Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-11

An It was once, long ago. Il: the ould
country, said Mrs. Biddy, thsrs " liy;n,
fine, olane, honest, poor WILDLY woman.
an sne hsvin' two sons, en- she fetched
the both Of 'em up Ane and careful, but
ono Of EN- turned out bad intirely. An
one day says she to him, says she:
I've given you your livin' q long A
liver can, and its you must 10 out into
the wide worruld to sake your fortune
Mother, I WILL says Be.
IAN will ye take big cake wild me
curse, or . little cake an me blessinQa'
says she.
1.-The big cake, shure, says he.
$50 she baked big cake and cured
him, an he whit away laughin'. By and
~ he came forninst spring in the woods,
and sat down to ate his dinner on the
cake, and small, little bird at on the
edge Of the spring.
"'Give me BIT Of that cake for me lit
tie ones in the nest says she; and he
caught up stone to throw at her.
"'I've scarce enough for myselk SAYS
he; and she, bein' fairy, put kef bake In
the spring and toorned It q black - Ink,
and wint away up in the trees. And
whites he looked for her to kill her, . fox
whit away wild his cake. IS
$50 he whit away from that place very
mad, an mkt day he stopped, very hun
CRY, and hired out for to tind the cows.
.T."sBe wise, says the farmers wifs, for
the next field is belongin' to giant, and
if the cows gets in his clover be will kill
VIM dead I'D q ohtoro
But the bad SON laughed and whit
away out to watch the cows; and before
the noon-time he wint 70 slaps mp in
tree, and the cows all whit in the clover,
an out comes the giant an shvok him
down out Of the tree an killed him dead,
an that was the ind Of the bad son.
"And by the next year tho poor wildly
woman, says she to the good son:
"sYe must 60 out into the wide wor-
ruld and sake your fortune, for can kape
you no longer says she.
Mother, I will, says he.
"sAn' will ye take big cake with my
curse, or little cake wild me blessingl'
"sThe little cake said he.
$50 she baked it for him and gave him
her blessin', an. he whit away, an she
a-weepin aftler hin foipe and loud. An
by and by he came to the same spring in
the woods where the bad son was before
him, and the small, little bird rat again
on the side Of it.
2 ".Give me bit of yer cakeen for me
little ones in the nest, says she.
% g i WILL says he, an he broke her of
foine piece, and she dipped her bske in
the spring and .toorned itinto sweet wine
and when he bit lis cake, an shure she
had toorned it into fine plum-cake in.
tirely; an he ate an drank an wint on
Is ::s.s. ns- S And mkt he comes to thu
"'Will ye tind cows for mer say. tn,
farmer. gi,a g asii
3 81 will, says the good SOP.
''sBo wise, says the farmers wife, fol
the clover field beyant is belongin' to the
giant, an if We lave in the cows he will
kill you dead.f a4al
ilsg's5Nsver fear! says the good son; i
don't shape at me worruck.'9e
"And he goes nut into the fields and
lugs big stone up in the tree, and thin
sends livery COW back into the clover
fields, and goes back ag'in into the tree
An out comes the giant a-roarin' 20 you
could hear the roars Of him . mile away
and whin he finds the COW boy, he goes
under the tree to shake him down, but the
good little son slips out the big stone, an
It fell down, an broke the giants head in.
tirely. So the good son went runnin
away to the giants house, an it bcin' full
to the caves of gold and diamonds and
splindid things! XIV
"See what fine luck comes to folks that
is good and honest! An he whit home
and fetched his old mother, an they lived
rich and continted, and died very old and
RESPECTED. "-St. Nicholas for July.