The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-20

Now, IN the morning, the lord ; daugh-
ter came by and cast her eyes upon the
door of his chamber, and there close by
it was the ring she had seen him wear
"Ah," she said, "Tll tease him now
about this ring" And she put it III her
box, and wished she were as rich as a
kings daughter, that so the kings son
might marry her; and, behold, the box
filled up with gold, so that she could not
shut it; and she put it from her into
another box, and that filled also; and
then she was frightened at the ring, and
put it at last in her pocket as the safest
place.
But when Towtas awoke and missed his
ring, his heart was grieved.
Now, indeed" he said, "my luck is
gone"
And he inquired of all the servants,
and then of the lords daughter, and
she laughed, by which he knew she had
it; but no coaxing would get it from
her. so when all was useless he went
away, and set out again to reach his old
home.
And he was very mOurnful, and threw
himself down on the ferns near an old
fort, waiting till night came on, for he
feared to go home in the daylight lest
the people should laugh at him for his
folly. And about dusk three cats came
out of the fort talking to eacn other.
How long our cook is awaym said
one.
"What could have happened to him ?'
said another.
And as they were grumbling, a fourth
cat came uD
"What delayed you?" they all asked
angrily.
Then he told his stsry-how he had
met Towtas and given him the ring.
And I just WENT" he said, "to the
lords palace, to see how the young man
behaved; and ! was leaping over the
dinner-table when the lords knife
struck my tail and three drops of blood
fell upon his plate but he never saw it,
and swallowed them with his meat. So
now he has three kittens inside of him
him and is dying of agony, and can new,
er be cured until he drinks three
draughts of the water of the well of Bal
lytOwtas"
: So when young Towtas heard what
!, the cat said, he sprang up and went and
, told his mother to give him three bottle.
full of the water of the Towtas we'll, and
he would 90 to the lord disguised as q
doctor, and cure him. So off he went 10
Dublin; and all the doctors in Ireland
were around the lord, but none of them
could tell what allied rhow to cure him.
Then Towtas came in and said, Il will
cure him." So they gave him intertain-
!; ment and lodging, and when he was re-
freshed he gave of the well-water three
J draughts to His Lordship, when out
' jumped the three kittens. And there
: was great rejoicing, and they treated
Towtas as if he were a prince. But all
the same he could not get the ring from
; the lords daughter, so he set off home
t again quite disheartened, and thought to
himself, If ] could only meet the man
: again that gave me the ring who knows
what luck might haveW And he sat
, down to rest in wood, and saw there
not far Oft three boys fighting under a
tree.
J, 'Shame on We to fight So" he said 10
them. "What is the fight about?"
Then they told him.
Our father they said, before he
! died, buried under this tree a ring by
which you can be in any place in two
minutes if you only wish it: a goblet
that is always full when standing. and
empty only when on its side; and harp
that plays any tune of itself that you
name or wish"
g want to divide the things said
the younger boy, "and let us all go and
get our fortunes as we can"
But | have a right to the whole" re-
piled the eldest.
And they went on fighting, till at last
Towtas said:
''Tll tell you how to settle the mat
! ter. 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:
Pm all right, and they won't have
anything to fight about in the morning"
OH he set back again to the lords cas-.
tie with the ring, the goblet and the
harp; but he soon bethought himself of
the power of the ring, and in two min
utes 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 goblet
which was never empty, and then when
his head began TO grow little light, at
Is enough he said; and putting his arm
around the waist of the lords daughter,
he took his harp and goblet in the other
hand, and murmuring-"I wish we We're
at the old fort by the side of the wood y
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 of
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 a tree covered with bright,
rosy apples. Being hungry and thirsty.
he plucked one and ate it, but no sooner
had he done 50 than horns began TO
spront from his forehead, and grew
larger and longer, till he knew he looked
like :: goat, and, all he could do, they
would not come of. Now, indeed, he
was driven cat of his mind, and thought
how all the neighbors could laugh at
him; and a. he ragged and reared with
shame, he spied another tree with apples, !
still brighter. of ruddy gold
" If | Were to have fifty pairs of horns
must nave one of those, he said. and !
seizing one, he had no sooner tasted it /
than the horns fell of, and he felt that
he was looking stronger and handsomer /.
than ever.