The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-07
FOUR BROTnERS--A TALE.
EACH MADE AFORTuNATE SELEC-
TON OF A tiANDiCRAFT
Princess. and Zach was hs-dsomely
Rewarded for His Jealous Labor.

working Together, They Pound the Lost
Princess. aud Each was hs-dsomely
Rewarded for His Jealous Labor.
There was, once upon time. huntsman. |
who had -four sons. end these sons wanted |
70 40 20 gain experience in the world. |
When they were all over sixteen wears old |
they said 10 their father: 1--WE are going |
into tie world. father; we pray you give Us
money for our Journey" The father gave |
them 100 forms and a horse apiece. They |
mounted their horses and rode TO the noun |
tains. On mountain were four roads. and
between them stood a beech tree. AT this
beech tree they halted, and the eldest said
20 the rest: Brothers. let us separate here
and 90 each by different road to seek his
fortune In the world. let us each stick his
knife into this beech tree, and In year and
"A day let us all meet together nerc. These
knives will be tokens for us; il any one OF
the knives Is rusty the one Of us TO whom IL
belongs will be dead, and ne whose knife Is
free from rust will be. alive and WE'LL 1hey
separated and went each his way, and when
they came 20 suitable places they each
learned handicraf. The eldest learned !"
be a cobbler, the second 10 be a thief, the
third 10 be an astrOlOgcr. and the fourth 10
be a huntsman. When the year and day ar
rived they started on their return. The cid
est came first 20 the beech tree, pulled OUT
mis- own knife and looked AT the other
knives. Seeing that they were an
free iron lust, he rejOced ana salu,
"praise be 10 God we are all alive ana
we'll" He went home. When he came 10
his father his father asked hun, Nv MAJ
manner Of bahdicraft have you learnt.'
The son replied, DADDY, it's no use telling
you stories; I'm cobDler.' Inc ialneI
said. "Well. you've learned a nice gainiul
handicraft." Tn sol answered. But,
daddy. I'm not a cobbler like other cobblers,
bur I'm this Kind Of Cobbler. If anything
is worn out. | only say, Let il he mehded
nm and IL is so at once" The father had
a coat worn out at the elbows, and told
him TO cobble il up. The son gave the com
mand. 'l.et 1t be mended up" and IN mo-
ment the coat was mended up as II II
were brand new. nor was il possible TO know
that IL had been mended at all. Upon
this the father said nothing more. The
next day the second son came To the
beech. lie pulled out his own KNIFE, ana
looked at the remaining two; the third was
. already gone. Seeing that they were both
free from rust, he Iejeiccd and said, "Prase
be TO God! we are all alive and well; our
eldest brother is at home already" lie also
went home. When he came 10 his father
his father asked him: "Nhat manner OF
handicraft have you learnedY' The son re-
Piled, "Dear daddy, it's no use telling sto-
ries to you; I'm thief The father said:
.-Oh. you've learned a nice gainiul trade.
shame on YOU" The son said TO him,
But daddy, I'm not thief like Il
thief, but I'm such a thief that II
I think of anything. be II where II
nav, have il with me at once
Just then hare came running on the hill
side: il could be- seen through the window.
L. t,s.. at.tl a.st no
con Immediately said, LET yon hare be
here" and it was with them at once. After
this the father said no more. The third
day the third son came To the beech, pulled
out his own knife and looked at the other
knife, two not being there. Seeing that II
was clear OF rust he said, ''Iraise be 10
God, we are all alive and well: my TWO
elder brothers are at home already" He
also went home. When he came TO his
father h:- father asked him what manner OF
handicrdft he had learned. The son re-
piled. dear daddy. it's no use 10 tell you
stories, I'm an asiro0ger.' His father
said 20 him that il was "A nice. pretty handl-
craft The son answered. But, daddy. /
am ths kind of astrOlOger: If look at the
sky, see al once where everything is in
the whole earth" on the fourth day the
Youngest son came 90 the beech and pulled
out his knife, the other three being there no
longer. He was glad, and said, My bro
theirs are already at hOme.' lie also went
home When he came 10 his father, the
father asked him what manner Of handi-
craft he had learned. The son answered
that he was huntsman. The father said !:
"Anyhow. you have not despscd my craft; ;
for that you'r.a good lad" The son SAID:
But, dear daddy, I'm not such hunts
man a. you are, but one OF this kind; II
there is an unusually fine head Of game.
4 say. let il be shot and immediate
shc ia IA
along the hillside; il was visible through
the window. The father said, "ShOOt it,
The Youngest son spoke the word, aud the
hare Law dead. The father said, II don't
see whether it Is lying dead" The astrol-
oyer looked at the sky, and said, ~ es.
daddy, it's lying there behind the bushes
The father said, ayes, it's living there, but
how are we 60 get it," The brother who was
"a thief said. "Iet il be here" and immc-
diaiely there it was. But 1t had come
through many thOrDy bushes, and was all
torn. The father said. 1.-The whole skin is
torn; who'll buy it of u.s. The brother
who was "A cObbleT said, "Let il be mended
up" aud Immediately mended up il was.
The father said, "Well, you'll all four
maintain yourselves by your handcratts.'
They lived for some time at home with
their father and maintained themselves well.
Then King lost the Princess, his daugh-
ter. and made proclamation that whoever
his daughter and the kingdom as well.
The brothers said to one another, Let us
20 hither" The father didn't give them
leave 10 90. but 20 they did, and gave out
that they were the people who would find
the lost Princess. The King Immediately
sent a carriage for them. When they came
10 the King they said that they understood
that he had made proclamation that his
daughter was lost, and that he would give
her and the kingdom as well 10 whoever
should find her. The King said this was
very truth. and Immediately asked them to
tell him where his daughter was. The as
trologer replied that he could not tell him
lust then, but when evening came he would
perceive in the sky where she was. About
sor O'Clock they went out and gazed at
the Sky. The astrOlOger said she had been
taken captive by "a dragon; that the dragon
had seized her as she was out walking
and was keeping her on an island beyond
the Red sea; that she was obliged 10 fOndle
him for two hours every day, and that the |
dragon then had his head placed in her
lap. When day came they assembled and |
drove in the carriage 10 the Red sea. Then |
they got in boat aud rOwed TO an island |
where the princess was. When they ar
rived at the island the princess was out
walking and the dragon wasn't at home;
but the princess made signs 10 them that |
they were in evil case. for the dragon was
lust living home. The thief brother called
out with speed. "Let the princess be here
She was with them in the boat at once. but
cried out that they were in evil case and
would all perish. They rowed speedily
away in the boat, but the dragon,
full Of wrath, roared and growled
and rose in the air above them.
The astrologer said TO the huntsman:
s.Brother, shot him." The huntsman
brother said: "Let him be shot" The
dragon was shot. but fell on the boat and
broke a hole in it, so that the water came
in. They threw the dragon into the sea.
and the huntsman brother gave the word
to the cobbler brother: "Mend the leaks"
The cobbler brother mended the leak so that
not "a drop OF water came into the boat 10
them. Thus they arrived safely with the
Princess at the seashore, landed on the
beach, took their seats in the carriage with
the princess and drove of. But as they
drove along in the carriage they disputed 10
which OF them the Princess and the king ,
t.,fA al ~ - al |