Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-10
EMELYAN'S WIFE.

den, jumped up in front of him. Emel-
yam carefully stepped over it. Sudden
ly he heard some one call him. Emelyan
turned around and saw beautiful girl
standing behind him. who said:
"Why do YOU not marry, EmelvanY,
How can marry, my girl? have
nothing except myself no woman will
60 with me-"
Marry me-"
The girl greatly pleased Emelyan.
81" he replied with delight; ''but
where shall we liver
lis that worth bothering aboutY" said
the girl. sit only means that we shall
have to work a little more and sleep a
little less, and then wherever we are we
shall find ourselves clothed and fed"
very well, then, we will marry; but
where shall we go?"
LET us go to the city,"
Emelyan and the girl went to the CITY.
The girl led him to a small house at the
farther end of it; they were married and
started housekeeping. The governor
drove out one day, and as he passed
their house Emelyans wife ran out to
look at him. When the governor saw
her he was struck with establishment at
her beauty, and said to himself, "Where
could such beauty have come from?"
He stepped up, called her and began to
question her.
"WhO are you"
"The wife of the peasant Emelyan."
'How came such a beauty as you to
marry peasant? You should have been
a princess"
THANK you for your kind words. l
am well content to be peasants wife"
The governor made few more re-
marks, drove away and returned to his
palace. He could not get the wife of EN-
elyan out of his head. He did not sleep
all night BE thought of how he should
take away Emelyan's wife and get her
for himself. He could hit upon no way
Of doing it, so he called his servants and
ordered them to find a way.
The servants said to the governor:
Take Emelyan as one of your labor
ers We will then kill him with hard
work, The wife will be left a widow
and you can have her."
The governor sent for Emelyan to be- |
come man Of all work and to live with |
his wife in the palace. The messenger
went and gave Emelyan the message. !
The wife replied:
THAT is good. Go. You can work |
during the day and at night you can re-
turn to me-
Emelyan went. He arrived at the |
palace. The governors foreman asked |
him:
why did you come alone, without
your wife?'
why bring her? She has her house"
They gave Emelyan work in the gov
ernor's yard that would have been a
hard task for two men. Emelyan set
about his work and was afraid he
would not be able to finish it, but be-
fore night he lad finished it all. The
foreman saw that he had done all of it
and gave him for the next day four
times as much.
Emelyan went home. There he found |
everything swept clean and tidy; the
stove lit; the baking and cooking all
done. The wife was sitting at the
table and sewing while she waited for
her husband. She met him, laid the
supper, gave him his meat and drink,
and when he had finished began to
ask him aboIt his work.
There is no use talking; it is bad.
They give you more than you can do.
They will kill me with work"
But you-you must not think about
the work. Don't look to the one side or
to the other; how much have you done
or how much is left. Only work. AL
will be done in time"
In the morning Emelyan returned to
work. He started work, never looking
to one side. Loi by the evening it was
all finished, and before it was dark he
was at home. They put more and more
work upon Emelyan, but he always
finished it in time and went home.
A week has gone by. The governors
see that they cannot kill Emel-
van with rough work. They begin to
give him skilled tasks, but with this
they cannot Kill him. Carpenters ma
sons, roofer's work-all that they gave
him he finishes in time and goes home
10 his wife and to sleep.
Another week goes by. The governor
calls his servants and says:
"Do / feed you with bread for moth
mgr Two weeks have passed. and as
yet see nothing from you. You want
ID to kill Emelyan with hard work, and
rom my window | observe him going
nome every day, singing. Did you in
END to make a jest of meY'
The servants began to excuse them
Ielves.
1--WE tried" they said, with all our 1
night to kill him with hard work, but
We could not do it. When he sweeps !
With broom he does it without ia
igue. We then began to give him
killed work, thinking he would be
hort Of brains, but with that we could ,
lot break him down. Where does he .