The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-18

threw of his coat and barred his siuewy arms
Soon he iron was at Il " bite heat he tnrned il
twice or thrice in the fire with all the air of an
experienced hand, laid it on tho anvil, aud
then called to the j0urneymen, in q cheerful
tone:
Now my men. Look out! I'll give the time,
and we'll turn ont shoe fit for the emperor ;
naG4. - now, attention
"E.cketicketark "-
Picket ck-'oo;
IIr on
? WITH N'ur arm.
Now st'Ik". one two
lHckeIickeIOo.
E.c&eiick-tart
S,r,ss while it. hot,
And rarry not.
a gain, ore, two
itcketjcketoo.
There, look at the shoe now
The jpnrueymau ey ID the light, neat piece of
work nEaVc, ard, az 1t were struck dumb. The
master, meanwhile, seemed to be tnrung s}n,e
thought IN his bead, which be every now and
then shook, as tNomgh quite urah.e to come o
a satisfactory conclusion. He drew near to the
stranger, who by this tine had resumed his
coat; hut, however closely he scanned him, he
seemed unable to recognize him
The horse was soon shod, and now stood be-
fore the smlthy ready for its master 10 noun t,
who took leave of the party with friendly
shake of the hand each, laying also q couple
of gold pieces on the anvil:
lone for the master, one for the men. Drn K
my health together, and good by to you."
With these words, he threw himself into the
Hardly were the two strangers round the
corner when, of one accord, the journeymen
began to cast lacks Of inquiry on the master
Colonel! colone!' AT last growled one of
them; 60 say IT, aud PIl stand to it, the fel.
low = smith, or he's been one. can't help
thinking yUn know him, mastor."
Well" replied the master, " ! never in my
life knew but one man that could knock off a
shoe like thn'--so light and neat, and hand
lily and :nrst be very much mistaken if the
colonel isn't jr't Karl van MilGem himself; he,
HGu know-hit tn-he snre ycu don't kuow-he
that the fJlks used always to Gail Ricketicke.
tack"
.'WhatH The colone! of the merry smith of
Wc-tmsI > ask.d one of the journeymen. I've
hratd talk enough about Karl RicEe iIketaCk
but he was good foe nothing felow,--a
drunken dog, fit to turn tho whole village mp.
SIDE down. No, no. that will never do; tue
colonel doesn't look like that either
The master seated himself upon II anvil
as one that has story to tell, and began as
tol"ws:
My men, onr days work i7 paid for twice
over so we can afford to rest "a .it1le, Ths
colonel Is Karl van igem, sure enough. ri
tell you his story as sDorrly az | can, and
then Y"u can say yourselves what you thin k
sbont it. About sixteen years ago there lived
at this very smiIby n young fellow who was
MARI, d 70 the Prettiest girl ID ali the country
about. She came from Moll aud 80 fond
were they OF one another that II was q wonder
aud pleasure t" the " hole village to see hem.
We'll. that was Karl van Milgem, OF whom we
ste talking. In ct tho fellow for work
,,,k..
'hriS ~ - n'"'hlhH ana late AT h1Eht ne was
AZ H. Wy E'S !A'" ran uo"h with sweat and ali
tie wSli" he kept time to that nice lItLle tune
that tGe colonel knows so we'll; so that amor o
onrscl'T' eT,Fy one chiIeu hlm Karl R1cke
NcAetaGk' re was Always IN spirits, and a
| regular ~it'y t'',3" theTe never camo wor'!
out on us ih""'h hnt %hAt might set one
IAnEnihS' An" =" IN an " "cSttnal tnere was Hc
sNoh ldEorl'o ~ tAe merry smitp. lie hau beer
'h"ttlt" coup" OF years. ahn had no chlIdren
at last, however, he was expecting oua. Al
th'H news ne VS. Ter tnHh ever; there wa'
10 'i'' 70 l., ",cNeI'CAe'AcH, ana AT times one
gov Ih'Le S't"ld ne was gong out OF MS Wltt
win Joy inT' ""'h thn nv TOOK MN, cRrtrope'
%"uI"n h"Id hih'. AT LAST the day came, aHd
ne n 'u MS Wis" pu,, poor fe.lo" his wifi
never E'' "Ent w. one 'ts buried ~ ou
Ghh'tA >""" '"''' ",."'S INelroh cross sland-
FROM tAht 'Ann'''' IA ''i "'s never tine samt
lnhn again ne - ",' "t'nWer an" anV'i IL
fheG9"'Nrs A"H AK" !'sht h'H forge ur" twice
! IN Il N',N F~' "I "'SHn I" HF'h H. a7 thong y
! h" "H~ ""t"gn'-ra 10 make IA end of himself
/ y. ma Ho'+7 we're l.rE"tle", Ana hn led such