San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-27

Il am at your service" said current.
Here's cup of wine for you; better never
saw the red sun"
The man was deceived, took it and drank
it up. THANK you, KUrent. You are good
and your drink is good, too"
kurent was going to pour him out a
fresh cupful, but the man would not allow
it, for his nature was still sober and sensi-
BILE. Kurent was disguised, and went off
to see whether he could not devise some
thing better. For the third time he suueez-
ed his stick. Wine burst out more strong
ly, but this time it did not remain pure
arrow, opened vein and let some black
blood flow into the wine. Again he went
in search of the man, and found him on
the high rount"in at Gods table, where
he w. .c..5...I., on cN..st meet VIII. O.. |
not been roasted for him, but for God u.Ai-
self
What are you doing, my lOrd;" asked
kurent in Amusement and JOY when ne
saw that the man was SHINING a5ominably.
Here / am, sitting and eating roast
meat; but take yourself off, for am afraid
of God lest he should come up and smite
me-"
"Never fear" was Kurent's advice
"How do you like Gods roast meat."
Its nice, but it's heavy. can scarcely
swallow it"
81 am at your service" said Kurent.
Here is wine for you, the like of which
isn't on earth or in heaven, but only with
me-"
The third time the man was deceived,
hnf Il hn
said. you are good, but your drink is
better. Draw me some more, as becomes
faithful servant"
kurent did so, and the mans eyes be-
came dim, and he thought no more of
God, but remained at table Suddenly
God returned, and seeing the man DOING
and eating roast meat at his table became
angry, and smote him down the mountain
with his mighty hand, where he lay half
dead for many years, all bruised and hurt.
When he got well again his strength had
diminished. He could neither step across
the sea, nor go down to the bottom of the
earth, nor up hill to the celestial table
Thus kurent ruled the world, and man
and mankind have been weak and dwarfed
from that time forth.-New York Press.
What the Moon Saw.
Yesterday" said the moon to me, 81
looked down upon small court yard sur
rounded on all sides by houses. In the
court yard sat a clucking hen with eleven
chickens, and pretty little girl was run.
ming and jumping around them. The hen
was frightened and screamed and spread
out her wings over the little brood Then
the girls father came ont and scolded her
and glided away and thought no more OF
the matter.
But this evening, only a few minutes
ago, looked down into the same court
yard Everything was quiet. But pres
emily the little girl came forth again, crept
quietly to the hen house, pushed back the
bolt and slipped into the apartment of the
hen and chickens They cried out loudly
and came tluttering down from Their
perches and ran about in dismay and the
little girl ran after them.
II saw it quite plainly, for l looked
through hole in the henhouse wall
was angry with the willful child, and felt
glad when her father came out and scolded
her more violently than yesterday, holding
her roughly by the arm. She held down
her head, and her blue eyes were full OF
tears.
"'What are you doing here?' he asked.
'She wept and said, 4 wanted to kiss
the hen and beg her pardon for frightening
her yesterday, but | was afraid to tell
you
And the father kissed the innocent
child's forehead, and kissed her on the
mouth and eyes. Hans Christian Ander.
sen.