The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-09

and all the rest of it, down to the
apples.
"Well, your old woman will give it
to you well when you get homer said
one of the two Englishmen. There
will be disturbance.
What-give me what?" said the
peasant. "She will kiss me, and say,
What the old man does is always
right?' "
''Shall we wager?" said the English
men. Gwen wager coined gold by
the ton-a hundred pounds to the hun
dred-weightr'
GA bushel will be enough" replied
the peasant. "l can only set the
bushel of apples against it; and I'll
throw myself and my old woman into
the bargain-and fancy that's piling
up the measure"
"Done-taken -
And the bet was made. The hosts
carriage came up, and the Englishmen
got in, and the peasant got in; away
they went, and soon they stopped be-
fore the peasants hut.
Good evening, old woman"
Good evening, old man."
GIVE made the exchange"
Eyes, you understand what you're
about" said the woman.
And she embraced him and paid no
attention to the stranger guests, nor
did she notice the sack.
81 got COW in exchange for the
horse" said he.
"Heavens be thanked - said she.
"What glorious milk we shall have,
and butter and cheese on the table
That was capital exchange p
eyes, but | changed the COW for a
sheep"
"Ah, that's better stillr' cried the
wife. "You always think of every
thing; we have just pasture enough for
a sheep, Ewe's-milk and cheese, and
wooden jackets and stockings! The COW
cannot give those, and her hairs will
only come off. How you think of every
thingw
'But changed away the sheep for
a goose"
''Then this year we shall really have
roast goose to eat, my dear old man.
You are always thinking of giving me
pleasure. How charming that is! We
can let the goose walk about with a
string. to its leg, and she'll grow fatte1
! still before we roast her."
But | gave away the goose for a
fowln' said the man.
GA fowl? That was a good ex-
change" replied the woman. "The
fowl will lay eggs and hatch them, and
we shall have chickens; we shall have
whole poultry-yard! o, that's just
what l was wishing for"
Eyes, but | exchanged the fowl for
a sack of shriveled apples"
What?-I must positively kiss you
for that" exclaimed the wife. "My
dear, good husband! Now, l will tell
you something. Do YOU know, you had
hardly left me this morning, before !
began thinking how l could give you
something very nice this evening. ]
thought it should be pancakes with
savory herbs. l had eggs and bacon
too, but | wanted herbs. So | went
over to the schoolmaster' s-they have
herbs there | know--but the schoolmis-
| tress is mean woman, though she
looks so sweet. | begged her to lend
me handful of herbs. 'Lendp' she an
swered me, nothing at all grows in oul
garden, not even a shriveled apple.
could not even lend you shrigled APP.
ple,my dear woman Butnow can lend
her ten, or whole sackful. That Pm
very glad of; that makes me laughn'
And with that she gave him sound
ing kiss.
Il like that?' exclaimed both the
Englishmen together. always going
down hill, and always merry; that
worth the money" So they paid a
hundred weight of gold to the peasant,
who was not scolded, but kissed.
Yes, it always pays, when the wife
sees and always asserts that her ,hus-
band knows best, and that whatever he
does is right. Hans Christian Ander-
| SEN