The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-01-14
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An Old Hashionsd Fairy Story
That the Children viii Like.

An Old Hashionsd Fairy Story
That the Children viii Like.
Once on q time. but il WAS q long,
long time ago. there were two brothers.
one rich and one poOr. Now, one
Christmas eve the poor one hadn't -
much rs q crumb in the house either
of meat or bread. 80 he went to his
brother to ask him for something to
keep Christmas with. in Gods name.
It wns mot the frat time his brother
hal been forced to help him. and you
NAV fancy he wa>ns very glad to zee
his face. hut he said:
III you will do what ask you to
do. III give ycu a whole fitch Of
bacon"
81 the poor brother said he would
do ANYTHING. and MAS full Of thanks.
We'll. here is the fitch. said the
rich brother. land now 60 straight to
hell"
"What ! have given my word to do
I must stick to." said the other; so he
took the fitch and set of. He
walked the whole day aud at dusk he
came to place where he saw = very
bright light.
"Nlayhe this is the place." said the
man tn himself. so he turned aside.
and the first thing he saw Was an old,
old man. with . long. white beard.
who s,oGxl in an outhcuse hewing
wood for the Christmas Gre.
Cloud even," said the man With
the fitch.
THE same tn you: whittier are you
going 3" late ," said the man.
ooh! I'm going to hell. il i only
knew the right way" answered the
poor man.
"Well. you're not far wrong. for
this is hell. " said the old man ; "when
YOU get inside they will be all for
buying your fitch. for meat is scarce
in hell but mind you don't sell it
unless you get the hand-quern which
stands behind the do"r far it. When
Won co,ae out Ill teach YOU how To
handle the quern. for its go"i To
grind almost anything"
So the man with the fitch thanked
the other f"r his good advice and
gave a great knock at the devils
door.
When he got in. everything went
Just rs the old man had said. AL the
devils. great aud small. came swarm
ing up to him like ants round an ant
hill, and each tried ." out-bid the
other for the fitch.
"Well." said the man. "by rights
nv old dame and ought to have this
fitch for our Christmas dinner. but
since you have all set your hearts on il
I suppose I must give il up To- YOU !;
hut il | sell il at all I'll have fer it
that quern behind the door yonder."
At first the devil wouldt hear to
such a bargain. and Chartered and
haggled with the man but he stuck
to what he said. and at last the devil
had to part with his quern. When
the man got out into the yard he
asked tn. old wOodcuiier how he was
to handle the quern. and after he had
heard how To- use it he thanked he
Old man and went oG home rs fast n
he could. but still! the clock had
struck twelve on Christman eve before
he had reached his own door.
wherever in the world have you
been:" said his old dame /; ''h-re
have sat hour after hour. waiting
AMI watching. without 50 much a. two
sticks tn lay together under the
Christmas brnse."
oh" said the man. IL could not
get hack befnre. fur / had to q" a
long way 6rst FIR Ole thing and then
far another. but now you shall SEE
what you shall see"
5, he put the quern on the table
ami babe it first Of all grand Liz hts.
then table-cloth, then meat. then ale,
and 20 ON until they had got every
thing that vas nice for Christmas fare
He had only Ia speak the word ard
the quern ground nut what he
wanted. The old dame stood BY
blessing her stars and kept on asking
where he had got this wonderful
auern. but he wouldn't tell her.
Its all one where l got it from.
you see the quern is good one and
the mill-stream never freezes, that's
enough"
So he ground meat and drink and
dainiies enough to last till twelfth dav,
and on the third day asked all his
friends and kin to his house and gave
q great feast. Now. when his rich
brnther saw oil that vas on the table
and all that was behind in the lar'ier
he grew quite spiteful and Wild, for
he couldn't hear that his brother
should have anything.
Twas only ON Christmas eve. he
said to the rest, ''he was in such
straits that he came and asked for .
morsel of food in Coils name. and
now he gives q feast a. il ha were
count or king. aud he turned to his
brother and said:
"But whence. in hell's name, have
you got all this wealth ?"
From behind the door," answered
the owner Of the qdern-for he didn't
care to let the cat ous Of the beg.
But later in the evening. when he
had got drop too much. he could
keep his secret no longer. and brought
out the quern nnd said:
| There. you see what has gotten
me all thi. wealth :" and he made the
quern grind all kinds Of things.
When his brother saw it he set his
heart on having the quern. and after
. deal Of c.axin1 he got il: but he
had to pay $500 for il. and his
brother bargained tn keep il ill hay
harvest, for be thought, il / keep il