Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-20
MATANZA'S LEGEND.

very short time our hero was lief
with nothing he could call his own bu
Ter 30 days in the month, and with NOTHING
in to exercise his teeth upon but his nails
* 80 that little by little he fell into such
en- a state of detection that he would allow
ms wife to beat him and his children
to abuse him when he returned home
lis at night empty handed without utter.
ing word in protest. Finally he grew
Is tired of his life, and borrowing a rome
10 from one of his cronies he went into a
" field to hang himself
n Having fastened one end of the rome
TO an olive tree, he was about to put the
other around his neck when there an
peared before him a dwarf, attired in a
n frlar' s robe and cowl, who said to him
quietly:
What is that you are going to do,
my good man?''
G cannot your worship see what am
i gong to do? To hang myself, - he an.
swered.
So you, a Christian, are going to
40 what Judas did? Stop, that isn't
right. Take this purse, which is never |
empty, and relieve your necessities"
Taking the purse from the dwarf's
hand, Uncle Curro, for such was our
heros name, took dollar out of il.
and then another and another, until he
saw that, like the words coming out of
a woman's mouth, there seemed to be
no END to them, seeing which he un-
tled the rope from the tree, rolled it IN
ana started for home. On the road there
was tavern, which he entered, and
calling for the best the house could af.
FORD III meat and drink be paid the score
on the spot, for the tavern keeper, know
ing him OF old, would not trust him to
so large an amount and he ate and ate ,
ana drank and drank until finally he
fell Off his chair and rolled under the l
table dead drunk. l.
Inc tavern keeper, who had seen that t
the purse from which Uncle Curro had v
taken the money remained as full as n
before, told his wife to make another II
purse Ike 1T, and when this was done n
he took Uncle Curro's purse from his h
pocket and put in its place the one bis =,
wife had made. =,
When Uncle Curro awoke, he set out 81
again for home, where he arrived as
merry as a cricket. q;
"ReJ0ice!' he cried to his wife and n,
children. "Here is money in plenty if
Our days of poverty are over' ar
tie put his hand into his pocket, and wi
took 1T out again-empty. He put it in dr.
again and again he took it out empty. in
When his wife saw this, she was 80 On. 81,
ragged that she gave him a blow that Il,
sent him spinning. ".
More detected now than ever, Uncle ms
Jurro again took the rope, and went nv
'nce moro into the field to hang him pei
elf. Arrived at the same spot as be. wi
ORE he was proceeding to tie the rope I'm
% branch of the same tree when he in
card voice nearby saying, "What is of
nat you are going to do, good MANI" cui
nd lifting up his eyes he saw before str
lin the dwarf, seated astride a branch bac
the olive tree Go
10 hang myself, like a string of ,
arllo from kitchen rafter," answered the
ncle Curro very coolly. tho
$50 you have lost your patience anf
sain?" said the dwarf. VIII
And no wonder" replied Uncle tho
urro, when have nothing to eat" con
An"' ~ your own 1ault, entirely sely
'ur own fault But never mind. Come cac]
IRE. Take this tablecloth, and so long T
you keep it in your possession Won abo
all never want for something to eat" the
so saying, the dwarf handed Uncle him
1rro a tablecloth and then disappear. from
among tho branches of the olive ufac
9es. Uncle Curro spread the table. viii
'th on the ground, which he had no fine
)ner dono than it was covered with tber
richest viands SO exqustely pre. dist,
RED that not the kings cook himself crew
.1. gu p"ssou .heln' VI course vino
,,, "'o "ntii no could eat no her,
,,,,+ :. Na - 'Ion 4o4uins MS tablecloth duty
ne. n.>.:
stopping to rest at the same inn as that
ore he was overcome with sleep and spon.
down to take nap. The innkeeper. held
10 recognized him at once, suspected 70 r,
t he had something of value with FinaI
!, and cautiously taking the table. er,s 6
II out OF his pocket he nut in it's ble =
=, '.10 'e'1'o o'o'h from the table of havil
VI. in sue
', o"I1o oulfo reached nome, he libert
' w Mo "lle anu chlldren visite
Come, come and eat and this time lent
10y "oiu .or IL there shall be no him.
a prout Aneh ne un1olded the produ
iHeteau OF Vlands, sltuat
heen 10 be covered with stains of pottv
ICES ana OF every color. At this the minis
broke loose. Wife and children the sr
upon him and beat him until thew freona
MN tit subject for the hospital. comm.
lcle euro took rope and went of ;ny
into the field to hang himself. liovod
time he persisted in his purpose of he be
ing himself, and the dwarf persist tbe 60,
his that he should not At last 81 n,t;,
=, G1.,s, o' 'ho discussion by mende,
q, oufro cudgel, telling cal mis-
,n"o WIN .ha0 IN ms hands he We
never be troubled by any one iups os
ana that all he had to do was to quisitit
Cudgel, lay about you, +" for every were /
run away from him and leave form of
u peace and quiet sequen,
lie Curro took the road homo with tered 1
dgel, as proud as an alcalde with no disl
md OF office, and the moment he coming
rs children coming toward him. His .
him for something to eat with customs
ns anu abusive words, as they ono apl
ocustomed to see their mother do, houncel
to his cudgel, "Cudgel lay about was str,
NO sooner had he pronounced the appeara
IMAM the cudgel began to shower some fel
TO right and left among the chill proporti
null they had scarcely a whole regular
- - .se'- bodice. rs II. 80. - ! straight