Daily Republican., 1883-05-12
TIE WAY OF THE WORLD.
RY II. X. ADAMS.

Once on a time there was man who
went into the wood to cut hOp-pOlcs
but he could find no trees so long, anC
straight, and slender Is he wanted, til
he came high up under great heap OF
stones. There he heard groans and
means rs though some one were al
death $ door, So he went up to see
who it wa, that needed help, and then
he heard that the noise came from un.
der great fiat stone which Jay upon
the heap. 1t was so heavy il would
have taken many IL man t. lift it. But
the man went down again in the wood
and eat down IA tree, which he turned
into lever, and 10 out from under il
rrawled dragon, and made at the
man to swallow him up. But the man
said he had saved the dragons life, and
it was shameless, thankle>sness in him
to want to eat him.
MAY be" said the dragon "but
you might very well know | must be
starved when have been here hun
dreds Of years and never tasted meat.
Besides, it's the way of the world
that $ how it pays its debts.
The man pleaded his cause stoutly
and begged for hls life; and ut last
they agreed to take the first living
thing that came for haysman, and il
his doom went the other way the man
should not lose lis lif, bat if he said
the same rs the dragon, the dragon
should eat the man.
The first that can e was an old hound,
who ran along the ro ,d down below un
der the hillside. Hi II they spoke to
and begged him TO be judge.
God knows said the hound, 81
have served my master truly ever
since was little whclp. | have
watched and watched many and many
Il 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 can neither
see nor hear any more, he wants to
shoot me. And so must run away,
and siink from house to house, and beg
for my living till die of hunger, No!
its the way of the world" said the
hound; that's the way it pays its
debts
Now am coming to eat you up, y"
! Nhfl Wv iltSDH, 'ntl lIltl W swallow
| the man again. But the man begged
and prayed hand for his life Ill, they
/ agreed to take the next conner for a
judge. And if he said the same as tn,
dragon and huUnd, the dra Ion wa. to
eat him and get u meal Of the man 5
meat but if he did NOT say 20, the man
Was to get Oft y ith his life
50 there came an Old horse limping
down along the road which ran under
the hill. Him thcy called ont to come
and settle til" dispute. Yes; he was
quite ready to 90 that.
"Now, have served my MASTER"
said the horse, GAS long as could
draw or carry have siavcl and stri-
ven for him till tac sweat trick'ed from
every hair, and | have worked till |
have grown lame, and halt, and worn
ont with toll and age now am fit for
nothing. ! am not worth my food, and
50 | am to have a bullet through me,
he says. Nay nay Its til" way OF
the world. TT ats how the world pays
It's dehtS
"W"ll, now m coming to eat YOU"
said the dragon, who gared wide and
wanted 10 swallow the man. But he
begged again hard for his life.
But the dragon said .he must have a
mans meat; he was so hungry he
couldn't lear it any longer.
"Ser, yOnder comes one who looks as
if he "a' sent to be judge between lis,
said the II an as he pointed to Reynard
the toN, who came stealing between
lii" STONES of the heap.
All good things are Free said the
III II "l' me ask him, too, and if he |
give, doom like the others, eat me up
on he spot.
every well, said the dragon. He,
too. had heard that all good things were
free. and so il should be II bargain So
'ir man talked 10 the fox rs he had |
ralEcd to the other,
irs, yes, said Reynar'l; ; ~ see
bow ii all is, but rs he said this he
took the man Il little ON on" side,
" hat will you Civ" me if | fre"
you from the dragon 2" he whispered
IN i've man 5 ear.
\ on shall be free to come 10 nv
i, use and to be lord and master over nv
hens and g"esc every Thursday night" "
said the man.
"Wcll, my dear dragon, said nry-
nard this is a yer! hard nut Ia crack.
cau't get it il,ro my head how yuu,
who are - blg aud mighty beast.
could hnd room t" lie uuicr yon
stone.
"tnu't you, said the dragon ''wcll
lay under the hillside. and summed
myself. and down came landslide,
and hurled the stone over me-
" ~ very likely ! dare say" said
Eryuard but still can understand
it, and what's more, wont believe 1t
till see it.
So the man said they had better prove
il, and the dragon crawled down into
the hole again but in the twinkle Of an
eye they whippr, "ut the lever, and
Iowu in" rtun. crashed un thr dragon. |
81. i, now 'h"rg 'ill doornsday," said
he toA. "N"u woud eat the man.
NurA ,ou Nnu saved yolir liir"'
1nr dragon mudnrd and gruancd, Il
and begged hard t. come out; hnt thr
W. went their way, and l"It him
l'ur,
9hr very first Thursday night Rry-
IarI rlnn tu hr lorl and master over
.m urr-ruost, and hid himself behind y
gr..' pi.r IF wood hard h. When Il
h. ml,d went our 10 feed III, fowls, in
loc Hoyuard She neither SAW nor
ltaM auyl hing OF him but her back
vas scare turned hrtorc il" haG sucked
,Inod enough fora Wrrk, aud stuffed
himself So that h. couldn't STIR So
when she came again III the morning,
here Erynrrd iN", and sn"rca, and
dept Iu rtl' morning san, with ali f"ur !,
eg, stretched straight and h" WAS -
- ,I,rk ard round as a German San.
age.
Away ran the ItsrIe f"r the goodS, J.
nd she came, and all the lassins with =
Ter, with ST cks and brooms to beat "
,cynard and, to tell the truth, they
early banged the life out of him blt,