
again, and the man hunted in vain for it on
the floor, he happened to get hold Of one
of the smallest pears, which he had turned,
and had given to the children to play
with.
y 81 cannot find the button," said the man,
"but this little thing will answer" He
pulled small chord through it, and the
little pear filled the place of the broken
button beautifully; it was exactly right,
and formed the best of fasteners. The
next time he had to send handles and rings
to the capital, he added to the number a
few of the small wooden pears which he
had turned. They were fastened to few
new umbrellas, which were sent with a
thousand others to America. They have
quick understanding there of what is Of
use. The little pear was found to hold
best, and the umbrella merchant gave or
ders that all the umbrellas to be sent to
him after that should be fastened with the
little wooden pear. Large orders were to
be supplied, thousands Of pears to be made
of wooden pears on all umbrellas; and our
man was kept busy at work. He turned
and turned; the whole pear tree was used
for little wooden pears, which brought
shillings that grew into dollars.
"Tn that pear tree my Luck was placed"
said the man; and soon after he had great
workshop, with plenty of women and boys
to help him. Now he was all the time in
good humor, and often used to say, !'huck
may lie in pin"
So also says he who tells the story aaad 'a5l
you should know that it is true; 2hd there
| is provert III Denmark, that if you put
| white pin in your mouth you will be inyis-
ible; but it must be the right sort of apin-
one given by our Lord. l have had one
of them; and whenever come to America,
the land of the New World, which is so far
off yet so near to me, shall always carry
that pin with me. Team send my greeting
over in few minutes; the ooeanrolls over
to its shores; there the wind blows; any day
| can be there when my stories are read,
and perhaps see the glittering gold receive
the ringing gold-the gold that is Best of
all which shines in the eyes of children,
and comes ringing from their lips, and the
1 lips of their parents. l am in the very
room, with my friends-and yet am inyis-
ible. Ihave the white pin in my mouth.
Yes, Luck may liein a pin Riverside
Moga-ine.