The San Francisco call., 1909-09-11

nee three brothers were living
A ttosether who were very fond of
Bone another. The two elder ones
thought the youngest boy was not
so clever as themselves and indeed was
rather foolish But that did not mat
ter. for he was a very modest lad, who
never spoke without being asked, never
CONTRA dicted and, in fact, was satlsfled
with everything. on account of these
qualities the brothers called him Lola
The brothers owned a big lawn In
the wood. the hay Of which was put UP
in a hsyrick One day they noticed
that the hayrick was becoming smaller
and smaller They therefore agreed
10 keep a lookout for the thief. and the
eldest began with the Might watch He
dug hole in the rick, hid himself in
st and waited. At midnight the wood
commenced TO tinkle and the ground
shook f7ercely. The watchman at once
lost courage and took TO his heels as
fast as he could. The same thing hap
pened TO the second brother. So Lola
offered to go out into the wood.
Toward evening he took long rope,
went TO the lawn, crept into the hay
and waited Midnight came and the
5umuIt began. Such a hubbub as ii
was and such stamping that the whole
earth trembled, Suddenly a snow
white fairy horse jumped out Of the
dark wood. 1t had on a silk saddle
cloth and a silk suit of mems clothes
over IL. Quietly the horse started to
eat the hay. In the meantime the lad
kept peeping out OF his hiding place.
Then suddenly he threw the rope
around the horses neck, and there 1t
was caught in the sling Quickly the
lad hoped out of the hay, pacified the
beautiful animal and hid it in a sum-
,mer stable at his home. Then he i'm
mediately returned to the lawn and
hardly reached there before the noise
,began again. This time a charming
black horse galloped out of the wood.
He wore a silver saddle, over which
were thrown shining silk garments.
The lad proceeded as he had before
and presently was able to lead this
horse also to the stable
A third time the lad went to the
wood Again there came sounds OF
Gathering and snorting, and again a
ma gnificent horse came out and began
eating the new mown hay. His fur
was reddish. and reddish was also the
gold of his saddle. like the garments
which II carried upon ii. The lad cap
tured the brown horse as he had the
two other horses, mounted it and joy
ously rode home just as the sun was
about to rise.
Inc same DAY the emperor made
known that he wanted TO get his eldest
daughter married, and he would give
her to the hero who could take on
horseback a ditch 10 yards long.
Although the two older brothers had
very good horses they yet were afraid
10 try such a long jump. but they de-
cided TO go to the competition as on
lockers, just to see their friends and
neighbors fall headlong into the ditch.
But how they did laugh son hearing
their Lola suggesting timihly that he
would like TO try his luck at the Jump
ing. But Lola protested. AS soon as
his brothers had gone he put on the
silk garments that had come with the
fairy horse. bestrode the white horse
and got to the palace just in time TO
see the competitors start to go over
the ditch. Each one fell into the mud,
and the sultan and spectators laughed
until they could laugh no more. Quite