The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-18

| fray Lell Iu6 HuaI 1hNo .sat on
are, sticking out Of your wslsIcoSts ,.,,. ,
The young man looked down ana io E Z
the tWig, with the three leaves, whiGn mao
fallen mon him while he slept. III was
ranobt IA the flap OF his watstcoat
az must have fallen from the great
beach tree just outside the village" he re.
nlipd az had a nap under II.
The girl listened sttCntiVely, waiting
10 hear what no would say next When
he had ceasedspeakiDgshe began to ques'
ton him narrowly, till she had ascertain
ed beyond doubt that he had really
fallen asleep under the great geech'tree,
and that, moreover, he knew nothing OF
the wonderful power and properties at
tached 10 the tree. For he was sly dog
and pretended TO know nothing.
AS soon as she had done questioning,
she went and drew HIM another Jug Of
beer, and pressed him to drink, telling
him all the lovely things she had herself
dreamt, and what pity It was they had
never come true. .- ,...
Just then the shepherd came from the
field, driving his sheep through tue vii
lage.
As be passed the Crown Inn, he saw
the Two sitting in the arbOr in earnest
converse, and he stood still a moment, and
said:
"Ah, Yes, he'll be sure to tell you the
beautiful dream, though / can get moth
ing out Of him" And then he drove on
his sheep.
When the girl found, do what she
would, she could not learn anything about
the dream, her curiosity knew no bounds,
and at last she could control herself no
longer, and asked him outright what he
had dreamt whilst sleeping under the
beech.
Then the young man, who was mis-
chlevous rogue, and In very high spirits
about his pleasant dream, with sly look
anil wink, said: 81.
"Ahl l had a most glorious dream,
which must come true but l dare not tell
you what It was"
But she worried and leased him so that
at last he drew his chair towards her, and
told her quite gravely;
II dreamt ] should marry the daughter
Of the landlord OF the Crown Inn, and
after bit should become landlord my.
selIp
On hearing this the girl grew as white
as a lily and then as read as q rose, and
got up and walked back into the house. |
Then alter some little time she came again,
and asked If he had really dresmt 1t, and
was quite in earnest.
ITO be sure, to be sure" said he" she
who appeared 10 me in the dream was
most certainly just like you !"
Then the girl went again into the house,
and did not return. She walked straight
to her own room; and thoughts flowed
through her brain like water that runneth |
apsce. First one idea, then another
chased Il way till back came the first
thoughts: There was no end 10 the con-
fusion. HE knows nothing about the
tree,n she said toSaarself, "he dreamt 1t,
and whether I wish 1t or no, 1t will surely |
come 10 pass; there's no possibility Of
changing that" And with this she went
to bed, and dreamt the whole night oil
the young man. When she swoke the
next morning she knew his face by heart,
30 often had she seen It in her dreams du.
ring the night. And he was very good.
looking fellow, too.
The young man had slept soundly on
Ills bed of straw. Dreaming Beech, dream,
and all he had said 10 the landlords
laughter were alike forgotten. BE stood
NJ the door Of the tap.roOm, and was just
shaking the landlords hand, and wishing
him good by" when the girl entered. On
seeing him ready to start, an understandable
feeling came over her, and she could not
let him 60.
"Fsther," she said, "the beer has not yet
been tapped, and the young man has
nothing 10 do; couldn't he stay day long
or, and earn his board and lodging, and
get something beside for the journey
home ?"
The landlord had no objection to make
to this proposal, as he had just had his
morning draught, and was in the best of
humor. ttF.A.
Somehow the beer.tapping progressed
but slowly. Then came bottling the wine,
and when the cSsk was empty and the bot.
ties full, then the girl thought he could |
help in the field work, and when that.Ras |
finished there were so many things to be |
done in the garden that no one ever
thought OF before. 50 week alter week
slipped by, and every night she dreamt
ofhim. In the evenings she sat with him
in the arbor by the house, and when he
told her how roughly strangers had treat. |
ed him, and what hardships he had gone
through, It was really very singular, but a
gnat or hare was sure TO get in her eyes,
30 that she was obliged to wipe them with |
tho cOrnpr nf her aDrOn
And so 1t came 10 pass that at the end
Of the year the young man was still In the
house. And then the floors were well
secured, and white sand and fir twigs |
strGWn In all the rooms, and the whole
village had q holiday. 1t was tho wed.
ding day OF the young iourneyman and the
innkeeper's dsug hter: and everybody re-
iolced atit, except just the few who sulk.
ed because they were jealous or pretended
10 be so. ..... ,,.--..
Not lot long after, the landlord Of the
Crown Inn was decidedly once more In a
happy frame Of mind. He had been eat
Ing and drinking to his hearts content,
and sat in his arm chair with his snuf-
box on his knee. Long he slept; and at
last when they tried 70 wake him, they
found he was dead.
So the young journeymon became really
landlord Of the Crown, % he said he would
In Joke. And, indeed, all that he had
dreamt under the beech tree came true,
for soon he had two lovely children, one
Of whom he probably took some times
on his knees, and fed with a spoon, and
blew upOn the food when Il was too hot.