The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-16

ing by the Manager. and neither of them
eating There was hay before the bear
and meat before the mare.
Well" says Jack. ut is no wonder,
poor creatures. you are not eatin' That
was nice biunder of the Giant" and he
stepped IN and changed their food. put
ting hay before the mare and meat be-
fore the bear. and at once both of them
fell to II, and Jack went out and closed
the stable door, but az he did his finger
stuck in the r,ug and he pulled and
struggled to ger u away, but he could
not get II.
That was fix for poor Jack. And
by this and by that" says he. the Giant
will be back and find me stuck here"
SO he hoops out his knife and cuts on
his finger and left It there.
And when the Giant came home that
night says he to Jack, well, Jack. what
sort Of day had you had this day. and
how did You get aiong2'
II had a fine day." says Jack, land
got along very fine indeed"
Jack" says he. show me your two
hands" and when Jack held out his two
hands there the Giant saw one of his
fingers gone. He got black In the face
with rage when he saw this, and he said.
Jack, did I not warn you on the peril
OF your life not 20 go In that stable7"
Poor Jack pleaded all he could. and
said he did not mean TO. but his curl
osity got the best OF him. and he thought
he would open the door and peep in 1t.
Says the Giant. mo man before ever
opened that stable door and lived TO tell
II, and you, too, would be dead man
this minute only for one thing. Your
fathers father did my father a great
service once. ! am q man who never
forgets good thing. and for that serv-
Ice" says he, II give you your life and
M ri hs,t d,
the like again. you won't live"
Jack he promised that surely ad
surely he would never do the like again.
His supper he brought that night, and to
bed, and on early morning again the
Giant had him up. and. Jack" says he.
II must be on to the other end Of the
world again and fight the Giant OF the
Four Winds. Do you now your duty
to look after this house. and place and
set everything in order about II. and go
everywhere you like. only don't open the
stable door. or so into II on the peril OF
your life
Il will mind oil that" says he.
Then that morning again the Giant WIS.,
tied the stable before he went away. and
after the Giant had gone to his
work Jack went wandering through the
house. cleaning and setting everything
In order about II, and out into the yard
he went and fixed and arranged every
thing out there except the stable. He
stood before the stable door a good while
this day, and says he to himself. II won
der how the mare and the bear are doing
and what the Giant done when he went
IN to see them. I would do a great deal
to know" says he. II will take a peep
In"
| Into the ring OF the door he put his
finger. and turned 1t and looked in. and
there he saw the mare and the bear
standing like the day before, and neither
OF them eating. In Jack steps. land no
wonder. poor creatures" says he, you
don't ent, and that is the way the Giant
blundered." he says. after he saw the
meat before the mare and the hay before
| the bear this time also.
| Jack then changed the food. putting
| the hay before the mare and the meat
| before the bear. as II should be, and
! very soon both the mare and the bear