Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-06-25

1 I'm, well, lduSucQ 1uIisCIl, SClZfuS LIE
corner of passing cloud, wrap yourself
up in this and nobody will see you. Now,
will you come or not -
..All right" said the man in the moon.
abut -
There's no but about it, answered
Iurisch. Don't you remember Peter ex-
pressly said you could have some OF the
mead Now put your hand on my stirrup
and we'll get along better.
Away he rode, dragging the man in the
moon with him. They stopped over the
castle of Ragnit, and the man in the moon,
| lifting the cloud, every window was ablazs
with light. "Pll be back in five minutes, !"
said Iurisch, and he put spurs to his horse
and was off.
Mareilis had sat for long time under
the linden tree laughing at her lovers
clouded visage. Then she went to her
chamber and was looking for her candle
when suddenly the room was filled with
the white light of the moon. Mareilis
was terrified, for she remembered Iurisch
and what she had said to him. " Ii some
danger should have happened to him, she
thought, and she began to weep. She
rushed to the window, and there outside
was her Iurisch standing in the moon.
light, his hair looking like finely-spun
silver. She sprang out, was in the saddle
in front of him in moment, and kissed
him as she clasped him in her white arms.
Then, between laughing and crying, she
said You dear old fellow, now l see
you're going to do everything to please
your little wiley. If you like, we'll go to
the parson tomorrow to have the bans
published"
eyes," said Iurisch, "we will. But
just now, my precious, want you to bring
me two bottles of your Oldest mead"
"To drink now ?" asked the young girl
in astonishmept.
"No, you little simpleton," answered
the young man " they're for the gov.
ernor." He meant the man in the moon,
but Mareilis thought he meant his father.
So she tripped into the cellar. not at all
astonished to fad it light, and brought
Iurisch the mead. Then they kissed each
other heartily, and Mareilis sought her
couch, while the young man went back to
the man in the moon.
All this time the man in the moon had
been staring in at the cellar window and
did net see what else was going on. cts
about time for you to come back, he said
family to Iurisch
Much obliged, said Iurisch.
"Not at all, answered the man in the
moon, striding off, and Iurisch saw he had
dropped the corner of the cloud, because
both his hands were now full.
The next morning Iurisch went to his
master and told him that he wanted to
marry Mareilis. The master said it was
"all right, for they were both the chill
dren of respectable people. So he had the
horse hitched up, and taking Iurisch and
Mareilis drove to the parsons. The par
son took the names of the young people,
and then picking up the East Prussian Ga.
sette said to Iurisch's master, "That was
a strange thing that happened last night.
Did you notice it,"
"Not that know of" answered the
master and my night watcher didn't
say anything to me about it. What is
there in the paper about it?'
Listen" said the pastor, and read
"' At midnight large number of falling
stars were seen.
81 guess 1 know something about that, u
thought Iurisch, and he remembered how
the sparks leaped about the Milky Way
when Peter rode off quickly. He said
nothing, however, for it was not his bust
| UGS5 10 SPEAK uulHS5 ne were SpOhGu W.
The parson continued:
90 1t was noticed that the moon sud-
denly became dark, and it was conjectured
that it had not kept exactly to its usual
course"
aha" thought Iurisch, that was a
pretty good guess.
The parson continued
ABOUT ] a. II. the moon appeared
again and shone very brightly. DIR. Tie
finsglas believed that he noticed marked
unsteadiness in its movements.' What dc
you say to that !" asked the parson.
The Lord of Briolen laughed. Zone Of
those gentlemen who know so much about
the heavens was here recently on horse
trade, he said "He saw Mareilis and
was half blinded, and who knows what he
may have seen since? AS for the rest, the
moon must be allowed to change once in q
while, and the lord turned the converse
ton on other subjects.
Iurisch was startled. He had taken two
bottles of old mead to the man in the moon
This was not too much for Lttauer wher
he had been shopping horses, but the man
in the moon was not Littauer and he hae
not been shopping horses. He must have
emptied both bottles and gone to sleep in
the field, where he lay till after sunrise in
stead of going home. Oh, if the dear old
fellow should get into scrape over it
While Iurisch was listening to the par
son, the chief of the celestial lamp lighters
was going along the sky and found tht
man In the moon lying asleep near the
Castle of Ragnit His lantern was burning
yet, but his bundle OF moonbeams was un
done and half of them were missing. "Thi
is nice thing" said the chief, and b,
dubbed the man in the moon on the sole
of his feet to wake him up. 1t was lonI
time before the old fellow awoke anC
winked sleepily in the broad daylight
"Put out your light, pack up your moon
beams and come along with me, said the
chief. The man in the moon trem bled
for he was afraid of losing his position, but
he did as he was told.
"Were you sick last mighty" asked the
chief sarcastically. The man in the moon
could have lied, but he was lover of truth
and told the whole story. The chief shook
his head.
You've lost half your moonbeams,
said ne, and You won't easily find them
so you must do the best you can with what
are left.
Bat what will men say p exclaimed thu
man in the moon.
"0h, we've saved little heavenly light
since they became so enlightened them
selves" answered the chief "And now
I'll tell You what you must do. Eight
days you'll come on post as usual, eight
days not at all, and for fourteen days
you'll increase and diminish the light. So
you see it will come out all right after
all"
What not shine for eight days?
asked the man in the moon.
ait can't be helped" answered the
chief. You'll have to turn up sometimes
during the day, and if you can pick W
any stray beams, do So"
"Thank you, kindly" said the man il
the moon, much relieved.
"0n your nights off" continued the
chief, you must take these beams and
hammer them into shape. When you've
: got as many as YOU had before, let mt