Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-09-19
Two Stories.

In lre!an !, many ycarE ago, so the
story goas. there lived q tailor famous
for his wisdom. He WIS u line work.
man, and had met with such success,
that not ouly was he famous for his
wise sayings, but for his linc workman
ship. He always helped tho men of his
own trade who appealed 10 him. and
had great influence among them. At
last the wise and kin lily man fell i'll.
and was told lie could not get well.
He requested that all the tailors in
that part of the country be sent for,
that he might tell them a secret that
would 60 far toward giving them the
success that had attended his life.
His wife sent word to the men, and at
the specified time they reached the
town. is state OF great excitement.
At last they were all crowded into the
sick mans room. There was deathly
stiffness. Some tremblcd that the Sc
crct might never be told but would die
with this man. Many of them shed
tears OF sorrow, for when this wise
man died they would lose friend that
would never be replaced. With differ
ent feelings all waited anxiously about
the bed. At last the sick man opened
his eyes. gaz,d slowly about, recognize
ed eac', one. He opened his mouth;
all leaned forward brcathlessly. that
they might catch every word. Slowly,
distinctly, the words came: always
put knot in the end of your thread
before you begin to sew. 1t saves
time" And the wise tailor was dead
when the sentence was completed,
Here is a story from True Flag,
which, like the proceeding. must teach
its own moral:
There was once q tailor who had q
beautiful daughter All the young
her because OF her beauty. Two rivals
sought her one day and said, 1T ia
on your account we have come hither,"
"What do you want of mep" she re-
piled smiling.
1--WE love you," returned the two
young men, land each of us wants to
marry YOU"
The maiden, being we'll brought up.
called her father. who listened to the
two lovers, and then said
ut is late, go home now, but come
again tomorrow, aud you shall then
know which of you may have my
daughter"
At daybreak the next morning the
two young men returned. "Here we
are,h they cried to the tailor ..remem-
Der what you promised yesterday"
"Wait n LITTLE" he replied. II am
going to town to buy piece of cloth.
When | return home with ii you shall
learn what | expect from YOU"
When the tailor returned from town
no called his daughter, and ON her APP
oearance he said to the young men:
'My CHI ldrcn, there are two of you,
md l have but ono daughter. To
whom shall give herp Whom must
lrefuse? Behold this piece of cloth; l
will cut from IL two suits of cloths ex-
ictly alike; each one of you must sew
one of them; and he who finishes his
ask first shall have my daughter"
Each of the rivals took his task and
prepared to set about it. The father
,alled his daughter and said: Here ID
he thread, make it ready for the two
workers."
The maiden obeyed her father, and,
:aking the bundle of thread, seated
herself near the young men. But she
was as clever as she was beautiful.
Though her father did not know which
ot the young men she loved best, nor
the young men themselves. she knew
well enough. The tailor went away;
the maiden prepared the thread" the
young men took Their needles and be-
gan to sew. To tho one she loved the
beauty gave short necdlefuls, but to the
ono she did not love she gave long nee-
dlefuls, They scwed and sewed In
eager haste. At eleven o'clock the
work was not half done, but at three
o'clock the young man who had short
needlefuls had completed his task,
while the other had yet much to do.
When the tailor returned the con-
queror brought to him the completed
suit. while his rival still sat sewing,
'"..My Children said the fatheis' u
did not wish to favor one more than
another; that was why l divided the
cloth into two equal parts and told you
"He who finished his task first shall
have my daughter. Did you UNDER
stand me?"
Father. replied the young men,
ne understood you and accepted the
test. what must DO, must"
The tailor had reasoned thus: He
who finished first will be the most skill
full workman, and consequently better
able to support wife, but he never
imagined that his daughter would give
long needlefuls to 9 man she did no,
wish to marry. GleYerness GARFIELD tho
day. and the maiden really chose her
own husband,