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

The governor la many servants,
and wherever We go we shall be caught"
shs said ~You cannot escape him. and
80 long - We have power We mist
obey"
But how 70 obey when i. Is beyond
me-
Little father DO noe grisve. Take
your supper and 90 70 bed In the morn
ing YOU viii get up and everything viii
DC al right
Emelyan went TO bed. The wife swoke
kim.
60 she said; Ego quickly and get
your cathedral built. Here you have
nails and hammer. and there Is only
one days work left for you"
Emelyan went u the city, arrived at
the palace and behold. there was new
cathedral standing in the middle Of the
square, wanting only little u being
finished Emelyan started 10 give II the
finishing touches where they were To-
quired, and By the evening everything
was complete. The governor awoke up,
looked out from the palace and saw-the
cathedral, with Emelyan walking around
IL, merely putting In nail here and there.
The sight of the cathedral did not glad
den the heart Of the governor. He was
furious at having no opportunity OF be-
heading EInelyan and taking his wife.
The governor calls mis- servants again.
'Emelyan fulfilled this task also" he
said. We must invent something more
complicated for him. Invent it. If you
do not l willy behead you first" His
servants contrived that the governor
should order Emelyan 20 make a river
flowing around the palace, with large
vessels floating on it. The governor or
dered EmslyAn . perform this new task.
If" no said, lyon could build a
cathedral in one day, You can do this
also. All must DO ready tomorrow, as |
have ordered it. If it is not ready your
head viii be cut Off"
Emelyan became more detected than
ever, and returned with the gloomiest
of faces.
why" she said, "are YOU so gloomy?
Has something new been ordered?
Emelyan told her all.
1T Is necessary" he said, ''to run"
1T is impossible To run away" she
said. I'VE shall be caught wherever
we go. We must obey"
But how obeyy'
..Oh. little father, do not trouble about
snythingi Take your supper and lie
down to sleep. Get up earlier and every
thing will be in time"
Emelyan lay down TO sleep. In the
morning the wife wakes him up.
Go" she said. into the city. All is
ready. There is only little hillock left
beside the harbor. Take your spade and
level it,"
Emelyan went and arrived at the city.
Round the palace ran river; vessels
were floating on it. Emelyan went to
the harbor and saw there hillock,
which he started to level. The gov
ernor wakes up, looks out and sees-a
river where previously there had been
none. On the river vessels were float
ing, and Emelyan with the spade is lev
cling the hillock.
The governor was astounded, and he
was not pleased with either the river or
the vessels, being vexed to think that he
could not behead Emelyan. He thinks
to himself: There is nothing that he
cannot do. What is ii TO be now?" He
called the servants and began to consult
with them.
Invent for me-" he says. "a task that
Emslyan cannot fulfill, for all that we
have hitherto invented he has done, and
] cannot take away his wife"
The servants thought and thought, and
at Last they found something. They
went to the governor and said:
"Call Emelysn and speak to him thus:
Go there. without knowing where, and
bring that, without knowing what
Wherever he goes you can then say that
be has not gone where he was needed,
and whatever he brings you can say that
it is not what is wanted. He can then
be bebeaded and his wife taken"
The governor was delighted.
This he said, ''you have invented
wisely" He sent for Emelyan and said
10 him:
500 there, without knowing where,
and bring that, without knowing what.
II you do not bring it l shall cut off
your head"
Emelyan went TO his wife and told her
what the governor had said. The wife
pondered-
Now she said. "they have taught
the governor lesson that he himself
will suffer by. The thing has to be
managed wisely
She sat down, reflected, and spoke to
her hus band as follows:
you will have to go far-to our
grandmother-to our old peasant moth
err, You must implore her kindness and
you will receive something from her.
You must then go straight 10 the gov
ernor and shall be there. This time
shall not BE- able 10 escape from their
hands. They will take me by force. but
il will not be- for long. IL you do all
the grandmother tells you, you will soon
free me-"
The wife prepared her husband for
the journey. giving him small bag and
. spindle.
Give this spindle 10 our grandmoth-
err she said ssBy this she will know