Daily globe., 1879-05-18
and our peasant became proprietor of the

rush of men and cattle They walked
in the road and close by the palings; and
at the barrier they even walked into the
toll-man's potato field; where his one
fowl was strutting about, with string to
its leg, lest it should take fright at the
crowd, and stray away, and so be lost.
This fowl had short tail-feathers, and
winkcd with both its eyes, and looked
very cunning. "Cluck, cluck!' said the
fowl What it thought when it said this
I cannot tell you; but as soon as our good
man saw this, he thought, "that's the
finest fowl I've ever seen in my life!
Why it's finer than our parsons brood
hen. On my word, should like to have
that fowl. A fowl can always find a
grain or two, and can almost keep itself.
I think it would be a good exchange if l
could get that for my goose"
''Shall we exchanged" he asked the
toll-taker.
"Exchange.' repeated the man; ''well,
that would not be a bad thing
And so they exchanged; the toll-taker
at the barrier kept the goose, and the
peasant carried away the fowl.
Now, he had done good deal Of busi
hot and tired. He wanted something to
eat, and glass Of brandy drink; and
soon he was in front Of the inn. He was
just about to step in when the hostlcr
came out, so they met at the door. The
hostler was carrying a sack.
What have you in that sack!' asked
the peasant
Rotten apples," answered the hostler;
whole sackful Of them-enough to feed
the pigs WITH
why that's terrible waste! l 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 'Itwas always prop
erty,' my old woman said; but here she
could see a quantity of property whole
sackful. Yes I shall be glad to show
them to her"
What will l give? I 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 were present
horse-dealers, ox-herders, and two Eng
lishmen-and 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: hiss-s-s! What was that by the
stove? The apples were beginning to roast
''What is that e.
why, do you know said our peas.
ant.
And he told the whole story of tho
horse that he had changed for a COW, anC
all the rest Of it, down to the apples.
well your old woman will give it te
you well when you get homer sale
one of the two Englishmen: There
will be disturbance"
"What- me what?" said the peas
ant. "She will kiss me, and say, 'Wha
the old man does is always right?'"
''Shall we wager?" said the English
men. "We'n wager coined gold by tn,
ton-a hundred pounds to the hundred
weight!'
"A bushel will be enough replied the
peasant. ~ can only set the bushel Of
apples against it; and I'll throw myscl
and my old woman into the bargain-an6
I fancy that's piling up the measure"
''Done-takenm
And the bet was made The host
carriage came up, and the Englishmer
got in, and the peasant got in; away the,
went, and soon they stopped before tn
peasants hut.
''Good evening, old woman"
''GOOd evening, old man."
''I've made the exchange"
Eyes, you understand what your
about said the old woman.
;: "And she embraced him and paid no al
tention to the stranger guests, nor did sh
nolice the sack.
II got COW in exchange for til
horse" said he.
"Heaven be thankedn' said she
''What glorious milk we shall have, an
butter and cheese on the table! Tha
was capital exchanged
"Yes, but I changed the COW for
, sheep"
''Ah, that's better still!' cried the wife
l "You always think of everything; W
= have just pasture enough for a shee]
e Ewes s-milk and checs, and woolen JACKIE
r and stockings! The COW cannot gi,
v those, and her hairs will only come OF
How you think Of cverythingn'
"But changed away the sheep for
$ goose
i s'Then this year we shall really hay
+ roast goose to eat, my dear old man. Yo
s are always thinking Of giving me pleasur
). How charming that is! We can let IL
goose walk about with string to it's le
r. and she'll grow fatter still before we roa
$ her."
"But gave away the goose for fowl
q said the man.
y IA fowl? That was good exchange
- replied the woman. ''The fowl will |;
C eggs and hatch them, and we shall ha,
a chickens; we shall have a whole poultr
t yard! O, that's just what l was wishiI
IL for"
eyes, but exchanged the fowl for
|; sack Of shriveled apples"
"What?-I must positively kiss ye
1T for that" exclaimed the wife. IN
e dear, good husband! Now, l will te
d you something. Do you know, you hs
e hardly left me this morning, before
a began thinking how I could give y(
n something very nice this evening.
thought it should be pancakes with savo
y herbs. had eggs and bacon too, b
N wanted herbs. So l went over to Il
"a schoolmaster's- they have herbs there
<: know-but the schoolmistress is a me;
> woman, though she looks so sweet.
ia begged her to lend me handful of herl
ia 'Lend9' she answered me, nothing at /;
le grows in our garden, not even a shrivel
re apple. could not even lend you shri
y" eled apple, my dear woman But nc
l can lend her ten, or whole sackfl
te That I'm very glad of; that makes /
20 taught" And with that she gave him