The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
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In another moment the COW Wal hauled to the top of the tower. Bu from her neck, to their amazemeni they found she was dead
 "Eh, what crotchet is thisl crtet the villager. .sThe COW is dead. Th' chief support of the village Is gon' through the evil counsel of thiI stranger. Come. help me, brothers? And in a transport of rage they al fell upon Heesel. beating him witf such fury that he was soon glad tc make his escape by seising the rops attached to the COW and sliding to the ground.
 But here he met with no better for tune. Those of the villagers who were still gath ersd around the base of the tower watching the ascent of the COW. hearing the hubbub and seeing iIeezel descend among them in such a sorry plight, fell upon him in their turn with 8 vollsy of kicks and blows, and. urg sd by their fellows. they chas- ed him out of the village and across the q cid to the edge of the wood, whore he eludea his pursuers by pfunging into the midst Of a bramble thicket.
 As ths enraged people retreated across the field to the village. Bava- rian Heezel crawled out of the bram-
 
 of purling stream. He bathed his bleeding nose and biackeRed eyes witE the cold water, and regared his torr apparel in the reflection of the stream '"Tis q sorry plight indeed. for thu end of the first days adventure" sais he. '"Tis the omen of the black cat Let us consider. When a black ca crosses ones path at the outset ofsi j. urney--- An, have it. 'Tis an omei of III foftune:"
 Ths sun was shining on a new da, when Bavarian Heegel stepped fortf from the thicket where he had passed The night, and proc seded to resume his journey through the world ir 1 search of fresh adventure. He had eaten of berries from the bushes and slaked his thrist with water from the stream A nights sleep had removed the sorneness of his beating at the hands of the enraged villagers of the evening before, and a few stitches had repaired the rents fin his clothes. He was feeling again In high spirits. and as he strode through the fields he hum- med lightly to himself, and dangled his sword about his legs.
 About midday he came to a village, in the great square of which stood wagon loaded with eggs. Around the wagon was gathered crowd of people, who were regarding 1t with anxious faces. Each person held in hIs arms a basked filled with eggs and as Heezel approached, he observ- ed that every one in the village was hasteneing to join the throng in the square, and that each newcomer brought him fresh pasket IuAl of eggs.
 As Heezef drew near an old man fin the crowd perceived him and said:
 Here comes one who may tell us what to do!' And coming up to the cavalier. sir" said he, "I see you are stranger here. By your dress I take you to be a person of coase- quence, and your countenance shows you to be one of intellect as we'll"
 Babarian Heezel bowed low.
 "Yoa are right said he. My mis- sion in life is to see the world, to give advice, and to seek adventure; to acquire wealth. achieve high station and gain wife. What Is your wish of mel"
 eft Is our Kings birthday" said the man. We are preparing gift to pre- sent to him. He Is so fond of eggs that he eats them at every meal and even between times. Our village pro- duees the best eggs in the kingdom/ and we have resolved that when the king rides by to present him with a gift of a basket of eggs from each one of us. We have only this one wagon in all the village. and we are the eggs we wish to put into It. It Is already filled to overflowing, and yet not half the villagers nave smptied their baskets. There is not one among us can think of way to make the wagon hold all the eggs. If you can tell us. we will reward you with purge of gold or the prettiest girl in the village for a wife!''
 Bavarian Heezei listened attentive Iy He looked up at the sky and down on the ground
 '"Tis raining while the sun is shin ing" he unused That means the Evil One is beating his wife. Per chance while his attention is thus oe- cupied he will not think to work me illw
 So saying. he went to the wagon and looked at it carsfully.
 'Why 'tis no problem at all!" he cried. "All the eggs required Is to be pressed down C. little to make room for the rest-thus!"
 A1d so saying, he sprang into the wagon and began trampIing tho eggs. In few mom.snts he had broken them all, and the yolks ran in a yellow stream to the ground and flowed ever tho shoes of those standing near.
 Now" cried Bavarian HeezeI, when he had broken the last egg. and as he splashed around among the yoIks- now there is room for the restr'
 But the villagers looked aghast.
 "Eh, what rogue is here." cried one, at last. Look, afl of our beauti- full eggs that we saved so long and so carefully for our King are ruined. See how yellow our shoes are with the yolks. BelilSe this fellow of such fine attire doth fancy golden shoes as we'll Come help me, brothers!"
 And In transport of fury the villag- srs threw themselves upon Heezel | Pulling him from the wagon they | kicked and cufTed him with such a 1 will that he was soon glad to make | his escape by running down the viI- l age street as hard as She could go, and l ,ut into the fields.
 The boys and girls and men and | women chased after him. pelting him | with the eggs from their baskets and | trying:
 'Gelder schooI. gelder schoon. Hunt the rogue from town to town"
 And they only gave up the pursuit | when Bavarian Heezel plunged into -' thick wood and eluded them
 As the people returned across the icid to the village. Bavarian HeezeI | at down in the shade of a spreading | rec to scrape the eggs from his | lothes and to recover from the catas- ! rophe. Finally when he had rested | he arose and started back |