St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-09-27

| "oihoH ioaEu out unat ne neipet
her sister across the sound, she sait
ne must take something for ferriage
ana could have whatever he liked
| ~. do not want ANYTHING but tn,
old sword which is hanging on a peg i,
the cupboard" said the boy.
| You did not think of that withou
help. said the troll-woman.
| Come with me-" said the other. s.
stood by that sound. shouting an,
haliooing a hundred years. and no on,
heard or needed it until you Yot
shall have more pay. Come with mt
to my third sister"
| AT this place he was to ask for the
old psalm-book, which was of such ;
kind that when any one was sick and
he sung a psalm referring to the sick
ness, the sick one would become wei
again.
Well, when they arrived there, and
! the third troll woman heard that he
had helped her sister across the sound
h was obliged to acceptferriage there,
too, and it should be whatever he liked.
80. | do not want anything but the
grandmother old psalm book" said
the boy.
"Iou did not think of that without
help said the troll-woman.
When he came down on the ship
again the folks were still at church.
Then he tried the cloth, spreading out
just little corner of it. for before he
laid it on the table and used it he
wanted to see what it could do.
Well, sure enough, there appeared
on It delicious food and a great deal of
it, and plenty Of drink besides. He
took just little taste himself, and then
he gave the dog as much as he could
eat.
When the folks, who had been to
church. came on board again the Cap
tain said: ''Where did you get all that
food for the dog? He is "a full as a
sausage. and as lazy as pig"
80, l gave him the bones," said the
boy.
That was good boy, to think of
the dog, too" said the Captain.
Then the boy spread out the cloth.
and in a moment it was so full of food
and various drinks that the ships people
had never before sat down to such o
feast.
When the boy was again alone with
the dog he thought he would try the
sword, too, so he struck the animal
with the black edge, and it fell dead
upon the deck; but when he turned the
sword and struck with the white edge
it sprung up alive and wagged its tail
at its play fellow. But he had no chance
to try the book.
Than fhoy- ra;foI y,roSnarpnclx- a lnru
time. till storm came upon them which
lasted many days, and they lay and
drifted SO that they did not know where
they were. At last the weather cleared.
and they came to country far away.
where they knew no one, but they could
perceive that there was great trouble
there, and that was the case, too, for
the Kings daughter had the leprosy.
The King came down to the ship and
asked if there was no one there who
could save her and make her we'll
again.
mo, there is no one" said those who
were up on the deck.
''Is there no one else on BOARD this
ship?" asked the King.
''Yes. little ragamuffin, said they.
''Let him come, too" said the King.
The boy came and said he thought
he should be able to make her well.
Then the Captain, when he heard
this, grew SO angry and frightened that
he flew around in circle. like BUM
blebee in a tar barrel. He thought the
boy mi ght get himself into some scrape
which he could not easily get out of,
and said it was not worth while to heed
such childish nonsense.
But the King said that wit came with
growth. and children were of the same
as men. If he had said he
could do it he must try. There were
many who had tried and failed before.
He took him along to where his
laughter was, and the boy sang the
psalm once. Then the Kin g's daughter
could lift her arms. He sang it once
more and she could sit up in bed. and
when he had sung it the third time the
Kings daughter was well.
The King was SO glad that he wanted
% give him half of his land and kingdom
md his daughter with them. The boy
hought it might be well enough to
,ave half of the land and kingdom,
md he was profuse in his thanks for
hem. but he had promised another, he
;aid, and could not take the Kings |
laughter.
So he remained there in tha. country |
md received half of the kingdom. but |
lfter awhile there was war to which the |
Joy had to go. and he was not sparing |
# the black edge of his sword you may
.asily believe. The enemy's soldiers |
ell like flies and the King was VIC
orious. Then the boy used the white
dge and they all sprung up alive again.
md submitted to the King because they
we're once more permitted to enjoy life.
Sut then there were SO many |
hat there was scarcity of food,
nd the King would gladly give them
,lenty both to eat and to drink. So
he boy was obliged to out with his
10th, and then they had everything
hey wanted.
After he had been with the King
while longer he began to long for the
urgomaster' daughter. So, equip
ing four ships of war, he went away
rith them, and, when he arrived be-
ore the city where the burgomaster
wed, the Shots that he fired thundcred
q 3 way that made the glass fall crash
no from half the windows in the city.
On board the ships things were as
magnificent as with q King, and SO
rand was he that he even had every