Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-16

The little spirit or l"'v-mai', heard
them roaring fortl, their threats as they
approached, but he dld not :'"prar to
bo disuui,trl in HE least Hts sitter,
who did not rs yet hear them, after !.
while went to tho door, and seeing fu"v
largo men coming straight 10 their
lodge, was in great fear, and running,
in, rxcluinel:
lIo is coming, four t1mrs as strong
as cvcr,' for she supposed that the os;,'
man whom her brother had offended
had become SO angry a, to make four
Of himself in order to get revenge.
yhc boy man raj.l, "Why no you mimi
them Give me something to cat.
"How can you think Of eating ut sucl,
Il timc!' she replied.
|'Do rs request you, and be quick, y
he said.
She then gave the littlo spirit his
dish, and he commenced eating. just
then the. four brothers came 10 the
door.
"See," said tho sister, ''t]lc man with
four heads"
The brothers were about to lift til"
curtain ut the door when the boy nn.l
turned his dish upside down, and i'm
mcdiately the c'1rt;ln became STONE,
upon which tho four brothers set to
work aud hammered with their clubs in
great fury till ut length they made i.
slight opening. One Of the brothers
put his face at the little hole. The lit
tic spirit who had commenced eating
again took up his howand arrow Which
lay by his side, and let fly the shaft,
which, striking the man in the head,
he fell back The boy-mun merely
called out "Numbcr One, 3" az the man
fell, and went on with his meal. In /.
moment q second face, Just like the
first, appeared ut the window, and the
little spirit fired his arrow and called
out "Numbcr Two," and continued his
meal.
The two others were quickly dis
patched in the same way, and called as
they fell, "Numbcr three, 'nnl "Num-
Der fonr"
After they were all disposed Of in
this way, the boy-man directed his Sis
ter to 60 out and see thcm. She pres
emily ran back, saying, "Thcrcare four
of them"
"Of course" said the boy-man,
"apd four thcro always shall bc Of
thcn," and, going out himself, the
boy man raised the brothers to their
feet, and giving each IL push, one with
his face to the east, another to the
west, third to the south, and the last
to the north, he sent them to wander
about tho earth; and whenever you
see four men just alike they are the
four brothers whom The little spirit
dispatched upon their travels.
OF course thcro was great rejoicing
in the lodge over the triumph Of the
little boy man over his enemies, and
that evening his sister said, as they
sat talking to each other il, the dark,
by the light Of each Others cycs--for
they had no other light OF any kind
my brother, it is strange that yo1.,
who can do 50 much, are no wiser than
the moon, which shines or not rs it
pleascs."
''And is not that light enough {"
asked tho littlo spirit.
"Quitc enough" the sister replied,
eff it would but come within tho lodge
and not sojourn out in the cloud5'
"We will have light of our own,
sister," said tho boy-man, and casting
himself upon mat by tho door, COM
menced singing
| Firc-fy, firc-fy, bright I'LL" thing,
| Light inc to bed aud my song will sing;
! Give me your light, You fly over my head,
That may mcrrily 20 to my bed
Give mo your light DER the grass as you creep,
That may joyfully 80 my sleep;
Come little freely, cOlnu little b,aSt
| Como, and I'll make you Tomorrow feast.
Como little candle, that flies as sing,
Bright little fairy-bug, nights little king;
| Come, and III dream you guide along,
Come, and I'll pay you, bright bug, "it!l soug.
As tho boy chanted this call there
fitted in pretty little fly with glr:;m
Of light in its body that Frightened
the lodge, then two aud two, till ut
last, swarming in little army, the
bright flashing of the 1ircllics lit up the
little lodge with a thousand sparkling
lamps, just as the stars were lighting
the mighty hollow of the sky without
The faces Of the sister and brother
shone upon each other from their OPP
posite sides of tho lodge, with u kindly
gleam of happy trnst they had the
lamp of the tircAies to cheer them when
the sun went to rest, and no sorrow or
doubt darkened their little house.