The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-12-05
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shall be yours
The fiddler did noihing bat stare With
open eyes and mouth. as though be would
never shut either again.
Well. the fiddler lived with the old man
for. maybe. three or four days. IS spng
and happy life Ne ever . mouse passed
IN green cheese. A for gold and silver
aud jewels. they were As plenty 10 that
house IS dasl 10 mill. Everything The
fiddler wanted came TO his hand. He liv
ed high and slept soft aud warm aud nev
er kuew what ii vas 10 want either more
or less or great or small. II oil lthose
three or four days be did nothing but en-.
Joy himself with might and main.
But by snd by be began TO wonder
where all the good things cams from. At
FIRST the old man put him on With short
answers, bu, the fiddler dinned and drum
med aud worried until flesh ssd blood
could stand il no longer. 80 ~ last the
old man said that he would show him
the treasure house where oil the fine
things came from.
He then took q key from behind the
door snd led the fiddler out into the gar
den. There In . corner by the wall was a
great trap door OF iron Theold man fit.
ted the key to the lock and tsrned it, He
lifted the door and then went down steep
flight Of stone steps. and the fiddler follow
ed close st his heels. Down below it was
as light as day, for in the center Of the
room hung a great diamond as big as a
blacksmith's fist. aud il blszed and spark.
ed so that 1t dazzled ones eyes 10 look at
it, 10 the floor were set three great basins
Of marble; one was nearly full Of silver.
one Of gold, and one Of gems Of all sorts.
All this is mine. said the old man, and
after am gone II shall be yours. II was
left to me. as will leave il to you. and 10
the mean time You may come and go as
you wish to. But there 10 4 thing you
not do; you must not open the door yon-
der at the back Of the room. Should you
do so. III luck will be sure to overtske
you.
Oh mol the fiddler would never think OF
doing such thing as opening the door.
But since the old man had given him
leave. be would just help himself TO few
OF the fine things So be stuffed his pock.
cts full. and followed the old man up the
steps and out into the sunlight again.
1t took him maybe an hour 10 count eli
the money and jewels be had brought up
with him After he had done that be be
gan TO wonder what was inside OF the lii
tie door at the back OF the room. First
be wondered; then be began to grow cur
ious: then he began to itch and tingle and
burn, IS though fifty thousand want to
know nettles were sticking into him from
top to toe. At last be could stand in no
longer ri just go down yonder, says be
aud peep through the Key hole.
So down he took the key, and off he
to the garden. He opened the
trsp door and went down the steep steps
TO the room below. There was the door
At the end OF the room. but when be cana
10 look there was no key-hole to it. Pshsw
'aid he; here is q pretty state OF affairs.
rutl tut! Well, as ! have come so far. il
would be pity TO turn back without see
ng more. So be opened the door and
Deeped 10.
Before him was great long passageway
md at the far end OF it be could see q
park OF light. as though the sun where
thinning there. He listened. and after q
While be heard sound like the waves
'eatiog on the shore Well. says be. as l
rave come SO far, l may - we'll see the
md Of it. 80 be entered the passage wsy
md closed the door behind him.
He went on and on. and the spark Of
ight kept growing larger and larger, aud
" and by-pop!- out be came at the 9th
II end Of the passage.
Sure enough. there be stood on the sea.
Lore. with the waves beating and dash
ng on the rocks. All OF sudden some
hing came with whiz and . rush, and
'anght him be the belt, and away be flew
ike bullet.
He managed to screw bis head around
md look up. and there it was Ill luck that
lad him. / thought so. said the fiddler
md then be gave over kicking.
Well. on and on they few, over bill
md valley, over moor and mountain, un-
il they came to another garden. and there
II luck let the fiddler drop
Svasb! down he fell into the top Of an
pple tree. and there be hung in the
ranches.
II was the garden OF the royal castle,
nd oil bad been weeping and woe( hough
hey we're beginning now 10 pick up their
miles seain). sDd this wss tho reason
Thy. the king Of that country had died.
nd no one vas lst behind him but the
ueen. She was prize l can tell you
Or not only wss the kingdom hers. but
be was ss young ss spring apple and
8 pretty asa picture. so that there was
o end Of those who came a-wooing. Even
hat day there were three princes at the
astle, each one wanting the queen for bis
vn. and the wraneling and pickering and
qusbbling that was going on was enough
0 desfen body. The poor young queen
ould stand il no longer. snd 90 she bad
ONE out into the garden for Bit OF rest.
nd there sat uuder the shade Of IN sp
lie tree. tanning herself and crying