New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-28
ROMANCE OF Il HUSBANDMAM.
Edwin 4. Hall In The Yale Record.

Now when the autumn was come, it was o
about abonnded with much fruit sa that the sound the
cider press ceased not from morning even unto the
| night. 49,
In the morning the husbandman arose and said: GO
to- apples not worth much but so much as they VIII
fetch / will nave" And he loaded up his wagon and
filled its bed to overlooking with bell-1owers and
seek-nofurthers and spzenbergs and snow-appes and
And when he was come nigh to the town. To- three town
boys met him ana spoke unto him delicatey and said:
! And his heart was moved with good nature and he
heal kened unto their words and said unto them Yea
And as he journeyed he met yet two other boys,
and they waved O0d wneP tney ssT MS ps
sn' apple 2" And the man spake unto them and said
And they spake not one to another neither did they
to eat apples save when they paused that they
And the husbandman made merry and laughed within
himself TO see them eat and he said 10 no. no. no."
Bat the lads laughed not for they were busy .
Now the elest OF the boys thirteen years old and
the youngest thereof in his ninth year. and they
exec ingly lean and il-favOred.
And when the husbandman was entered into the city
he drove along the streets and lifted mp his voice and
eatin' naples iG Al,-puilsi apttpHHllsy'
And the Of the city leaned over the fences and
said, to another 10, another apple wagon"
And they spake unto the man and said: Hast thou OF
verify good eatunapples Z"
And he said: OF verify have, come forth"
Ana When they were come forth they looked into M,
and thev ssld rboa hast mocEed us ana thon has de-
ceved thine nand maidens with the words OF thy mouth
drive through the city crying appulls Z"
Aud w.en he had turned him and looked he was
speechless.
And of the city cried: Go to- not thy
words altogether lighter than vanity y =
And lie HmOtt upon his breast and sware unto them,
saying: am The son OF truthful man : when thy
servant left home this morning there thirty
seven bushels OF apples In the wagon bed"
Now there was IN the wagon naught save five boys.
And the husbandman necked the lads, and entreated
them roughly, for, he 'sad "Ie have cast my apples
into the street"
But the lads wept bitterly, and said Nay not so arc
thy servants pigs that they should do such thing y
And lie said: Declare unto me then what thou hast
done with my apples"
And the lads pointed at each other, each at
his fellow ana they wept, and they exclaimed with
accord: He eat EN-"
And the husbandman WTOth and would not believe
them for he visit not that the town boy was hollow clear
lUtO the ground.
But the women OF the city cried unto him and said:
How far It the lads have ridden with thee = And hc
said: Even far "a "A mile aud "a half. "
And the women laughed and made merry, and said:
OF surety 10 Is as the lads have said They
have eaten mp all the apples"
And they made light OF 1t though IL had been very
small thing for the lads 10 do. $500 .
And the hus baudman maryecd greatly within himself
for the five lads did not ill small end OF the wagon
Aud IL that IL was beyond his finding out where
the thrtyseve bushels Of apples had stored themselves
so he turned him about and he drove home, and he
And they hOOed at him and east stones after him, even
into the city gates for such the custom Of the town
But the husbandman spake not unto them, neither
proved he them, for his mind heavy with thinking
OF this wonder he had