The Portland daily press., 1877-09-22

draughts to his lordship, when out Jumped
the three kittens. And there was great re.
joiclng. and they treated Towtas like prince.
But all the same he could not get the ring
from the lords daughter, so he set off home
again quite disheartened, and thought to him
self, IF could only meet the man again
that gave rae the ring, who knows what luck
might have?" And he sat down to rest in
wood, and saw there not far off three boys
lighting under an oak tree.
''Shame on We to fight so" he said TO them.
"What is the fight aboutP'
Then they told him. "Our father" they
said, ''before he died, buried under this oak
tree, a ring, by which you can be in any place
in two minutes, if you only wish it; 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 for"
81 want to divide the things" said the
youngest boy, "and let us all go and seek our
fortunes as we can"
'But have right to the WHOLE" said the
eldest.
And they went on fighting, till at length
Towtas said:
''Pll tell you how to settle the matter. All
of you be here tomorrow, and I'll think over
the matter tonight, and 1 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"
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 tie sweetest music, and they all lis
tened in delight; and he drank out of the
goblet which was never empty, and then,
when his head began to grow little light,
SIT is enough" he said; and putting his arm
round the waist of the lords daughter, he
took his harp and goblet in the other hand,
and murmuriDg-"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 bis
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 COB
let 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 hum
CRY and thirsty, he pucked one and ate it,
bat no sooner had he done so, than horns
began to sprout from his forehead, and grew
larger and longer, till he knew he looked like
a goat, and all he could do. they would not
come off. Now. indeed. he was driven out of
his mind, and thought how ali the neghbors
would laugh at him; and as he ragged and
roared with shame, he spied another tree with
apples, still brighter, of ruddy gold,
eff l were toshave fifty pairs of horns,
must have one of those" he said; and sez-
ing one, he had no sooner tasted it than the
horns fell off, and he felt that he was looking
stronger and handsomer than ever,
"Now, have her at last,' he exclaimed.
"Pll put horns on them all, and will never
take them off until they give her to me as my
bride before the whole court"
Without further delay he set off to the
lords palace, carrying with him as many of
the apples as he could bring off the two trees.
And when they saw the beauty of the fruit,
they longed for it, and he gave hem to all, so
that at last there was not head to be seen
without horns in the whole dining room.
Then they cried out and prayed to have the
horns taken off, but Towias said:
''No; there they shall be till I have the
lords daughter given to me for my bride, and
my two rings, my goblet and my harp all re-
And this was done before the face of all
the lords and ladies, and his treasures were
restored to him; and the lord placed his
daughters hand in the hand of Towtas, say
ing:
"Take her; she is your wife; only free me
from the horns"
Then Towtas brought forth the golden APP
pies; and they all ate, and the horns fell off;
and he took his bride and his treasures, and
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his fathers hut, and enclosed the well within
the walls. And when he had filled his
treasure-room with gold, so that no man
could count his riches, he buried his fairy
treasures deep in the ground, where no man
knew, and no man has ever yet been able to
find them until this day.