The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03


4 missed my way. Leave your sheep, AM
show me the road. Twill pay you well.
"I cannot leave my sheep, sir, " sait
the boy. ssThey would stray into tn
forest, and be eaten by wolves or stolel
by robbers.
"Well, what Of that?" replied the hun
ter. sthey are not your sheep. III
loss 0g one or more wouldn't be m1ch t.
vour master, and I'll give you mor'
money than you ever earned in whole
year.
very firmly: 50 my master pays me for my
time. and be trusts me with his sheep. L
I we're to sell nay time which does moi
belong to- me, and the sheep should get
lost. It would be jusb the same as If
stole them"
"Well," said the hunter, evil you
trust the attention OF che sheep to me
while you go to the village and get some
food and drink, and guide? I will
take good care of them for YOU"
The boy shook his head. s9The sheep
do not know your voice, and" here
Gerhardt stopped speaking.
Sir" said the boy, slowly, "you
tried to make me false to my trust, and
wanted me to break my duty to my mas
ter. How do I know you would keep
your word with me 2"
The hunter laughed; but he felt that
the boy had silenced him. He said: 81
see, my lad, that you are good, faith
full boy. I will not forget you. Show
me the road, and I will try to follow it
myself"
Gerhardt now offered the humble con-
tents of his wallet to the hungry man,
who, coarse as they were, ate them glad
~. Presently, to his surprise, he found
that the hunter was the Grand Duke,
who owned all the country round. The
Duke was SO pleased with the boy hon
esty, that he sent for him shortly after,
and had him educated. In after years
Gerhardt became very rich and power
full man, and he remained honest and
true to his dying day.
A Mirage.
I have long promised to give de-
scription of a mirage, which have seen
several times in Minnesota. A myth
Dear reader, when you see an extensive
mirage, I feel sure you will acknowledge
you are realty seeing quite sight,
a pleasant and interesting one too.
Houses and groves rise, one after anoth-
er, III the background, and even lakes
can be seen at a great distance during
one.
1 was once standing a few rods from
the north shore of beautiful lake which
was from four to five miles wide, when
the south shore appeared to be no more
than few rods away. had scarcely
time to recover from my astonishment
before it was out of sight again. Usually
mirages remain longer and sometimes
may be seen in their splendor for hours
together. It is not very uncommon to
see groves twenty miles away during a
mirage. You really see the groves, the
distance only being what is deceptive at
the time.
= Villages rise in the same manner, and
were once seen in the direction where
the Indians had murdered so many in
habitants that it vas easy to fancy that
the smoke, as it rose in the magnifying
as we'll as refraction of the rays of
light, was like towering monuments,
placed over their departed friends, who
had few years before been victims of
the treacherous savages. Haystacks
tower up, and remind one of the pyra-
nids of Egypt rather than stacks from
two to five miles away. was not long
since much amused by reading short
but graphic description of a mirage,
given by an Indian chief who was trying
to forcibly impress young hunter with
the vast power of the Great Spirit.
Said he, "The Great Spirit took large
away from it's place and put it
on the top of another one, and let it re-
main a few hours, and then put it back
again in it's own place.-Aunt Flora.