The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22

"Why that's terrible waste! I should
like to take them to my old woman at
home. Last year the old tree by the turf
hole only bore single apple, and we
kept it on the cupboard till it was quite
rotten and spoiled. 1T was always prop
erty,' my old woman said; but here she
could see aquantity of property whole
sackful. Yes I shall be glad to show
them to herr.
"What will I give2 l will give my
fowl in exchange.
And he gave the fowl accordingly, and
received apples, which he carried into the
guest-room. He leaned the sack carefully
by the stove, and then went to the table.
But the stove was hot he had not thought
of that. Many guests we're present
horse-dealers, ox-herders, and two Eng
lishmen- the two Englishmen were SO
rich that their pockets bulged out with
gold coins, and almost burst; and they
could bet too, as you shall hear.
Hiss-s-s! T! hiss-s-s What was that by the
stove? The apples were beginning to roast!
"What is that r.
"Why, do you know" said our peas
ant
And he told tho whole story of the
horse that he had changed for COW, and
all the rest of it, down to the apples.
'Wcll your old woman will give it to
you we'll when you get home!" said
one of the two Englishmcn. There
will be disturbance"
"What-give me what?" said tho peas
ant. "She will kiss me, and say, what
the old man docs is always right?'"
"Shall we wager2" said the English
men. "Well wager coined gold by the
ton-a hundred pounds to the hundred
weight!'
"a bushel will be enough" replied the
peasant. II can only set the b,,shel Of
apples against it; and I'll throw myself
and my old woman into the bargain--and
l fancy that's piling up the measure"
"DOnc-taken"
And the bet was made. The host 5
carriage came up, and the Englishmcn
got in, and the peasant got in; away they
went, and soon they stopped before the
PEASANTS hut.
"Good evening, old woman"
''Good evening, old man.
"I'vc made the exchange"
Eyes, you understand what you're
about said the old woman.
sand she embraced him and paid no at
tention to the stranger guests, nor Aid she
no@icc the sack.
II got cow in exchange for the
horsc," said he.
"Heaven be thanked!'' said she.
"What glorious milk we shall have, and
butter and cheese on the table! That
was Il capital excllanger'
"Yes, but changed the COW for a
Sheep
"Ah, that's better still!" cried the wife
"You always think Of everything; we
have just pasture enough for sheep
Ewe's-milk and chees, and woolen jackets
and stockings The COW cannot give
those, and her hairs will only come off.
How you think OF cverything!'
"But I changed away the sheep for a
goose
"Thcn 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 it's leg
and she'll grow fatter still before we roast
her"
''But I gave away the goose for a fowl!'
said the man.
| "a fowl? That was good exchange
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 was wishing
for"
"Yes, but I exchanged the fowl for &
sack Of shriveled apples"
"What?-1 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. had eggs and bacon too, but
I wanted herbs. So went over to the
schoolmaster's have herbs there
know-but the schoolmistress is NEAR
woman, though she looks so sweet.
begged her to lend me handful of herbs
'Lend?' she answered me, nothing at al
grows in our garden, not even shrivelec
apple. could not even lend you shriv-
eled apple, my dear woman But nov
I can lend her ten, or whole sackful
That I'm very glad Of; that makes nj
taught" And with that she gave him :
sounding kiss.
II like that" exclaimed both of th'
Englishmen together. "Always going
down hill, and always merry; that
worth the money" So they paid hun
dred weight Of gold to the peasant, VIII
[ was not scolded but kissed.
Yes, it always pays, when the wifi
sees and always asserts that her husband
knows best, and that whatever lie does i
right-Hans Ctrist.nn Andersen.