The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-21
The Wish Ring.
IAnna Eichberg in St. Methodist

| WibhOub TeWurut walk Two Gays I'LL you
come to a great fir tree that stands all alone
in the forest and overtops all other trees.
II you can hew it down, you will make your
! fortune"
/ Not waiting to have the advice repeated,
the farmer shouldered his AK and started on
his journey. Sure enough, after tramping
two days, he came to the fir tree, which he
instantly prepared to cut down. Just as the
tree swayed, and before it fell with a crash,
there dropped out OF its branches a nest
containing two eggs. The eggs rolled to the
ground and broke, and there darted out of
one a young eagle and out of the other
rolled a gold ring. The eagle grew larger.
as il by enchantment, and when it reached
the size of u man, it spread its wings as
if to Try their strength, then, soaring
upward, it cried: "You have rescued ms:
take as IA reward the ring that lay in the
other egg: 1t is a wish-ring. Turn it on
your finger twice, and whatever your wish is.
it shall be fulfilled. But remember there is
but a single wish in the ring. No sooner is
that granted than it loses its power and is
only an ordinary ring. Therefore. consider
we'll what you desire. so that you never have
reason to repent your choice" So speaking,
che eagle scared high in the air, circled over
the farmers head a few times, then darted.
like an arrow. toward the east.
The farmer took the ring, placed 1t on his
finger, and turned on his way homeward.
Toward evening he reached n town where a
jeweler sat in his shop behind u counter. on
which lay many costly rings for sale, The
farmer showed his own, and asked the mer-
chant its value.
at isn't worth a straw" the jeweler au
swered.
Upon that, the farmer laughed very heart
lily, and told the man that it was n wisb-ring.
and of greater value than all the rings in the
shop together.
The jeweler was Il wicked. designing man.
and so he invited the farmer to remain as his
guest over night. For" he explained, 'only
to shelter a man who owns a wisb-ring must
bring luck"
So he treated bis guest to wine and fair
words; and that night, as the farmer lay
sound asleep, the wicked man stole the
magic ring from his finger and slipped on, in
its place a common one which he had mad.
to esemble the wish-ring.
The next morning the jeweler was all i'm
patience to have the farmer begone. He
awakened him at cock-crow, and said; "YoU
ney before you"
As soon as the farmer had departed the
jeweler closed his shop, put up tho shutters
so that no one could peep in, bolted the door
behind him, and, standing in the middle of the
room, he turned the ring and cried: al wish
instantly to possess a million gold piecesr'
No sooner said than the great, shining gold
pieces came pouring down upon him in IA
golden torrent over his head, shoulders and
arms. P~itifully lie cried for mercy, and
tried to reach and unbar the door; but before
he succeeded he stumbled and fell bleeding To
the ground Is for the golden rain, it never
stopped till the weight of the metal crushed
the floor, and the jewslsr and his money sank
through to the cellar. The gold still poured
down till the million was completes, and the
jeweler lay dead in the cellar beneath his
treasure.
The noise, however, alarmed the neighbors,
who came rushing over to see what the mat
ter was; when they saw the mar dead under
his gold, they exclaimed: "Doubly unfor-
tunate he whom blessings kill" Afterward,
the heirs came and divided the property.
In the meantime, the farmer reached home
in high spirits and showed the ring to his
wife.
"Henceforth we shall never more be in
want, dear wife, he said. "Our fortune
is made. Only we must be careful to con.
slider well Just what we ought to wish."
The farmers wife, OF course, proffered ad-
vice. Suppose" said She, "that wa wish
for that bit of land that lies between our two
feldsf'
"Tha isn't worth WHILE" her husband re-
piled. "If we work hard for a year, we'll
earn enough money to buy it.n
So the two worked very hard, and at har-
vest time they had never raised such a crop
before. They had earned money enough to
buy the coveted strip of land and still have a
bit to spare "See," said the man, 1--WE have
the land and the wish as we'll"
The farmers wife then suggested that they
had better wish for a COW and a horse. But
the man replied: "Wife, why waste our wish
on such trifiesi The horse and COW well get
anyway"
Sure enough, in a years time the money for
the horse and cow had been earned. Joy
fully the man rubbed his hands ''The wish
is saved again this year, and yet we have
what we desire. How lucky we arel"
But now his wife seriously adjured him to
wish for something at last "Now that you
have a wish to be granted ~ she said, ''you slave
and toll, and are content with everything.
You might be king, emperor, baron, even a
gentleman farmer, with chests overlooking
with gold; but you don't know what you
want"
"we are Young and life is long, he ans.
wered.
There is only one wish in the ring, and
that is easily said. Who knows but some
time we may sorely need this wishi Are we
in want of anythingi Have we not pros
pered, to all peoples establishment, since we
l ROootooSo bAlS ing DO ltdSDlhDlo dll
patient for awhile. In the meantime, cou.
slider what we really ought to wish for"
And that was the end of the matter.
1t really seemed as If the ring had brought
a blessing into the house. Granaries and
barns were full to overlooking, and in the
course of n few years the poor farmer became
a rich and portly person, who worked with
his men a-feld during the day, rs IL he, too,
had to earn his daily bread; but after supper
he liked to sit in his porch, contented and
comfortable, and return the kindly greeting
of the folk who passed and who wished him II
respectful good evening.
So the years went by. Sometimes, when
they were alone, the farmers wife would re-
mind her husband of the magic ring. aud sug-
gest many plans. But as he always an
swered that they had plenty of time, and
that the best thoughts come last, she more
and more rarely mentioned the ring, and at
last the good woman ceased speaking of it al
together.
To be sure, the farmer looked at the ring,
and twirled it about as many as twenty
times a day; but he was very careful never
to wish.
After thirty or forty years had passed
away, and the farmer and his wife had
grown old and white-haired, and their wish
was still unasked, then was God very good TO
them, and on the same night they died
peacefully and happily.
Weeping children and grandchildren sur
rounded the two collins; and as one wished IN
remove the ring from the still hand as a re-
membrance, the oldest son said: "Let our
father take his ring into the grave. There
A Great Discovery.
This is daily bringing Joy TO the homes o
thousands 10y saving many their dear one
from an early grave. Truly Is DR. Kings New