The Irish standard., 1890-08-16

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The; water in the spring had been nearly
all changed into steam by the intense
heat, and what little remained boiled
furiously. Moritz stared at the queer.
ball moment and then bounded down
the hillside, for what else could the OBJ
ject be but a mass OF gold sent from
Heaven in answer to his prayer? lie
aroused his father and told him Of the
wonder. The pastor babe him to wait
until morning and then they would go
after it, but now they must be quiet or
they would disturb his mother. Moritz
could not understand why his father did
not appear excited over the good fortune,
but, too tired to think long about it, he
was soon fast asleep.
In the morning he found his father
and they climbed the hill to the spring.
The cold waters had risen to their usual
height, and Embedded in the sand at the
bottom was black rock, the surface
covered with a shiny glaze.
'sMy poor little boy" said the pastor;
s.you see yourself that it is only black
rock and not gold. knew what you had
seen when you told me last night. 1t is
what is called meteoroid, or sky-stone.
The earth makes yearly circuit about
the sun. While it is on it's yearly jour
ney, twice it comes into parts of the
heavens which are full Of these black
rocks or meteors. These meteors also
move about the sun, and in the months
of August and November the earth
crosses their track. Then it is that we
have what are called meteoric showers;
the appearance such as you saw last
night. When the meteors are in space,
they are cold and invisible, but when
they meet our atmosphere, the friction
raises them to fearful heat. They then
become brilliant, and seem to us as stars
shooting through space. Some of them
pass through the upper regions of the
air, back into space again; others are
converted into vapor by the intense
heat and fall upon the earth as invisible
dust; very few Of the larger ones reach
the earth before they are completely de-
stroyed and are called meteoroids.
This stone is one of them. It is value
less"
ooh no, papa. Iknow that it is valu-
able. Don't they find gold in rocks?
Last night thought that it was piece
of solid gold, but now I think there
must be gold in it. I am going to take
it down to the house and break it open
and see.''
"There is no gold in it, my boy, and
even if there was, it would be impossi-
BILE to get it out, for the rock must be
1%1, II s,,ne ho
which we can not do. However, it will
do no harm to open it if you so wish.
You and your brothers can easily roll it
down to the house."
NORTH and his brothers soon had the
stone down the hill and, placing it by
the front doorstep, Moritz went into the
house for hammer and chisel. When he
ing over it, one of whom he recognized
as the wealthy Scotch merchant who
owned the yacht in the harbor. The
other was probably guest on the yacht,
accompanying the merchant on his voy-
age.
sWhat have you here, lad? I suppose
that . shilling will buy it, won't it?''
said the merchant.
ga shilling, shilling for my gold
stone!" said Moritz.
.sAre you surprised that I will pay
shilling for stone? am something OF
a geologist and make collections of such
things"
IT will not sell it for shilling, SIR
sOh, no. You think want it, and put
up your price. Very we'll. I will give
you two shillings."
Ono. Not for twice ten times as
much,'' and he told them the story of
the stone, and that he knew that it
would bring him enough money to save
his mother. He would not sell it.
When he had finished, the merchants
companion said: ''David, it's a genuine
meteoroM and valuable, both because
all meteoroids are valuable, and because
in this case we have an account of it's
appearance and behavior at the time of
it's descent. A hundred pounds will pay
the expenses of sending the boys moth
er over sea. advise you to pay it to
him. There isn't such stone in any
geological cabinet in Scotland"
"If you will come aboard my yacht, /
will pay you the one hundred pounds
said tho merchant
Moritz saw it all now. The money
which he would receive for the sky
stone would make it a golden one for
him. In little while he returned from
the yacht with roll of Bank Of En-
gland notes. When he had laid the bills
in his fathers hand and told him how
he had gotten them, the pastor said:
.sIt was golden stone after ALL" and
they knelt and thanked Heaven, that
had sent from it's blue depths the sky
stone, to help them in their Distress
w. A. Curtis, in Interior.
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