Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-11
Luck may Lie in a PIN.
by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON.

Luck. All of MS are acquainted with 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 once In their
life time; but all of US do see her.
[ suppose [ need not tell you that when
our Lord sends little child here, He lays
it in his mothers lap; this may happen In
a rich mans castle, Oh in a workingman's
nicely ordered room; but then it may hap
pen instead in an open market place, where
the cold winds blow. But what every one
of you does not know, and yet is really
true, is that our Lord, when he places
child here, also sends along with it good
Luck, which, however, il never placed
near by, bat 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 q man whose name was Newton.-
The apple fell, and thus he 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 a pear.
There once lived a poor man, who was
born poor, and had grown up poor, and
was poor when he was 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 q true story, which really
happened. I could tell the name OF the
country and the place where the man
lived, but that is OF no consequence. The
red and sour mountain ash berries bios
somed and ripened around his house and
in. his garden, as if they were the choicest
fruit, and III the garden stood also pear
tree, but it never had borne a pear, yet
their Luck was placed in an invisible
pear.
One night the wind blew terribly. In
Aylze, men said the great Dillig boulder
had been lifted from the side of the road,
and thrown down like lump Of clay, and
SO it was not at all wonderful that big
branch should have been broken from the
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 ii smaller pear, ard then several
very small pears.
1.-THE tree shall bear pears once at
least" he said, and gave them to the chill
aren to play with.
There are some things that are necessa-
rles in life, and among these, most certain
II wet countries, are umbrellas. Now
&c whole family had only one for general
e. When the wind blew very hard, the
mbrella would turn over, and sometimes
would break; but the man quickly mend
ed 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 tb9 smallest pears, which he had
turned, and had given to the children to
play with.
II cannot find the BUTTON" said the
man, "but this little thing will answer
He pulled small cord through it, and the
little pear filed the place Of the broken
button beautifully; it was exactly right,
and formed the best of fasteners. The
next time he had to send umbrella handles
and rings TO the capita, he added to the
number few Of the small wooden pears
which he had turned. They were fastened
to a few new umbrellas, which were sent
with a thousand others to America. They
have a quick understanding there of Whist
is of use. The little pear was found to
held best, and The umbrella merchant
gave orders that all the umbrellas be sent
to him after that should be fastened with
the little wooden pear. Large orders we're
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 shiliings that grew into dollars.
I'm that pear tree my Luck was placed, y
said the man; aud soon after he had a
great workshop, with plenty Of women
and boys to help him. Now he was all
the time in a good humOr. and often used
to say, ''Luck may lie il pin"
So also says be who tells the story, and
you should know that it is true, and is q
proverb in Denmark, that if you put q
white pin in your mouth you will be in
visible, but it must be the right sort of pin
one given by our Lord. have had one
of them; and whenever I como TO Ameri-
ca, the land of the New World, which is
SO far off yet so near me, I shall always
carry that pin with me. L can send my
greeting over in n few minutes; the ocean
rolls over to It's shores; there the wind
blows; any day I can be there where my
stories are read, and perhaps see the gilt
tering gold receive the ringing gold-the
gold that is best Of all, which shines in the
eyes of children, aud comes ringing from
their lips, and the lips of their parents. I
am in the very room with my friends-and
yet am invisible. / have tho white pin
in my mouth.
Yes, Luck may lie in o. pin.-Rjvcyside
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