The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-10-04


havep" And he sat down to rest in a
boys fighting under an oak tree.
"Shame on ye to fight so," he said
to them. "Whatis is the fight about?"
Then they told him. "Our father"
they said, ''before he died, buried un-
der this oak-tree ring by which you
can be in any place two in minutes if you
only wish it; a goblet that is alyays full
when standing, and empty only when
on its side; and harp that plays any
tune of itself that you name or wish
for.n
81 want to divide the things" said
the youngest boy, "and let us all go
and seek our fortunes as we can"
'But I have right to the whole"
said the eldest.
And they went on fighting, till at
length Towtas said:- -... ri.
"1'll tell you how to settle the matter.
All of you be here tomorrow, and I'll
think over the matter tonight, and /
engage you will have nothing more to
quarrel about when you come in the
morning.
So the boys promised to keep good
friends till they met in the morning, and
went away.
When Towtas saw them clear off, he
dug up the ring, the goblet, and the
harp, and now said he, "I'm all right,
and they won't have any thing to fight
about in the morning"
Off he set back again to the lords
castle with the ring, the goblet and the
harp; but he soon bethought himself of
the power of the ring, and in two
minutes he was in the great hall where
all the lords and ladies were just sitting
down to dinner; and the harp played
the sweetest music, and they all listened
in delight; and he drank out of the COB
let which was never empty, and then
when his head began to grow little
light, &C 1t is enough" he said and put
ting his arm round the waist of the
lords daughter, he took his harp and
goblet in the other hand, and murmur-
ing-"I wish we were at the old fort
by the side of the wood"-in two
minutes they were both at the desired
spot. But his head was heavy with the
wine, and he laid down the harp beside
him and fell asleep. And when she
saw him asleep she took the ring off his
finger, and the harp and the goblet from
the ground, and was back home in her
fathers castle before two minutes had
passed by.
When Towtas awoke and found his
prize gone, and all his treasure beside,
he was like one mad and roamed about
the country till he came by an orchard,
where he saw tree covered with bright
rosy apples. Being hungry and thirsty
, he plucked one and ate it, but no sooner
had he done so than horns began tc
sprout from his forehead, and grew
larger and larger till he knew he look
ed like a goat, and all he could do, they
| would not come off. Now, indeed, HI
was driven out of his mind, and though
) how all the neighbors would laugh a
him; and as he ragged and roared will
shame, he spied another tree with ap
3 Piles, still bri ghter, of ruddy gold.
elf were to have fifty pairs of horn
3 | must have one of those," he said ant
/ seizing one, he had no sooner tasted i
than the horns fell off, and he felt tina
V he was looking stronger and handsome
than ever.
e "Now, I have her at last" he ex
It claimed. "I'll put horns on them all
S and will never take them off until the
e give her to me as my bride before tn
whole court
d Without further delay he set off to tn
lords palace, carrying with him a
- many of the apples as he could bring o
the two trees. And when they saw th
h beauty of the fruit they longed for ii
and he gave them to all, so that at la
d there was not a head to be seen withol
horns in the whole dining-room. The
d they cried out and prayed to have IL
:. horns taken off, but Towtas said:
s "No; there they shall be till | hay
= the lords daughter given to me for N
l. bride, and my two rings, my goblet an
k my harp all restored to me-"
II And this was done before the face
d all the lords and ladies, and his treasur
W were restored to him; and the lol
4, placed his daughters hand in the har
sr of Towtas, saying:
Is 'Take her; she is your wife; on
s. free me from the horns
le Then Towtas brought forth the gol
ID en- apples; and they all ate, and Il
IS horns fell off; and he took his bride al
L, his treasures and carried them off HON
ID where he built the castle of Ballytowta
ne in the place where stood his fathers hi
in and enclosed the well within the wal
ne And when he had filled his treasul
or room with gold, SO that no man cou
ne count his riches, he buried his fai
So treasures deep in the ground, where
O. man knew, and no man has ever ,
We been able to find them until this day
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