Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-06-02
The Way of the World.
BY H. R. ADAMS.

cut hop poles, but he could ind
no trees SO long and straight and
slender as he wanted, till he came
high up under great heap OF
stones. There he heard groans
and means as though some one
were at deaths door. So he went
up to see who it was that needed
help, and then he heard that the
noise came from under great
fat stone which lay upon the
heap. 1t was SO heavy it would
have taken many a man to lift it
The man went down again to the
woods and cut down q tree, which
he turned into a lever, and with
that he tilted up the stone. and
10! out from under it crawled a
dragon, and made at the man to
swallow him up. But the man
said he had saved the dragons
life, and it was shameless thank
lessness in him to want to eat
him up.
MAY be-" said the dragon;
but you might very we'll know |
must be starved when I have
been here hundreds of years and
never tasted meat. Besides, it's
the way of the world-that's how
it pays its debts !"
The man pleaded his cause
stoutly and begged for his life;
and at last they agreed to take
the first living thing that came
for a daysman, and if his doom
went the other way the man
should not lose his life, but il he
said the same as the dragon, the
dragon should eat the man.
The first that came was an old
hound, who ran along the road
down below under the hillside
Him they spoke to and begged
him to be Judge.
"God knows. said the hound,
II have served my master truly
ever since was a little whelp. ]
have watched and watched many
and many night through, while
he lay warm asleep on his ear,
and ! have saved house and home
from FIRE and thieves more than
once; but now l can neither see
nor hear any more, and he wants
to shoot me. And so I mus,
run away; and stink from house
to house. and beg for my living
till / die OF hunger. Mol it's the
way Of the world" said the
hound; "that's how it pays its
debts /"
"Now | am coming to eat you
up" said the dragon, and tried
TO swallow the man again. But
the man begged and prayed hard
for his life. till they agreed to
take the next conner for a Judge;
and, if he said the same as the
dragon and the hound the dragon
was to eat him, and get meal Of
mans meat; but if he did not
say so, the man was to get of
with his life.
So there came an old horse
limping down along the road
which ran under The hill. Him
they called out to come and
settle the dispute. Yes; he was
qdite ready to do that.
"Now, 1 have served my
MASTER" said the horse, s'as long
as l could draw or carry. 1 have
shaved and striven for him till the
sweat trickled from every hair,
and / have worked till have
grown lame and halt aud worn
out with toll and age; now am
6t for nothing. l am not worth
my food, and so / am to have
bullet through me. he says. Nay
nayl It's the way of the world.
That's how the world pays it's
debts
"Well, now I'm coming to eat
you" said the dragon, who CAPPED
wide and wanted to swallow the
man. But he begged again hard
for his life.
But the dragon said be must
have mouthful of mans meat;
he was so hungry he couldn't
bear it any longer.
"See, yonder comes one who
looks as il he was sent to be
judge between u.s." said the man,
as he pointed to Reynard the fox,
who CINE stealing between the
stones of the heap.
"All good things are three. I"
said the man; "let me ask him
too, and il he gives doom like the
others, eat me on the spot"
VERY WE'LL" said the dragon
He, too, had heard that all good
things were three and 30 itshould
be bargain. So the man talked
to the fox as he had talked to the
others.
Eyes, yes" said Reynard; 81
see how it all is," but as be said
this, he took the man a little on
one side.
"What will you give me il ]
free you rom the dragon he
whispered into the mans ear.
"You shall be free to come to
my house, and to be lord and
master over my hens and geese
every Thursday night" said the
man.
well, my dear dragon" said
Reynard, "this is very hard nut
to crack. I can't get into my head
how you, who are so big and
mighty beast, could find room
to lie under yon stone"
"Can't you," said the dragon