The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-24
BY SEUMAs MAcNANUS

nee there Vas widow, and she
( had orc son called Jack Jack
and his r1othc. jJst owned three
! cows They lived we'll and happy
- Cor q long time bdt At last hard
..-.. -..4a down on them ana the crops
....- and poverty looked into the door,
- ...-s. sat go sore against the poor
-agr fsr want % money and for
.. .- -.-a.sltieS she had 10 make UP
-..H fa seH one % her COWS
-... she said one night, go oSeE ~
--.--..g 20 tho fair 20 sell the branny
CO.
No.. --. good IN The morning nay brave
-... ga. .n carly and took stick IN his
&C.. ..r turned oat the COW, and on 20
... fair .. Nea. with her, and when Jack
-. .... .rs fair hr saw great crowd
-..-..... .a a ring on the street. He went
.. ... crowd "a see what they were
......r AL I'D there in the middle %
...- .. aaU "a man with "A wee. wee harp,
NOUS. and % bum-clock, and a bee 20
r.. .H harp. And when the man put
...- ..T. -0 the ground and whistled.
ON. h.. began 90 play the harp, the mouse
--. .--.-....s stood up on their hind legs
... r.- rss ~ each other and began TO
r.rz ar. IS soon as the harp began to
r.-r OH. mouse and the bum-cIock 20
dance ,Et-c wasn't a man or woman or
.-.r- r rHa fair that didn't begin 20
..-.. also. and the pots and pans. and
... gE...- and the reels jumped and jig
-.. .. ...F the town and Jack himself
al. r.. .-.auy COW a. bad az the next
There R.s never a town IN such a state
f.ar. .r since. and after a while the man
r...f ~. rUr bee, the harp. the mouse
.-f ,.r Im-clock and put them into his
r-.a- and the men and women. Jack
.-t Tho nHw. pots and pans wheels and
-.-- .H' hoped and j!gged. stopped
... rE0ry one began 10 laugh as il 10
f-..k 'aa.r heart. Then the man turned
% Jack.
Jack" says he. how would you like
o. b.. master of all them auimals?"
But said Jack, Il should like il fine q"
well then" says the man. how will
v-s and noe make "a bargain about them
= have no money" says Jack
-Bg' you have "a fine cow says the
ua-. q will give you the bee and thu
lrr for a."
.ur but" Jack SAYS says he. my poor
mother al home Is very sad and sOTTOwful
entirely. and have this COW 10 sell and
Ir her heart again"
And better than this she cannot get. ="
Says the man, for when she sees the bee
play the harp she will laugh that she
never laughed in her life before"
We'll" says Jack, says he. that will
20 grand"
p. made the bargain. The man took
'r- COW ard Jack started home with
rha bee and the harp in his pocket. and
~E.u be- came home his mother welcomed
lu back
And Jack" says she, Il see you have
s.II Inc COW"
II have done that" says Jack.
did YOU make well2' says the mother.
d did well, and very we'll" says Jack
How much did you get for ito" says
The mother.
Oh" says he. eft was not for money
a. all / sold her. but for something far
better"
oh. Jack, Jackw says she, what
have you done?'
Just wait until you see. mother" says
he, and you will soon say have done
we'll"
out o. his pocekt he takes the bee and
~ harp and sets them on the middle IF
'hs floor. and whistles to them. and as
soon as he's done the bee began TO play
'ha harp. and the mother she looked At
them and let great big laugh ont Of
her, and she and Jack began to dance
tho pots and pans, the wheels and reels
. gan 10 jig and dance through the floor
and The house itself hoped about also
Whoa Jack picked up the bee and the
harp again the dancing all stopped. and
The mother laughed for a long time But
when She came 10 herself she got very
angry entirely with Jack. and she told
him that he was a silly, foolish fellow.
that there is neither food nor money in
me house. and now he lost one Of her
good CONS also.
"Bu, We must do something to live, %
Saws She over 10 the fair you must 60
tomorrow morning and take the black
COSY with YOU and sell her" And off in
The morning at an early hour brave Jack
started and never halted until he was
!l he fair.
When he came into the fair he saw a
l.s crowd gathered in a ring in the street;