Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-07-13

changed the goose for splendid cock,
with magnificent feathers and comb.
ThB time he was contented, but day was
fast declining, and Gudbrand, who had
started before sunrise, felt his knees
totter and his stomach call for food. He
enter, d the first public house he came
to, and sold the cock for q dollar, and
as he hsd good appetite he gave away
the last farthing to satisfy his hunger.
"What use would the cock have been to
me-" be thought, eff I had died OF
hunger 2"
When he came near to his own farm
"Gudbrand of the hill begun t. reflect
over the strange journey that he had
made. Before he went home he talked
about It in neighbor Peters house, who
was called the Greybeard.
"Friend," said the Greybeard, "how
did you get on with your business In
the town to-day ??
$50, So" answered Gudbrand, 81
cannot say that had much good fortune,
but I have not much to complain OF ;"
and he related everything that had hap
pened to him.
"Neighbor, said Peter, "you have
done strange days work, you will be
badly received by your wife would
not stand in your shoes for ten dollars. "
"I may have been right or wrong"
said Gudbrand of the hill, "but my
wife is so good she won't say word to
me about what have done"
CT have listened to you, neighbor,
and am surprised at you but with all
the respect which I have for you do
not believe a word Of what you have
told me-" .,
"Will you bet that I am right p said
Gudbrand of the hill :" / have hun.
dred dollars in my chest, Of which 1 will
bet you twenty. Will you do the samea'
eyes," said Peter, "and that on the
spot"
When the wager was concluded, the
two friends went into Gudbrand's house;
Peter remained standing at the room
door in order to hear what passed be-
tween Gudbrand and his wife.
"Good evening"" said Gudbrand.
"Good evening"" replied his wife;
"is It you, my dear how has to-day
prospered with youl"
Not very we'll, not very WELL" said
Gudbrand. "When I reached the
town, I found nobody who would buy
our cow, 20 I exchanged it for horse. "
"For horse |" said his wife; =" that
was good plan. thank you with all
nv heart; We can now drive to church
like go many people who look down
upon us, and are no better than we
are. If i. pleases us to keep horse
We have a right to do 80, / think. Where
is the horse it must be taken to the
stable"
"I have not brought il With me- !,
said Gudbrand; " ON the way 1 altered
my mind and exchanged the horse for q
pig" :.
"Do you see 7" said his wife; " that
is just what should have done, too, IN
your place; thousand thanks for it.
Now whom my neighbors come to visit
us can place good piece ham be,
fore them. What do we want with q
horse2 People would have said: LOOK
at that proud couple; they are too grand
to 60 to church on foot Bring up the
pig quickly under shelter"
:" ! have not brought the pig with
me- said Gudbrand; 8" on the way !
gave it up for goat"
"Bravol" exclaimed hegood woman
"you are wise and clever man. The
more I think about it the more I per-
ceive that the pig would not have been
useful to us. People would have point
ed to us with their fingers, and said
Look at those people they eat up
everything that they earn But goat
gives milk, gives cheese, to say nothing
of the kids. Take the goat into the
stable.
"Neither have I brought the goat
with me, said Gudbrand of the hill.
"I have exchanged it for a sheep"
"This at once PERCEIVE" replied
the mistress, "you lid so for my sake
am I still so young that can run over
stones and rocks after goat2 But
sheep will give me its wool; take it into
the stable" :.
81 have not brought the Sheep" said
Gudbrand. II changed it for q
goose"
"Thanks, many thanks |" said the
good woman. "What would be the
good of a sheep9 I have no loom
weaving is hard work: and when one
has wove one must cut and sew; it Is
better to buy ready-made clothes, as We
have always done; but a goose, fal
goose especially, I have always wished
for. I already feel an appetite for roast
goose; let me see the creature at once.
"But ] have not brought the goose,
said Gudbrand; 81 exchanged it for
cock"
"Dear friend" said the good wife
"you are wiser than /; a cock IS better
than clock, which one has to wind uE
every week. A cock crows every morn
ing at four o'clock; he tells US when It'll
time to praise God and work"
"Alas I have not brought the cocl
with me; for as evening came on, L wa!
as hungry as hunter, and l was obliged
to sell the cock for dollar, or l shoule
have died Of hunger"
"God be praised for giving you suct
a good thought |" said the mistress
"Whatever you do, Gudbrand, Away
seems right to me. Do we wanta cock
We are our own masters, I think; no
body has anything to command us to do
we can get up when we like. As you ar
back here again, deer friend, 1 am quit
happy and have no wish but that yo'
should always stay with me-"
Then Gudbrand opened the door, ant
cried out: "Eh, what do you say now
neighbor Peter2 Go and bring you
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