Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-28
wARNER's Loo CABIN
Miracle of the Annles.

Burdette. Now when the autumn
was come, it was so that the land of
Burlington and the country around
about abounded with much apples,
so that the sound of the cider press
ceased not from morning even unto the
night. And in the morning the hus-
bandman arose, and he said, Go to, APP
pies is not worth much, but so much as
they will fetch | will have. And he
laded up his wagon, and filed its bed
even to overflowing with bell-tlowers,
and seek-no-furthers, and duchesses,
spitzbergens, and snow apples and rus
sets each after its kind. And when he
was come nigh to the town, Lo. three
town boys met him and spoke unto him
delicately, and said, Give us n maple.
And his heart was moved with good ma
ture, and he heorkened unto their
words, and said unto them, Yea, climb
in, and eat your fill. And as he Jour-
neyed on he met two other boys. And
they waxed bold when they saw the
first three riding and eating apples,
and they cried aloud, Give us snapple.
And the man spake unto them and said,
Yea. And they CLONE in. And
they spake not one to an
to cat apples, saved when they paused
that they might take breath. And the
husbandman made merry and laughed
with himself to see them eat, and he
| said: Ho, ho! Ho, ho! But the lads
laughed not, for they were busy. Now
| the eldest of the lads was thirteen
years old, and the youngest thereof was
| in his ninth year. And they were eX-
ceedingly lean and ill-favored. And
| when the husbandman was entered into
the city he drove along the streets, and
! lifted up his voice and shouted aloud,
Ap-pulls! Ap-pulls! Here's yer nigh
seatinnapples! Ap-pulls! Ap-pulls!
| And the women of the city leaned over
| Lo! another rapple wagin. And they
! spake unto the man and said, Hast thou
| of a verify good eatin-napples? And
he said, OF a verify have. Come forth.
| And when they were come forth they
| looked into his wagon, and they were
wroth and cried out against him. And
| they said, Thou hast mocked us and
| thou hast deceived thine handmaidens
with the words of thy mouth. Verify
thou hast naught wherefore then dost
thou drive through the city
crying, Ap-pulls? And when
he had turned him around
and looked he was speechless.
And the women of the city cried, Go to;
| dEc uOU ullN NOEuS ulUOSctllcI LIZ
than vanity? And he smote upon his
breast and sware upon them, saying, |
am truthful man, and the son of a
truthful man. When thy servant left
home this morning there was even
thirty-seven bushels Of apples in the
| wagon bed. Now there was naught in
the wagon save the five boys. Neither
| was there so much as one small apple
| And the husbandman necked the lads
and entreated them roughly, for he
said, What is it that ye have done? Fol-
ye have cast my apples into the street
But the lads wept bitterly and said
Nay, not so. Are thy servants pigs thai
they should do such thing? And he
hast done with my apples. And the
lads pointed at each other, even each
one at his fellow, and they wep
and exclaimed with one accord
He eat 'em. And the husbaudmar
was wroth and would not believe
them. For he wist not that the town
boy was q hollow clear into the ground
But the women of the city cried unt'
him and said, How far is it the lad
have ridden with thee? And he said
Even as far as a mile and half. Ant
the women laughed and made merr,
and said, OF a surety it is even so as
the lads have said. They have eater
up all the apples. And they made ligh
OF it, as though it had been a yer.
small thing for the lads to do. And th'
husbandman marvelled greatly within
himself, for the five lads did not fill on
small end of the wagon. And it was s.
that it was beyond his finding ou
where the thirty-seven bushels Of ap
pies had slowed themselves. So h
turned him about and drove home, am
he commanded the lads that they fol
low him not. And they hooted at hin
and cast stones after him, even unit
the city gates, for such is the custor
and manner of the town boy. But tn
husbandman spake not unto them. 70
his mind was heavy with thinking o
this wonderful thing he had seen.