The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-23

Then he tried the cloth, spreading out
just a 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 a little taste himself, and the,
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 dogp He is as full as q
sausage. and as lazy as a pig
80, l gave him the bones" said the
boy.
THAT was a good boy, 20 think Of
the dog, too,n 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 mp alive and wagged its tail
at its play-fellow. But he had no chance
to try the book.
Then they sailed prosperously long
time, till a 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 a 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 well
again.
mo, there is no one, said those who
were up on the deck.
SIS there no one else on BOARD this
ship?" asked the King.
Eyes, 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 we'll.
Then the Captain, when he heard
this, grew so angry and frightened that
he flew around in circle, like bum
blebee in tar barrel. He thought the
boy might get himself into some scrapo
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
material 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
daughter was, and the boy sang the
psalm once. Then the Kings 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
to give him half of his land and kingdom
and his daughter with them. The boy
thought it might be we'll enough to
have half of the land and kingdom,
and he was profuse in his thanks for
them, but he had promised another, he
said, and could not take the Kings
daughter.
So he remained there in that country
and received half of the Kingdom, but
after awhile there was war to which the
boy had to go, and he was not sparing
of the black edge of his sword YOU may
easily believe. The enemys soldiers
fell like flies and the King was VIC
torious. Then the boy used the white
edge and they all sprung up alive again,
and submitted to the King because they
were once more permitted to enjoy life.
But then there were so many
that there was scarcity of food,
and the King would gladly give them
plenty both to eat and to drink. SO
the boy was obliged to out with his
cloth, and then they had everything
they wanted. s
After he had been with the King
awhile longer he began to long for the
burgomaster's daughter. So, equip
ping four ships of war, he went away
with them, and, when he arrived be-
fore the city where the burgomaster
lived, the shots that he fired Numbered
in way that made the glass fall crash
ing from half the windows in the city.
On board the ships things were as
magnificent as with King, and SO
SidHu was uC tidt Hc oVcu udQ every
nail headed with gold.
1t was not long before the burgomas-
ter went down and asked if the foreign
lord would be so good as to come down
and dine with him.
He accepted the invitation, and,
going up to the burgomaster' house,
he there sat down beside the daughter
and the burgomastcr's lady.
las they were sitting there in the
height of the chat, eating and drinking
and having a good time, he dropped
his half of the ring, unperceived, into
the daughters glass. .
She was not long in thinking out
what it meant, and, making an errand
away from the table, she put it with
the other half. Her mother, observing
that something was on the tapis. hur-
ried after her as fast as she could.
Mother, do you know who that is
in therep" said the daughter.
NO." said the burgomaster's lady.
at is the boy that father sold for
tobacco" said the daughter.
Upon this the lady tainted and fell
on the floor, and when the burgomaster
came and heard how the matter stood
It was not much better with him.
''rhis is nothing to be frightened
about" said the tobacco boy, II have
only come to get the little girl that
kissed on the way to school. ;"
Aud then, turning TO the burgolnas-
ter's wife, he said: Never disdain
poor mans child; nobody knows what
it may become, for children are of the
same stuff as men, and wit comes with
growth. !" - Minnie Ward Patterson,
in Detroit Free Press.
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