Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-11-27

ing at what was going on under the
great TO yonder, for he could see the
little folk brewing more beer than
thirty seven men could drink.
So! Why, the Ogre would like to
see that for himself
Prut! There was nothing easier than
to learn that trick! All that he had to
| do was to take handful of leaves from
that bush yonder and rub them over
his eyes, and then to shut his eyes
while he could count fifty, and he
would see what he would see.
Well, that was little or nothing to
do, and the Ogre would have n try at
it. So he gathered handful Of the
leaves end rubbed them over his eyes,
| just as the middle sled pig had said.
and now are you reeady2" said the
middle-sized pig.
Yes; the Ogre was ready.
| Then all he had to do was to shut his
eyes and count. SO the Ogre shut
them rs tightly as he could, and then
began to count, "One, two, three, four,
i've" and so on, and while he was
counting, why, the, little pig was run
ming away home again.
| By-and-by the Ogre bawled out
AFifty!" and opened his eyes. Then
! he saw no more, but less than he had
| seen before, for the little pig was not
there.
And now it was the largest of the
three little pigs who began to talk
about going into the wood for acorns.
"You had better stay at home and
take things as they come. The crock
that goes often tc the well will get
broken at last"
That was what the cock, the speckled
hen, the black drake, and the gray
goose said, and they thought them
selves very wise to talk as they did.
But, no; the little pig wanted to go
| out into the woods, and into the woods
the little pig would 60, Ogre or no
Ogre,
After he had all the acorns that he
wanted he began to think of going
home again; but just then the Ogre
came stamping along. "Aha" says
he; 1--WE have met again, have we?"
Eyes" says the largest of the three
little pigs, 1--WE have. And / want to
say that could find no roast apple at
home, and so ] did not como back
again."
Yes, yes; that was all very fine, bu
they should have a settling of OLE
scores now. The largest of the tire,
little pigs might just come along HON,
with the Ogre, and tomorrow h,
should be made into sausages; fo.
there was no trickery this time.
Come! come! the Ogre must not b,
| ha fv r1-oo
having too much pepper in the pudding
Ii it was sausages that he was after
maybe the pig could help him. Owe
home at the farm yonder was a store
house filled with sausages and goot
things, more than two men could count
If the Ogre would talk no more abou
chopping him into sausages, the larges
Of tie three little pigs would show hin
| where this storehouse was, and also {.
window where he could just s lueez,
through. Only the Ogre must promis,
to eat what he wanted, and to carr
nothing away with him.
Well, the Ogre was ready to pronis,
tha6, only there must be no moro fool
ing this time. Now was the little pis
sure that there Was no trick in tn,
matter?
Oh yes; the little pig was quite sure
OF that. SO off they went together, the
Ogre and the largest of the three little
| pigs. By-and- by they came TO the store
| house at the farm, and there, sure
| enough, was a window, and it was Just
large enough for the Ogre to saueez,
through without button to spare il
| the size.
Dear! dear! how the Ogre did stui
himself with the sausages and pud.
dings and other good things in the
storehouse!
Byand-by the little pig bawled on
as loud as he could, Have you had
enough yet?"
"Hush-sh-sh-sh-sh-s says tn.
Ogre; don't talk so loud or you'll be
rousing the folks and having then
about our ears like swarm of bees.
mol" bawled the little big, louder
than before; but tell me; have YOU
had enough yet?"
"Yes, yes" said the Ogre, ~ have
had almost enough; only be still about
| it."
Every WE'LL" bawled the little big a,
loud he could. IF you have HAD
enough, and you have eaten all OF thu
ssusages and all of the pudding you
could stuff, it is about time that you
were going, for here come the farm er
and two of his men to see what ali the
, stir is about"
But when the Ogre heard them com.
ing he felt sure that it was
time that he was getting away
home again, and so he tried to get out
of the same window that he had gotten
i'll by little while before. But he had
stuffed himself with so much of the
good things that he had swelled like
everything, and there he stuck in the
storehouse window like cork in a
bottle.
"Oho!" said the farmer; "you were
after my sausages and my pudding,
were you? Then you wiz come no
more" And that was SO; for when the
farmer and his men We're done with the
Ogre he never went into the woods
again, for he could not.
AS for the three little pigs, they
trotted across to the Ogre's house, and
brought away all that they could carry
and that was a great deal, for there
were stacks and stacks of money in the
celia.
Now, don't you believe folks when
they tell you that this is all stuff and
nonsense that have been telling you
for if you turn it upside down and look