Ellsworth American., 1876-11-16
Two Boys and Two Cakes.

An 1t was once long ago, In the oult
counthry,' said Mrs. Biddy, there was 8
livin' a fine, clane, honest, poor wildly wo
man, an she havin' two sons an she fetch ed
the both of 'em up fine and careful, but
one of them turned out bad intirely. An
one day, says she to him. says she:
I've given you your livin' as long as iver
l can, and it's you must go out into the
wide worruld to sake your fortune
Mother, will says he.
An will ye take big cake wild me curse
or little cake an me blessing? says she.
The big cake, shure,' says he.
SO she baked big cake and cursed him,
and he wint away laughn'. By and by he
came forninst spring and sat down to eat
his dinner off the cake, and a small, lit tie
bird sat on the edge of the spring.
Give me bit Of cake for me little ones
in the nest says she; and he caught up
stone to throw at her.
I've scarce enough for meself, says he !;
and she, bein' fairy, put her bake in the
spring and toorned it black as ink, and
went away up In the trees. And while he
looked for her to kill her, a fox wint away
wild his cake.
So he wint away from that place very
mad. an mkt day he stopped very hungry,
at farmers house, and hired out 20 tind
the cows.
Be WISE says the farmers wife. 'for the
next field is belonging to giant and If the
cows gets in his clover. he will kill you
dead as q sthone.'
But the bad son laughed and wint laway
out to watch the cows; and before noon
time he wint to slape up in tree, and tho
cows all wnt in the clover, an out comes
the giant and shook him down out OF the
trae NJ n laI I.a a,,I bnt ~
ind OF the bad son.
And by the next year the poor WILDLY
woman, she says to the good son;
le must 90 out into the wide worruld
and sake your fortune, for can kape you
no longer, says she.
Mother. will saws he.
An will We take big cake wild me curse,
or little cake wild me blessing:'
The little cake. says he.
so she baked it for him and gave him
her blessin', and he wint away, an She
a-wapin' afther him foine and loud. An
by and by be came to the same spring in
the woods where the bad son was before
him. and the small, little bird sat again on
the side OF il.
Give me a bit OF yer cakeen for me little
ones in the nest says she.
i will says he. an he broke off a toine
pteceasu sne ulppcQ ner BAKE IN tie spring
and toorned it into sweet wine; and when
he bit his cake, sdure an she had toorned
1t into fine plum cake ntrely; an he ate
and drank and wint on light-hearted. And
mkt lie come to the farmers house.
Will you tind cows tor me says the
farmer.
i will says the good son
BE wise, says the farmers wife, for the
clover field beyond is belongil' to the giant
an if YOU lave in the cows, he will kill you
dead
Never fear" says the good son; Il don't
slape ut me worruck'
And he goes out into the field and lug
biz stone up in the tree, and thin sindS
lyery COW far ont in the clover fields, and
goes back az IN TO the tree. And sut comes
the giant roarin 50 that you could hear
the roars OF HIM a mile away, and when
he finds the cowboy, he goes under the
tree 70 sh9he hiP dgytoRe,, all it fcll'down /
and broke the giants head mtirely -
the good son wInt running away to the
giants house. and it bein' full to the caves
Of gold and silver and splendid things.
see what foine luck comes TO folks that
is good an honest: An lie ~iut home
and fetch his Old mother, an they lived
rich and continted, and died very old and
yispicted.