The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-10-24
A Small Lesson.
translated from the Frensl

We are rot sure that we shall
escape whipping" for publishing the
following little village romance, with
n moral:
There was once upon time-as
old wives used to say--a husband
and wife, who had brought up three
daughters, respectively named Ka-
ren, Maren and Metty,
They might certainly have been
reckoned very pretty, had people
not known them to bo all three quite
as stubborn and contradictory, and
deslrous of hay .ng the last word.
Metty was far the most disagreeable.
BY dlnt OF time, thero came two
wooers for tie two eldest daughters,
who hnlshed by marrying.
But 1t vas years before ANYBODY
yent9red to mako up to Metty. At
last, no wever, even she had sweet
heart. IL is true that he came from
q long. distance. The banns were to
DC p lblished three times, and on the
thlrd pay after auch publication,
which had been fixed at an out-of,the
"ay hour by the bridegroom, he and
Metty metin church, IN order to be
married. When these particulars
were settled, the man, who was
an odd fellow, at once took his de-
parture.
On the wedding day, the old par
ents hal made their appearances at
church with their daughter. But
they had 81 lonS timo to wait for tho
bridegroom. At last ha appeared,
mounted on an old gray horse, with
a muskot slung across his breast,
and large dog at bis heels.
No sooner was sne marriage cere-
mony over, than be said to his bride
" Jump on to that horse, and place
yourself before me, that we may re-
turn home"
She did as she was bid, although
her father raised number of OBJ
Jechons. He could have wished that
the newly made pair had entered his
house, first of all, to eat something.
But the new husband would not
hear Of any such thing, and they
we,0t their ways.
When they had gone tolerably far,
the husband lei fall one of his
gloves.
"Pick it mp" said he to the dog;
but the animal let it lie, for anything
he cared.
"Pick it up, instantly" repeated
he; but again the dog did not stir.
After having commanded him n
third time to do what he had bid
him, but with no better success, and
without the dogs seeming to care n
farthing for his commands, the man
took up his gun and shot him dead
on the spot.
They went their ways and reached
wood, where the husband had a
mind to take somo rest. Our trav-
ellers accordingly got off their horse,
and put the bride on his neck.
When the man thought they we're
sufficiently rested, he called his horse
three times; but the horse took no
notice c;his masters voice and went
on grazing. On seeing this, the
husband took up his gun once more
and killed tho disobedient horse. On
witnessing this sight the wife felt
strangely uneasy; and while continu-
ing her road, determined, come
what might, never to contradict her
husband.
Shortly after, he took up a green
twig, and folded it so that the two
ends would meet, and presented it
to his wife, bidding her to keep it
till he asked to have it back. The
newly married pair then followed
their road on foot, and arrived with.
ont further accident at their farm
house.
Here they lived very happily, for
Metty had not forgotten the resohl-
ton she had raken in the woods
meyer to, contradict her--,husband.
She always appeared so-Eentle- amrr
docile, that nobody could have sus-
pected that she was the untractable
Metty. Now this is what her hus-
band said to her one day: Should
we not 90 and sec your father, Met
ty, to ascertain how he and your
good old mother are by this time?'
The wife declared that nothing
could please her better; according
ly, the husband ordered the horses
to he harnessed, and off they wont.
Toward evening they had overtaken
flock of storks all journeying to
gether