The Washington weekly post., 1900-08-28

had one som namcI Jack. and
J unsu Jack grew up 10 be a man
- biz be rOse up ore day and SAID
o.. r.. father and mother he would 90
-a Az. push Dds fortune
s.. s.. rsfhsr and mother could say 10
-.-s .... could not keep him from 90
- D. U4e bound in going, 50 Win
rs hand and mis- fathers and
.-.-.. ...ss.I. on his head. OF Jack
..--a. and he travelled away far. fur
..-.r.. / could tell you, and twice as
..-ss ..s can ten me.
4. length one day. coming up 10 big
,-.. aa met a gTay-haired Old man. The
ID man asked him. Jack, where are you
NJ. -.- y an soins 90 push nay for
.u.-- SAYS the old man. says he, Ii
-. .n1k.aE for service you are, there II
....-- .... lives az ;Ec other side Of that
...-..- -..r. call the Giant OF the Hun
.... u.. and they believe he wants a
o.. ...u.-I able clever young fellow like
.y.-r well" says Jack. 1 will push or
O. a.w.
r.-. aa Jack dld away to the wood,
.--- -r g.r tg .aa other side, and then
h. -4p biz .a-J,c. and going up he
.-...-- IL tho door and d biz giant came
c.,
-No.sam-. Jack" says h. the KIM
,, n,...-. son, Where are you going,
-.4 nj DO you W&nt?'
4 .0m,." says Jack, TO push my for
,--. au4 am looking for honest service.
] have been told" he said to the Giant
s n. Hundred Hills, that you wanted
..,aa. clever boy like me
.ftL- SAYS the Giant, Il am the
Giant ui ths Hundred Hiils and do want
sH d fellow Ike you. / have 10 go
gaar every day ne said. TO battle with
another giant to the other end Of the
Har. ru4 when / am away / want some
BOB. ,p look after ny house and place
l. e.. would be- OF good faithful service
Z. m. and 90 everything | tell You, /
,au SIS. YOU a bag OF gold dt the end
@. Oh. time"
Ja-k promised that he would do all that.
-1. Giant then gave rim hearty SUP
..- auE q good bed and veil he slept that
right In the morning the Giant had him
.tu. up before the mrs, lark was in the
sky.
Jack. my brave boy" says he, Il have
to-day 90 night the Giant OF the Four
Winds. and II Is lime YOU are up and
l1ak.uS after your business. You have
go, % put this house ia order, and look
after everything in it until | come back
t,-lisAl TO every room IN the house and
=. .erery place in the house you can 90,
,x.ar tge stable. Ny stable door is
closed. and on the peril OF your life, don't
oleG Do or 60 into IL. keep that il mind.
jack said he certainly would. Then The
Giant visited the stable and started off,
aud rs soon az he was gone Jack went
fixing and arranging it and setting every
hing in order. And a wonderful house ii
vas To- Jack so big and 80 great; and
after that ne went 10 the castle yard and
INTO every house and building there, eX-
ctp, the stable. and when he had visited
all The rest of them, he stood before the
stable door and looked al il long time.
And / wonder" says Jack, says he, l
V6nler what can be in there, and what
Is the reason he wants me In the peril
81 ny life not 10 go into il ! would Ike
TO go and peep in, and there certainly
would be no harm.
Every door in and about the Giants
place was opened by little ring turned
id the pivot in the middle of the door
Forwarding the stable door Jack tner
steps. turns the little ring and the dool
then naw open, and inside, what does
J.e. see but a mare and bear standing
by the manger, and neither OF them eat
ms. There was hay before the bear dn'
meat before the mare.
Well" says Jack, lit is no wonder
poor creatures. you are not edtin'. ina
E.s a nice hlunder OF the Giant, and h
,rr9prd ana changed their food, putting
hiv before the mare and meat before tn
bear and al once both Of them fell to 1t
and lack went out and closed the staoI
door hut as he did his finger stuck in tn
ring and he pulled and struggled To get !
away. but he could not get 1t.
That WAS q iiX for poor Jack. And b,
this and by that" says he. the Giant VIII
h. back and ind me stuck here; so n
hoops out MS knife and cuts on MS hhse
and left II there.
And when the Giant came home tia
night. saws he To Jack, well, Jack, VIVA
-,rt of a day had YOU had this day. an
how did you get along?
81 had a me day" says Jack 'and 90
along very fine indeed,
Lack" SAYS ne. show me your IN
hands" and when Jack held out his ~
hands there the Giant saw one OF nj
rraar. gone He got black in the las
yfrb rage when he saw this, and ne saiC
.1ark aid | not warn you on the peril {
,uyr life not TO go into that stable?
poor lack pleaded all he could, an
s,td ne did not mean 20. but the cur
r-ity cot tho best Of him, and he though
ne V could open the door and peep In.
Saws the Giant: NO man before cv,
opened that stable door and lived TO ts
H. and YOU. too. would be a dead ma
this minute only for one thing. lo'
,,rhar's fathe" id nv father gre,
service once. / am the man who new
,1rget- a good thing, and for that ser
ire saws he. Il give YOU your life al
rarIon YOU this time, but II you ever
tho Ike again YOU won't live.
Jack he promised that surely ana sure
Do. would never do the Ike again. His su
rrr ae brought that pIght, and to bed, al
a0 carly morning again the Giant had hi
ur NJ. Jack" says ne, Il must be Z
o.. tl- other end Of the world again al
t-Hf The Giant OF the -Four Winds.
$50. know your duty 10 look after IN
la.s. and place and set everything in o
-ar ABOUT II, and go everywhere you in
oss don't open that stable door. or
into ff on the peril OF your life
90 H.l mind all OF that says he.
Ts.n that morning again the Gia
wished he stable before he went away al
2".r rhc Giant had gone 20 his work we
la.a wandering through the hOus
cleaning -ans setting everything In ord
a'.-' b.. and out into the yard he we
alt liked and arranged everything o.
'asr. except the stable. lie stood befo
'h- stable door a good while this day, az
says le 10 himself. Il wonder how u
mar0 md the bear are doing. and VIII
'a- Giant done when he went 10 s.
'-'W' ] would do a great deal to know
Cay. a.. u will take a peep in.
l-tp rhe ring OF the door he put his q
-. and turned b., and looked in. ~
tfaT1 be- saw the mare and the BE-
Standing like the day before, and ueith
o. Item eating In Jack steps, "and ,
Ns. .'g poor creatures says he. ~
c.a.t eat md that Is the way the Glai
i--.rr'd. b., says, after ne saw q
iasa' before tae mare and the hay befD
l-r bear this tine also.
Jack then changed the food. putin
". bay before tile mare and the me