Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-04-12
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The Three Horse Shoes.


MauFlee ,de SAKE Was son OF the
King OF Saxony, and . fine lad ne was
tail and strong ana handsome ana as
brave IS hen. But the Aing, hke .
certain old woman OF whom you may
have heard nad so many cniidren mat
ne didn't know what 10 90; and So as
Maunce Dad sacn q lot OF elder oroin'
ers o. 70 nave nos muen enanee o. ,n-
herlting the crown, or anything else
that would Keep nim IN oread ano o9.-
ter, ms iatner sent nm ONT 20 seek nis
iortune' AXE many ahoinera prince IN
those days 30 ne ~entoser 10 rance
and entered the army OF Ming LOUIS
XIV.
now et tha' ume mere was aways
war gong 90 omew1eFe or o'nef, ano
the Frencnarmies were ngnuns in every
part OF Europe; ara Inc KING earrd very
llttie VINO ms omeers were OF Wnsie
they came from: u tney were only
brave men ana cievef ngnaers, ano Tea.
dy I" 60 wherever ne liked to send
them. So as you may think, was
not long before our friend Maurice, who
was quite as brave as any ofthem, and
good deal cleverer than most, began
to make his way. First, ne got 10 be q
lieutenant, then captain, then ma
jor, then colonel, and at last, while
he was still quite young man, be came
ont rs Count de SAKE. and Field Mar
shai OF the Army OF Flanders with fit-
ty thousand men under him That was
pretty good promotion, wasn'tits
Curiously enough. the one thing
mat TINS great genera sPec,aiiy Prlded
~ roon was neither his skill IN
" .-h ncr has favor at court, but SIM
ply his strength. There was nothing
ne enjoyed so mucn as showing on !ne
power OF has muscles, and astonishing
the people about him by bending an
iron bar, or telling . horse with one
blow OF ms INST; and ne was iond oi say.
ing that be would give his purse and
all the money ~ u TO any man who was
stronger than himself, II ne could ever
fall in with him. -.v..
Now, II happened that, one day. while
the French and German armies were
lying pretty close TO each other, Mar
shai de SAKE sent message TO the en-
emys camp, asking some .oi the Ger
man ofhcers TO dine WIN MN; ano alter
the meal ne began to boast OF ms strength,
as usual, TILL Of last an old German gen
erai, who sat at hrs let. sand that ae
would like to see . specimen OF what
his Exeeilency could DO. Sake made
no answer. but took upa large silver
dish. which was standing before MIN,
IN his strong white hngers tior, oig and
powerful as his hands were, they were
white and smooth as any Iady's, and he
was very proud Of them,) and, without
more ado, rolled II up like O sheet Of
paper ia1s
"Can your Honor unroll that dish
again =" asked he, handing It to the
German: and, although the general was
strong man. and tried his best, he
found the task too hard for z hiin, and
was forced to own himself beaten.
h"Yocr ExcelIency's strength is very
great" said he. "but, nevertheless, /
venture to think that there is one man
in Flanders who can match It."
"Aud who may he be :" asked SAKE,
frowniny.
IA biarksmifh-im ths-yiilage Of Sche-
yeningeu. Dark HOGAN by name. All
the county around knows Of his ex- e
ploits; and when met with him my
self, saw such things as / should have
thought impossible, had nv own eyes
not witnessed them"
When the marshal heard this, he
looked blacker than ever; and she FIRST
thing he did next morning was to send