The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-02-17
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OJ DlIch authOT, DekEeF, IN his ''.Itg
Havelsar''
TIE sTONE-CUTTsR,
"Once upon time there was ia Jana,
a poor stone cutter, a simple workma. m
the quarries. IIj5Ijle was rude, lie worked
much, gained little and was not at all can.
tented with bis fate
go, ifI could only be rich enou,l a,
rest, to sleep on thick mating, w-.r--I
In kirimon Of soft silk 7" Such .ras a.,
sigh he brea,hed 10 heaven. AN an.r
intercepted it.
's,It shah be according to Thy desire,
/ said the angel TO him. And he at n.a.
+ became rich, and be rested z..a. a..r
thick mating, and~RrapPcd himself Ii n
kirimon of s1h silk.
cit happened that the emperor pass
ty. He was preceded by heraids Oh E..-
and horseback, followed by a brilliant a--
cort of cavaliers, and surrounded by pes
sens who held over bis head an immeuaa
parasol resplendent with gold
'''What good does II DO me 70 be T.e,.
murmnrcd the man, 'as long as have u.l
the right to 90 out with an escort, and nay
head protected by golden parasol? WY
am I not the emperor :
" Thou strait be-, said the angel.
"And, indeed he became the emperor.
He had an escort or caIvacade before and
behind him, and people 1,ho held above
his head an immense parasol resPlendaug
with gold
"However, the sun with his ardent
beams dried up tlIe country, and the dusty
road, qaivering with bis brightness Ea,igued
The eyos.
" 1T Is a great advantage to The en-
Peror,' cried the man, when ihe heat Of
the day exhausts you, and the sun never
ceases to make you feel his power! But
if one could be the sun =
"'Beh5ld, Are you satisfied the angel
asked For he had become the sun, and
he darted his beams up and down, right
and left, ard all around him. And he
scorched the herbage Of The earth and tlz
faces Of the princes upon the earth.
but now a cloud thrust itself between
the earth and him it held back The rays
Of the sun, and prevented tEem from fall
ing upon the earth's surface.
There is strength, cried the sun-'s
cloud capable Of resisting my power, Il
would be better if were a cloud
'''Fery well. said the angel
"And the transformation was at once
accomplished. The new cloud placed IL
self haughtily between the sun and the
earth, and so thoroughly intercepted the
rays of the sun that It soon saw the earth
covered with its shadow. Then it caused
big drops Of rain, and pouring showers
and walerspouts TO fall on The lands, so
that the torrents burst their bounds and the
rivers spread over and devastated fields.
"Nothing resisted the force OF the in
undation only rock defad if, perfectly
motionless. IN vain the believing waters
heat it in their fury, the rock yielded not,
but the foaming waves died at its foot
"A rock, then, is my SUPERIOR" said
the cloud; 81 would rather be in It's place y
''Yo ou shall be-" said the angel
And nc was transferred into 2 steep,
unshaken rock, insensible to the rays of
the sun, Indifferent to the torments Of rain,
and the shock of the tumul,ous waves.
Nevertheless he distinguished at his feet
a man of poor appearance, hardly clothed,
bat armed with a chisel and a hammer
and The man, with the help Of these in
struments, struck off pieces Of the rock,
which he dressed into stones proper fy-
cutting.
"'What is that?' cried the rock 'has
man the power of rending pieces Of stone
from my breast Shall be weaker than
he ? Then it Is absolutely necessary tha.
| should be that man p
Have your will' said the angel
and he became again what lie had been
"A poor stone cutter, a simple workman
in the quarries. His life was rude; be
worked much and gained little, but he
was contented with his lott