St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-11


struck with the beauty of her voice, and
fell in love with her on the spot. Then
he called upon her parents. and said he
wished to court her. And her father
I'd to this prince.
Your royal highness, do you think
Won can offer our daughter more money
for her lambs than she could tell!
And the prince, who was very boast
ful and Very rich, said,-.
"Oh. YES, certainly; | will sell the
diamonds, and rubies, and emeralds,
and pearls out Of the crown | wear, and
they will fetch more money than your
daughter can count"
Now this Young prince was really i'll
his heart too misery to part with his
Jewels, SO he hit upon the scheme of
sending for jcwellcr and asking him
what they would fetch if they We're all
sold. And the jeweller looked at them
for long while, and referred to his
Ready Rcckoncr, tapped his forehead
several times, and did some hard Sums
on paper. and then at last he said,
Those Jewels. your royal highnesS,
are worth nine trillions, six billions,
two millions. nine hundred and sixty
nine thousand eight hundred and seven
| 'N-IDlll lboull'N.
Il do not think your daughter can
count Hdtt' srid the prince rather
bumptiouSly.
Il tcaI She can, your royal highness,
SAYS the mother, she knew her nu-
meration-tahlc very well indeed; bet
ter than niu.t Young ladies of her age"
However, they sent for several sacks
of gray peas and turned them all out on
the floor for the girl To count. if she
could And She ran them off. tens, hun
lrcds, thousands, hundreds OF thou
sands. millions, ;iliion>, trillions till
they saw il WAS no use. so the prince
rode away vcXcd and liflled. and that
little girl went on singing
If d as much money | could tell,
would not cry. Young lambs To sell
Young lambs T. sell. young lambs t" sell
VII.
There was clever. good little boy
who had also fallen in love with that
little girl. He was ever 81 much more
fond of her than the prince who had
been haflicd. and would have sold all
the Jewels in his crown. dccillionS of
times. more times than there are in the
enumeration table. if he could only he
her sweetheart. He was very simple
hearted and he felt quite sure she
would never count the money i'll his
moncy-boX if he changed it and brought
it all to her i'll tarthingS. But to his
great surprise, when he brought his lit
tie Lit was not many shillingS, be
cause he had been buying IL good deal
of Swect>tutf' for his sister lately,-hc
found the little girl could count it all
mp in no time, and that she went on
singing, Young lambs to SELL" harder
than ever. This upset him very much,
and then, as he went. down the lane
afterwards, he happened to come across
that old woman with the nutcracker
chin. and she laughed at him, and sang
in spitetul way
Young lambs to sell Young lambs To sell
If Id as much money as could tell
would not cry. Young lambs to sell
Then he felt quite sure in his mind
that that little girl was bewitched. and
he Went home very sad, but quite de-
termined that he would find out some
way of taking the spell off.
VIII.
Now this little boy was very fond OF
his Tables and knew all about foreign
i money; and when he had thought {;
.. great deal about what to do. he took al
, his pocket money and went to shOI
in the City. where they exchange En-
I gli>h coins for foreign. and foreign tol
, English. And what he did there We
shall soon see. for the very same day he
went again to that little girls parents
, and offered to buy the Young lambs Sh,
, had to sell saving he felt sure he coul,
/ now give more money for them than
p she could tell. And the little girl wa:
q, there singing Young lambs to sell. Il,
usual. with all the little lambs friskin!
about her, which you may he sure Wa,
p very troublesome to her parents an'
= brothers and sisters. However, th
clever little boy laid down before he
>, -four faIthingS. and then some foreign
= money from France. Denmark, Gcrma
: ny and India. and all that. There wer
:, crntimes. ptennigs. groschcn. pice, an,
- other coins that the little girl had nevc
;, seen till then. And when she ha,
- counted the farthings. one, two. three
four. she came to a dead stop, and stared
q, and said
= More money then can tell | can
:, count them -
s ''Shc can't count them - cried papa
">he can't count them :" said mamma
u. "She can't count them y" shouted he
brothers and sisters, dancing aroun
=, her.
- And the clever little boy jumped, an'
II laughed. and she kissed him. and sh
left of singing there and then. and the
10 had those young lambs killed, and the
:. ate them with mint sauce, and that lit
" tie girl and that little boy We're sweet
hearts ever after. till she woke up wit
! IL little start. and found she was knock
-, ing her sop over.
- There now" said her mamma, ''yo
-, might have broken the basin, IIo,
n came you to 60 off into IA doze at thi
= time of day ?"
/, Then the little girl was SO pleased q
" having been bcwitched, and at havin
had real live Young lambs to sell. an
Ia ut having Il prince come to see her, an
-, ut having the spell taken off. and hay
= ing such clever hoy for sweethcar
~ all i'll Il dream, and ut not having brok
II Ell the pretty basin her sop was in, tina
:. she made up her mind she would shu
-, up whenever her father asked her to d
- So i'll all the rest of her life.
. As fast is they sold her Young lamb
~ a fresh flock seemed somehow to com
n round her, and she was always able t
i. count great deal more money tina
t the price came to.
~ GLOW far can our daughter cOun
ho my love p asked the father one day
~ the mother.
~ Il think she can count a good deal
" replied the mother: Il am afraid 81
knew her enumeration table very we
If before this atfiiction came upon her an