Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-11-11

| Once upon a time there was a miller who
had four sons, who could not be persua-
ded to work in their fathers mill. The
| old miller felt very. bad about this. for he
loved his work and was very PROUD Of
the amount oil. flour he could grind in one
day He wanted all Of his sons to help
him, so that he could grind still more
-four, for he wished to be known as hav-
ing the largest mill in that country.
Aso soon as the boys were old enough
to work the miller tried to teach them
the business The eldest son tried it for
a time, but he said the flour got in his
nose and made him sneeze, and that he
| did not like that kind OF work anyway,
| so he came a blacksmith. The next son
| said the -four got into his eyes and made
| him sleepy and that he could not bear
| that kind Of work anyway. and so he be-
came tailor. The third son said that
| the smell of the flour took away his ap-
petite. and that he simply could not stand
| that kind of work anyway, so he became
a carpenter. The old man was fearfully
disappointed in these three boys, but felt
sure that his youngest son, Bruce, would
make a good miller when he grew old
| enough, for he did not like the noise Of
the forge. the confinement Of a taflorshop
or the lifting Of heavy beams.
! At last Bruce grew old enough to work,
| and his father. started to teach him how
| to run the mil. After trying for a week
| Bruce said he did not like 1t one single
bit. for the -four got on his clothes and
/ made his hands dirty and that he did not
| believe in any kind of work anyway. for
| he wanted to be gentleman. The very
| ideaks cried his father. The next thing
| you know you Will be wanting to marry
| a beautiful princess and live happily ever
after like they do in the story books
THAT sounds nice" said Bruce. 4
T ha&
mention TT. i never thought Of that be-
| fore"
well never think Of it again If you
want to live in this concern said his ia
| Their. in very bad temper. But Bruce
| did think of it, and that evening at dinner,
when his father asked him to pass the
horseradish. Bruce said: "Yes, your High
and Mighty Sweetness" This made the
| old man so mad that he gave Bruce a
large piece Of his mind. kicked him of
the front porch and told him to go west
and grow up with the country.
Bruce spent the night with his eldest
brother. Jack. and in the morning Jack
| gave him a blacksmith's hammer and
some good advice. He called on his 9TH
err two brothers. and the carpenter gave
him a bunch OF nails and the tailor gave
! him needle and thread. These were not
worth very much, but they each gave him
some good advice, which they said was
worth a great deal, and, besides, 1t did
not cost them anything.
Bruce started alone up the road and
walked until he was very tired without
meeting anyone. He sat down by the
| roadside to rest, and was just beginning
to get hungry when twelve robbers jump
ed out Of the bushes and each pointed
two pistols at him. Surrender! or you
are a dead manr' cried the robbers, and
Bruce surrendered.
IL 9TH
valuables!' cried the captain Of the rob-
bers. Bruce was frightened almost to
death, but he said he never saw any jew
els or gold In his life, and he was only
poor boy on his way TO go west, where
ne could grow up with the country and be
a gentleman and marry beautiful prin-
cess like they did in story books. Then
the captain said that they had better take
Bruce to their camp and hold him for
ransom So they took him to their camp,
and one of their band mounted guard over
him to see that he did not escape.
The captain OF the band sent letter TO
Bruces father and brothers. saying II
they did not pay a ransom of 10000 ko-
pecks inside of three days Bruce would
be lost to them forever. The brothers sent
hack word that IL Bruce had taken their
good advice he would not have been IN
his present fix and they declined to be
RESPONSIBLE for his foolishness. His faith
TO nav a ransom just to have Bruce come
hack and eat his bread they must take
him for a pea green lumpiddle. Ihls made
the robbers very angry, and tney al
came and stood in a line in front OF
Prince scowling fearfully. Prepare TO
dia1"- groUled the captain. and all the
robbers drew their snickersnees and said,
sPrepare to diev' just like the chorus OF
comic opera.
.sDon't be in such hurry" said Bruce.
"I don't see what you want 70 XIII me
for, anyway. You must be terribly desper-
ate robbers.
.sDesperater' cried the captain Of the
robbers. "Why, we are just as desperate
as we can possibly be. We are so desperate
that the King Of this country has prom
ised to marry the beautiful Princess, his
daughter, to any one who would take Us
TO hin. in chains, and if any robbers were
ever more desperate than that. "oulo
like to know it. that's air
There's nv chancew exclaimed Bruce
Now. suppose you let me take you all 70
the King in chains, and then when l mar
~ the beautiful Princess I will pay you
the ransom Of 10000 kopeks and throw IN
a whole bunch Of rearls and diamonds for
luck.
ssThat would be an excellent scheme If
we were all tired of life and wanted to
provide for our families" said the cap
tain. but we haven't any families and
we are not the least bit tired of life, so
there you are! think we had better go on
with the execution"
mot al ALL" said Bruce. That would
spoil everything. You can't expect beau
tifuI Princess to marry any one that has
been executed, can you? Besides, / viii
marry the Princess at once. and then j
will he the heir 70 the throne anc Will
pardon you at once and appoint you all
police captains in the S.c- =-c".d the
palace, and then you can get rich in
very short. time" The robbers said that
was something like, and they told Bruce
TO go ahead with his chains.
Bruce took the hammer and pounded
the nails until they were bent just like
the links in chain, and then he tied then:
all together with his thread until they
made a fine long chain. He fastened the
robbers neck and heel with this, and they
helped him all they could to hurry things
along Bruce marched them along the
road all that day. and every one he met
gaId that he AUST be just the brsvcst
young fellow that ever lived to capture
an those desperate robbers all by himself
When he arrived at the Kings palace. the
King mad heard Of his coming. and had
the court already TO receive him. This
made Bruce feel very proud. and when the