Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-11-11
Truth Is Always Best.


could cure her; then it was prophesied
to the king that his daughter would eat
an apple that would make her we'll. So
the King made it known. all over the
tina whoever brought the APP
Piles that would make his daughter well,
should have her for wife, and be king
after him. Now there was poor man,
who had three sons; when he heard this,
he said to the eldest: $50 to the gar
den, take basketball of those beautiful
apples with the red cheeks, and carry
them to the court perhaps the kings
daughter will be able to eat herself well
with them and then you can marry
her and be king
The chap did as he was bid, and took
to the road. When he had walked
while, he met quite little Iron Man,
who asked him what he had in his bas-
ket SO Hele-for that was the youths
name-said, "Frogs' legs" The little
man then said, "We'l so be it," and
then went on. At last Hele reached
the castle; had it announced that he
had some apples which would cure the
kings daughter if she ate them. At
that the king was nightly pleased, and
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he opened the basket. instead of apples,
there was heap of frogs legs kicking
about in it The king got into rage
and had him kicked out of the house.
When he got home he told his father
how he Jared. Then his father sent his
next son, Saeme, but the little Iron Man
met him, and asked him what he had
in the basket. and Saeme said, "Sows
bristles'' Well, so let it be- said the
little Iron Man, and passed on, and
when Sreme arrived at the palace, he
announced that he had apples that
would cure the princess, and at last
they took him to the king, and 10 !!
when he opened the basket he had
only sow's bristles, so the king in quite
a temper, had him whipped out OF
the palace into the road, and Saeme
went home and told them how he Jared.
Then the youngest boy, who they
had always called stupid Jack, because
he would never try to deceive any one,
went to his father and asked him to let
him try his fortune with the apples.
"Oh! yes" said his father, "you're
pretty one to go-if the clever ones
can't succeed, what will you do?
"Just let me try, father insisted
Jack so at last his father let him go to
get rid of him. So next morning Jack
picked basketful of beautiful red and
gold colored apples from the tree and
started for the palace, and on the way
he too met the little Iron Man, who
asked him what he had in his basket.
Apples" said Jack, to make the
kings daughter WE'LL "Well so let it
be- said the little Iron Man, and
passed on. But when Jack reached the
palace door they wouldn't let him in at
all, for they didn't like being fooled
with SOW bristles and frogs, legs; but
Jack insisted so hard that he had APP
Piles that the doorkeeper thought he
couldn't be telling a falsehood and let
him in, and, sure enough, when Jack
uncovered the basket it was full of
beautiful red and gold apples. The
king was delighted and had some of
them sent at once to his daughter, and
waited impatiently to see if they would
cure her, when, in a trice, in she ran
perfectly we'll. The king was delighted,
but still didn't like to give up his
daughter to a poor country boy, so said
that Jack must first make him a boat
that would swim better on land than in
water.
So Jack said he would, and went
home, and told his father how he Jared
So the father wanted Hele to get the
kings daughter, and sent him to the
woods to make such a boat he worked
away diligently, and whistled at his
work at midday, the little Iron Man
came along, and asked him what he was
making. "A wooden howl" said Hele
Well, so let it be- said the little man.
And so, when Hele took his boat home
at night, it was q wooden bowl. So the
father sent out Saeme to the woods ;
but it Jared just the same with him ;
and SO on the third day stupid Jack was
allowed to try his luck. He worked
very hard, and sung and whistled till
the woods rang at midday there came
the little Iron Man. and asked him
what he was making. "a boat" said
Jack, that will swim on land better
than on water" "Well, SO let it be-"
said the little Iron Man. And sure
enough, when evening come Jack had
his boat and all belonging to it ready,
and got into it and rowed to the castle.
The boat went as fast as the wind. The
king was delighted with this, but still
said that Jack must do something else
he must take hundred hares out gras-
sing from early morn till late in the
evening, and not lose one, or he should
not have his daughter.
So Jack said very well, and took the
hares out to the meadow, and not many
hours had passed away when out came
a maid servant from the castle and said
she must have hare to kill for dinner,
as some of the company had arrived
but Jack saw through that, and would
not let her have it, and she began to
scold him, till at last he said if the
kings daughter came after it she might
have one; so the maid went back and
told them in the palace, and the kings
daughter did come after it herself. But
in the meantime the little Iron Man
had come along and asked Jack what
he was doing there, and Jack said,
He had got to watch a hundred hares,
so that none of them run away, and
then he was to marry the kings daugh-
ter and be king" "Good," said the
little Iron Man, Here's whistle for
you, and if one runs away, only
Just whistle, and he will come back
again" "Thank you," said Jack, and
put the whistle in his pocket.
So when the kings daughter came,
Jack put a hare in her apron, but when
she got nearly to the castle, Jack whis-
tied, and the hare jumped out and ran
back to the rest directly. In the even
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