The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-09-12

He lived on the slopes Of Pedrotalla-
from the habitation Of men. To pro-
beasts he had built his his hut HafG in the top
Of a leafy. moss-covered tree. Many
years ago he had owned large piece
Of land. WHICH yielded him his daily
ish merchant bought his property as
an addition to q tea plantation. and
paid the money in sparkling rupees.
What was Manipdo to DO? Should
ne 70 to Colombo and live as a
OF the black iron snakes of the Euro
peans and be carried off, or board one
Of the floating houses and 20 far. far
away. to the place where the sun rises
of the earth must bel. No. he dared
not do it! He had wife. SON and g.
The weeks passed in half-blissful; half
the money. he finally buried it in the
forest. under a tree which he had
marked.
Soon after. he was taken i'll. Some
soon as his. strength permitted, he
had hidden his. treausre. But he did
not find it.. Several trees had. been
f aV On aH the the with the R mars rh
To his despair he did not know where
to look for his treasure.
He nearly lost his. reason for grief
and snd Il His s Wf 6 ded At this Inn Of
did not care. His soul was full Of mis-
cry and sorrow. but it was all on ac-
count Of the lost rupees: AT last he
fled from the people and their malicious
gala,
He had lived there for years with his
daughter Sarawamu. They had led a
miserable, ioyless existence on spring.
water and wild fruit. He roamed the
forest for hours at time searching
ton to sarawamu. His only thought
was his misfortune, and he did not
notice: how beautiful his daughter grew.
how her eyes glowed like, the tropic
and how her skin shone like a warm
Others saw it. however. Laborers
from the coffee and tea plantations.
the besutifui er 10. and If Withoa Seo man9
preliminaries. several of them asked
the father to give her to them in mar
rage: but Mahindo invariably answer
ed. MY child will not marry until
fine wedding
They would curse him for a fool and
GO away. sarawamu smiled; She did
R %oods 95 any be The a s R IN he
dendron pleased her. At last. however.
her time came. An intrepid elephant
hunter saw the beautiful wild thing.
and she was caught by the sparkling
rds 81 By tbs snra q W snrfy spoke aS the
her father he at once received the same
answer as the rest.
,o Tts7u Smiled n Led Mahimdo I'd, don't be
among the people; Leave the rupees
But Mahindo was obdurate.
"Then the money must be found. old
don't you seek help from others when
your own wisdom is not sufficient? III
the village there is a wizerd of q good
regulation re pta5 by the name of Loano. Go
Mahindo liked the idea- and departed
was short. thickset man. with pro-
iecting eyes and matted beard and
The wizard shook some powder into
brass dish. and soon a blue smoke
enVeloped him. He mumbled incanta-
tons. took palm-leaf and an iron
style. and began to dance. At last he
his hand was scratching with the pen
on the leaf: Rising he said. Here are
the the mysterious qSx tfn words. What will you
money. Seeing how the wizards eyes
hung on the girl. he shouted. II prom
Use YOU my daughter If you will have
her: but give me the leaf!"
The wizard smiled. .contentedly, and
handed him the leaf. saying, 1Before
next moon expect my pay.-money out
Of. your treasure or the girl."..
let him tie the skin Of golden
snake about his right foot and 70 to
the forest where his money is. hidden.
The: spirit Of the snake will steal into
it's old home. and with d light pressure
lead him to the place. where the treas
ure lies buried IF the pressure ceases.
let him stop and begin to dix, 4 - :,
From that day Mahindo spent his
days. in hunting for q golden snake
skin. but in vain. Tired to- death and
III. q he came home one evening" and
was unable to- climb the tree. {" Thus
Tiszu found him. ii Bring me q golden
snakeskin and at sSaraWamu . vi az &. Sc
yours, Mahtndo5E called S$out to the
young man. @ 7's
Tiszu had learned nth CONSERVATION
the agreementaW vii ID I1oano :s but d this
|spromise. save him new courage ana he
went out to- hunt sna .. tn inE5 Yafni
When Few days 81 before AZ the new
[Amop hes see aWaInuh az