The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18

had said, and at last the King got 81
angry he could not bear it any longer.
"Now I'll go home with YOU" ht
said, "and see if it be true what you'v,
been telling me-that you have far fine
and better things of your own. But i
you've been telling pack of lies
Heaven help you, that's all say"
"Now you've got me into a fine
scrape, said Peter to the cat, 'for here's
the King coming home with me ; bu
that's not SO easy to find, L fancy"
ooh, never mind, " said the cat; "only
do you drive after me, as / run on be
fore"
So off they went; first Peter, who
drove after his cat, and then the King
and all his court.
But when they had driven a good bit
they came to great flock of fine sheep
that had wool so long that it almost
touched the ground.
If you'll only say" said the cat to
the shepherd, "this flock of sheep be-
longs to Lord Peter when the King asks
you, I'll give you this silver spoon,
which she had taken with her from the
Kings palace.
Yes, he was willing enough to do that.
SO, when the King came up, he said to
the lad who watched the sheep:
"Well, never saw so large and fine
a flock of sheep in my life. Whose is 1t,
my little lad ?"
Why" said the lad, "whose should
it be but Lord Peters9"
A little while after, they came to a
great, great herd of fine brindle kline,
who were all so sleek the sun shone from
them.
eff you'll only say" said the cat to
the neatherd, ''this herd is Lord Pet
er's, when the King asks you, I'll give
you this silver ladle;" and the ladle, too,
she had taken from the Kings palace.
eyes, with all my heart" said the
neatherd.
Lo when the King came up, he was
quite amazed at the fine, fat herd, for
such herd he had never seen before,
and so he asked the neatherd who
owned those brindled kline.
"Why, who should own them but
Lord Peter" said the neatherd
SO they went a little further, and came
to great, great drove of horses, the fin
est you ever saw-six of each color, bay,
and black, and brown, and chestnut.
eff you'll only say this drove of
horses is Lord Peters when the King
asks you, I'll give you this silver stoop;'
and the stoop, too, she had taken from
the palace.
Yes, the lad was willing enough; and
so, when the King came up, he was quite
amazed at the grand drove of horses, for
the matches of such horses he had never
set eyes on, he said.
So he asked the lad who watched them
whose all these blacks, and bays, and
browns, and chestnuts were.
Whose should they be, +" said the lad,
"but Lord Peter's?"
SO, when they had gone a good bit
further, they came to n castle; first there
was a gate of tin, and next there was a
The castle itself was of silver, and Sc
dazzling white that it quite hurt ones
eyes to look ut it in the sunbeams which
fell on it just as they reached it,
So they went into it, and the cat told
Peter TO say this was his house. AS for
the castle inside, it was far finer than il
looked outside, for everything was pure
gold-chairs, aud tables, and benches,
and ALL And when the King had gone
all over it, and seen everything high and
low, he got quite shameful and down
cast.
eyes, he said, at last "Lord Peter
has everything far finer than / have,
there's no gainsaying that;" and SO he
wanted to be off home again.
But Peter begged him to stay to sup
per, ana the King stayed, but he was
sour and surly the whole time.
SO, as they sat at supper, back came
the witch who owned the castle, and gave
such great knock mt the door.
who's this eating my meat, and
drinking my mead like swine in here %
roared out the witch.
AS soon as the cat heard that, she ran
down to the gate.
Stop a bit" she said, "and I'll tell
you how the farmer sets to work to get
in his winter rye. j."
And so she told her such long story
about the winter rye.
g First of all, you see, he plows his
field, and then he manures it, and then
he plows it again, and then he harrows
it, and so she went on till the sun rose.
" Oh, do look behind you, and there
you'll see such a lovely lady, said the
cat to the witch.
So the witch turned round and, OF
course, as soon as she saw the sun, she
burst.
"Now all this is yours, said the cat
to Lord Peter. Now, you must cut of
my head !; that's all 1 ask for what L have
done for you"
Nay, nay" said Lord Peter; "I'l
never Go any such thing that's fiat.
" If you don't, said the cat, "see if
don't claw your eyes out"
Well, so Lord Peter had to do il,
though it was sore against his will. He
cut off the cats head, but there and the1
she became the loveliest Princess yor
ever set eyes ON, and Lord Peter fell il
love with her at once.
Yes, all this greatness was mine
first, said the Princess, "but Troll
bewitched me to be a cat in your father'i
and mothers cottage. Now you may &c
as you please, whether you take me FOL
your Queen or not, for you are now King
over all this realm"
Well, well, there was little doubt Lore
Peter would be willing enough to hav,
her for his Queen, and so there was