Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-06-05

which hangs behind the door" So they
gave him the lock-
After getting the lock, and he had
gone little distance from the house, he
Knocked on the lock, and Immediately
out came twelve young men, who asked
him: ''WEat are your commands?" "On-
~ that you place me at home at once"
He Immediately stood in front of his
cottage, and when his mother saw him,
she rejoiced: ''Oh, my sonI you have
come home; how miserable | have been
because you were not at homer
"Well, mamma, don't talkl we shall
now live better than we have done hith-
erto; have brought you such a thing,
that we shall live with ease" Then he
gently knocked on the lock ,and up darted
the twelve young men. What are your
commands" Food and drink for me,
my mother, the dog and the cat" And
so it was. This pleased the old woman,
and she loved her son still more.
Now it came into his head that he
should like to get married, and he said
to his mother: mamma, go you to our
king and ask him to give me his daugh-
ter to wife," His mother jeered him.
"What is this nonsense you are talk
ing?" "Well, You go to the king and
tell him." The old woman did not ven
ture to go at once; but at last go she
did, and told the king that her son wish
ed to marry his daughter.
The king said to her: "GoodI provid-
ed he peforms for me what l shall COM
mand him. If he breaks up these hills
by tomorrow morning, as far as my eyes
can see, so that the best wheat shall
grow and L shall eat cake from it to-
morrow, then it is good; if that shall not
be done he will lose his head"
She went home weeping: "You
have done an evil thing; the king has
said to you, you must break up all
these hills by to-morning, as far as the
kings eyes can see, so that the best
wheat shall grow there and the king
shall eat cake from it tomorrow, and
if that be not done you will lose your
head"
"Well, mamma, if that's all he said
then she shall be mine'
"Ah, my sonny, how can this be?
You cannot do it."
"Don't talk, mamma, but let us 90 to
sleep; you will see whether all will be
ready tomorrow or no." They took
their supper, and his mother went off to
sleep. Then he knocked on the lock,
and out sprang twelve young men,
"What are your commands" ST ask
that these hills be broken up as far as the
kings eyes can see. And the best wheat
must grow there" 1t was done. In
the morning the old woman went to the
king with the cake The king rose up
and saw that it was accomplished and
the old woman was waiting with the
cake. The king came out, and she said
to him: ''GoOd morning; have brought
it."
The king said to her: "Wen, goodl
tell your son that he must accomplish
one thing more, then he will win my
daughter. If he shall have as much
cattle,and such castle as have,he will
win my daughter; if not he will lose
his head" The old woman went
home again and told him what the king
had said. Then he knocked on the lock,
and Immediately out sprang the twelve
young men: "What are your COM
mands?"
He ordered that by the morrow a bet
ter castle must be built than the king has
ever seen, and that he must have more
cattle than the king, and that there
must be covered way from his castle
to the kings, and that better garden
must be formed, and in it all kinds of
trees and all sorts of birds to sing in it.
This, too, came to pass. On the NOR
row he caused his six best horses to be
harnessed, and went to fetch the kings
daughter to go to the wedding. Then
the king said that there should be we'd
ding festivities for five years. They
were married, and the wedding festiYi-
ties took place.
The king of the sea came, too, to the
festivities, and fancied the kings daugh-
ter, whom the other had married. Once
upon time he saw how he knocked
upon the lock, and that which he want
ed Immediately presented itself.
When they went to sleep the king of
the sea stole the lock and knocked upon
it. Up sprang the twelve young men,
"What are your commands" "That
this castle and this lady be placed on the
black sea-" 1t was DONE
In the morning the young man and
his mother were terrified out of their
wits because they were lying III simple
cottage. But he knew at once that he
had lost the lock. Then he went to the
king and prayed him to take charge of
his mother that he might go to look for
his castle. He went to look for it with
his dog and cat. He approached that
sea. saw his castle, and said: "Cat and
dog, do you see our castle? But how
shall we get into it?" They went to the
sea and sat down. He was weary, and
fell asleep as he sat.
Then said the dog and cat: "Let us
90 for the lock-" The dog said: "You
can't swim; sit on my back, will carry
you" They went and came up to the
wall. Then said the dog; Il can't climb
up wall" The cat said to him: "YOu
hang on somehow behind" And
thus they arrived at the corridor. Now"
said the eat, ''you, dog, stay outside;
sI'n go in by myself" The king of the
sea had just such cat. The cat went
to the door and mewed: "Miau." Then
said the king of the sea: "Let the cat
in" Then the cat went in and took the
lock so neatly that the king of the sea
didn't see it; he then went to the
door and mewed: "Miau." Then said
the king of the sea: "Let the cat out
The cat went out and the dog asked it:
''Have YOU got it," 81 have, only CO.
They went over the wall and into the
sea.
They went to their master, and car
red up the lock. When their master
,woke and rose up, he said: ''In what
condition have yon Gomez" They said:
'Our master We have brought the lock-"
where is it?" Here" Then he took
It and knocked upon it, and out sprang
the twelve young men. "What are your
II command that my cas-
lie be placed where it was, as well as
that king and my wife. 1t was done.