The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-27
KoRsAt FAIRY TALE
Reads as CharminEiy os Ore of Mother
 GOosc's.

The hOreanS nave all interest tiAS 'C gend concerning the manner in which Tong-Pak-Suk, the MethUselah of theIr mythology, got the better oI satani Tong lived LOGO years and acquii GU great wisdom. The later years oi his life were spent in fishing put io' wishing to diminish the stock or Asii in the river, he used a straight piecc of wire instead of Q hook. mus ne was able to enjoy the excitement anu pleasure of fishing for several ceh0u- ries without catching q single Hsh-
 Ralizing that sooner or later me devil who did deaths errands Wonid be looking him up. he changed HIS name and abode with each generator and thus eluded him Tn the meantime the evil one disguised himself ID flowing Korean roJe which covered up his tail, conceaied his horns under mourner's hat three feet in diameter and wrapped h. legs in curious pad ded stockings, S rlat he easily passed for a native. H. heard that Tong as fishing in the Eau river So he col lected quanti-v If charcoal and washed it in that stream. This Of course blackenej the water, ano Tong, being surprised and annoyed, went ID to discover the alse Finding me devil washing tba charcoal. he asked what he was doirg The devil replied that he was trying to make it white.
 Old Tong in his ast0uishment was thrown off his guard and said: T have lived in Korea hundreds oi years, and of course have met many fools. but l never saw biz enough Lool to try to wash charcoal White"
 The devil at once knew his man, md unfolding his tai by way of exhibit Ing his warrant Of arrest seized Tong and hurried hin along in the direction of that dark portal through which Ill mortals must pass.
 On the way tle devil being in good humor over his success. chatted pleas antly with Tong who ventured to ask him what he most abhJrred and was most afraid of. The devil made fa- tai blunder-One whlca might have been excusable for mortal but was most stupid for a deyil-he told the truth. He said that Le hated and fear ed but four terrestJial thiugs-a branch of thorn tree, an empty salt bag, a worn-out straw sandal of m OK, and particular kind Of gras, that grows in Korea-the foxtail-anI that when these were put together he could not go within thirty feet of them.
 In return the devil asked Tong what he most feared. Tong, being wise and experienced, lied and said he was in mortal terror of a roasted OK head and mackalee-a kind of beer
 Shortly after thls exchange Of con fidence Tong noticei that they were passing a thorn tree. around the roots of which foxtail grass was growing, and, curiously enough. under it was an old bag and q c0s,-Of OK sandal; SO, making a sudden spring from the side of the devil. he gathered up the bag, the grass and sandal and hang Ing them on a branch of the tree his charm was perfect. The devil could not come within thirty feet
 Of course the devil used every in- ducement to ge Tong to come forth, but the old felloys =suab to his post. At last the devu went off and got I roasted OK head and a cask of maCka- lee, and rolled them in to Tong conf- dent from what Le mad told him, that Tong would be driven outside the mag lc circle. But hen he saw Tong eat- Ing heartily of the beef and drinking the mackalee With gusto, he realized that the game vas up and despairlng- ly departed.
 Tong's long life was due to the acci- dent by which his uage in the Book If Fate stuck to the next one. so that his name was overlooked When ulti- mately the complaint was made that Tong had been living too long, It took the registrar of the lower regions 3f6 years to hunt up his name in the archives.