Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-08

frog, upJn which be had almost trod-
Gen. jumped up in frent Of him Ensl-
yan carefully stepped over IL. Sudden
b. ne heard some oas call NM Emelysn
turned around AMI sac beautifA girl
standing behind hmm. VINO said:
Why do yea not marry. Emslyan"
show c4n marry. my zirE have
poshing except myself no woman WIZ
- with ne"
MARY re
Tie gtri srsatly pleased Emelyan-
'-Ig' hs replied with delight; but
shers shall We hYas"
Is that worth boEhsriIEg abour@' said
the girl II only means that We shall
have u work little more and sleep
little Less, and then wherever We are We
shall ind ourselves clothed and fed"
'vsry waIl, then. we viii marry; but
where shall ve go1-
'.Lst as go "a the city"
Euslyan and rhs giri went 20 the city.
The giri led him 10 a small house at the
farther end Of II thssy We're married and
started housekeeping. The governor
drove ont one day, and as he passed
their house Emelyans wife ran out 10
look AZ him When the governor saw
her be was struck with establishment &C
her beauty. and said 10 himself. Where
could such a beauty have come FROM"
He stepped up. called her aud began 10
question her.
.'Who are your
''The wife u the peasant Enelyan-"
How came such beauty IS you TO
marty a peasant, You should have been
. princess.
THANK you for your kind words. I
am well content 10 be peasants wife,"
The governor made a few more re-
marks, drove away and returned To his
palace. lie could not get the wife Of EN-
slyan out OF his head. He did not sleep
alI night. He thought of how he should
take away EIneayap'S wife and get her
for himself He oonld hit upon no way
Of doing il, 80 hs called his servants and
ordered them TO tind way.
The servants said 70 the governor.
Take Emelyan a. ono OF your labor
ers. We VIII then Kill him with hard
work. The wife viii be left widow
and YOU can hsDSe her"
The governar sent for Emelyan TO be-
come man OF all work and 10 live with
his wife IN the palace. The messenger
went and gave EmelyAn the message.
The wife replied:
That IL good Go. You can work
during the day and at night you can re-
furn TO me"
Enelyau went He arrived at the
palace. The governors foreman asked
him:
why did you come alone. without
your wifeS"
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 mem Emelyan set
about his work and was afraid he
would not be- able To finish it, but be-
fore night he had finished IL all. The
foreman saw that he had done all of it
and gave ham for tho 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,
nnd when be had finished began to
ask hirn about his work.
There Is no use talking; 1t is bad.
They give you more than you can do.
They viii kill me with work"
But yon-you must not think about
The work. Don't look To the one.side or
b. the other. how much have you done
or how much is left. Only work. All
VIII be done in time"
In the morning Ernelyan retained TO
work. lie started work. never looking
b. one side. Lo. by tine evening it was
hi finished. aud before it was dark he
was at home. They put more and more
work upon Emelyan. but he always
finished IL in time and went home.
A week has gone by. The governors
servants see that they cannot kill Emel-
ysn with rough work. They begin to
give hun 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 goeshome
90 his wife and n sleep.
Another week goes by. The governor
rails his servants and says:
do feed you with bread for moth
ing7 Two weeks have passed. and IN
yet sea nothing from you. You want
81 to kill Emclyan with hard work. and
from my window 1 observe him going
home every day. singing. Did you in
bend 20 make Jest ii meG''
The servants began To excuse them
Feives
"Wo tired. they said. with all or
mig. % XII him with hard work. bat
W. could not 90 g. When ne sweeps
with y broom be does IL without IA
tigus We hen bezan to give him
skilled work. thinking be would be
short Of brains, but with that we could
net break him down Where does he
get itfrorn2 Everything he approaches
h does Il must hs that there ~ witch
craft IN him OF IN his wife. We our
selves are tired 81 him. We want %
give hin task beyond his powers. We
thouzht of giving him So order to build
q cathedral in a day Do Won cali
Frnsiysn and Command hi1n to build
cathedral IN 'front.' OF your palace in =
single dsy. ard then. Il he fails 20 do IL.
his hessd can be cut Of for disobedi.
ence
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