Connecticut western news., 1875-07-09
B aFIIT4LI4N LEGEND.

% Three robbers were walking by the roadside. one evening e4llna after day of 5Ed"Is,ssqa pity. ; said one of them. that we can do no better ltthan this. I am unwilling to leti@ day pass VI ithout some gain.''1',A '' 4 ,ltuo2 nj gga, Ieae.s
 Here s,a a chance" !" said another, and as they looked up they, saw on the brow of the hill before them, man riding oh a donkey, and, byra string, leading a sheep with a bell attached to it's neck. ' igittI will steal that sheepsi' said the first of the robbers. ,, ,s,.t n, grad Sill
 '" You cannot, :" said the. second l; :" do you not perceive the cord and the bellg'' E.7iss see them r' Said the first : ssbut they present inor obstacle to me- I'll steal that sheep" ind ,glesidqaa ~ "' ,..s" If you dp,Isa said the second,o ssI1l steal the donkey" ,,,,, y1dA tA" What said the. third, f steal a mans donkey from under him You tcahnot.p Tof .sEoJ 9dj 10 iuaeizna1 . Ei.il" You will soon know better,'' said If yon doSY said the third, ss..Ill steal all the clothes the man has upon him, or forfeit my pretentiopps p'a to professional pSdsH
 
 7st Bah lAa said the other two,q < you will attempt what you cannot accom- = I've will see,"s said the third. 10
 The nnsuspe pecting man, was plodding along without thoughts of injury, when the first approached oand cut the cord and bell from < the Sshe6p's neck, and at ta4eehsd the bell to the .donkey's tail, where its jingle continued to be Iheard. ,.r In due time the man, looked behind to observe the condition of his sheep, and to his horror found it was gone. 1T, In 2dismay and distress he; appealed to the first person he met, and asked if he had seen any one with a sheep. >si'i
 "Yes," replied the person, atsf Igsaw a man clambering down the. hillside with such a prize; but thought it was his oWn." h. i9i9Ts7 S5.l T0t ga!IiBH AJI" .3ysi bs 4 Hold my donkey for a T moment, ,, said the man, and as the person did so, he went in thewrong direction in pursuit of the robber and his sheep. 5H ,rod a@i | si Finding, however, that his pursuit was vain, Inc returned tired and breath less tU where he had left the donkey. But loiit0 was noti there sheep and donkey both were stolen from him! Sad and perplexed, ha sat down to reflect, and grieve over his, losses; but soon he heard the wailing of some one in dis tfessA He listened for a moment, and the sound became (audible. .rn q &l -. k|sf What is this2 2nfa he said. LfsCan any one be more miserable than I2''Ial '-- . oa But the cry of anguish became louder and still louder. He hnstened to the | place whence 1t proceeded, and therebe helda man weeping as though there was no comfort for him. 4W t- .fa4yd ts' What is this, my friend9' said he, !" How are you afflicted ?''' ,a fw = Alas Al F said aid the man, ''I'm ruined 2Ws Rainedl' said he. ssHow are you Eruined3 3"I lo 9,o9E 3d' a4notaj -is4 o,. sv ssI came to this we'll for draught oi water," he replied, z and while I drank II let eti drop l1,p costly gem, and it lies be. ip Is that all?'' said he. -,'.'- .-,-'l -. ..'' 5ltsAh r exclaimed the other, cit is o1 great worth."! .Saia2I2 lii9He l ,"S So it may be, l" said the honest man : but have lost my sheep and donkey, which I was unwillingly about to sell al the next market, that I might pay of some pressing debts, yet I do not bewai my loss. !"
 "What's that loss," replied the other