The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-10-05
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bis fellow beings with great rest Blu
Try 70 make him kin even one Of then
IN cold blood. then you will see whal
a diflcult matter Il is
There was once q kingdom not a
big a Monaco. and that IL small
enough IN all conscience. Little Some
shon was but ave miles In circumfer
ence. Yet II was a perfect kingdom
for King shandIgrab was a real royal
personage. Eve feet high. I've feet
around the girth and wore a crown
that weighed pretty nearly a. much
"a himself. he had q cabinet. masters
Of the robes and hounds and courtiera
galore. There were 5000 commoners,
with a number OF horses. mules. cats
and other animals. The general Of the
army Of forty men (mostiy enecuyesl
was q terrible fellow. with fierce mus
tachios as pointed as his sword
But the army and the general were
under the protection OF its neighbor.
the emperor OF Hollibag. who had been
paying Il q stated sum ever since the
principal part OF the territory had been
Topped on many centuries before for
the benefit OF the empire Besides.
the little Sonneshons were de most
peaceful people in the world So ten
der hearted were they that once when
q musquitO dew over there from what
is now New Jersey they refrained from
killing H. 30 that Il planted all the
pools with mosquitoes.
Nevertheless there was once q muir
der committed in the kingdom By a
man named Hans Gotterman But
that was an exceptional case. for be
killed his wife. who was a nagger.
Perhaps for this extraordinary incite-
ment 10 murder he might have gone
scot free had be not been lazy and
generally worthless. So be a con-
victed and sentenced { have his head
chopped on
But here arose a dinaculy. There
was a royal executoner. but. like the
general Of the army. be was for show.
He wore tights. a mask and all that.
constantly carrying an AZ on bis
shoulder. But the ak was wooden and
It's bearer 80 lender hearted that when
be had fried chicken for breakfast bis
wife was obliged 10 cut on It's bead
AT . meeting Of the cabinet the
matter OF Hans Gotterman was dis
cussed. and Il was agreed that the
royal executioner wouldn't do for the
Job at all So Il was decided 70 send
a request TO the emperor OF Hollibag
for the loan Of bis headsman- Unfor-
tunafely there had been a revolution
IN the empire. and the royal execu-
toner was 50 busy cutting OF the
heads Of rebels that be could not be
AT another meeting OF the cabinet It
was decided TO offer a hundred pieces
OF gold 10 wh0msoever would execute
the murderer. The offer was posted
everywhere throughout the kingdom.
and the king and bis cabinet waited
for some one 9 step forward. accept
Il and put an end 10 Cotterman- But
one was willing to XIII a man az
the price. ana as no other expedient
was suggested Gotterman stnl lived
One day a mosquito bit him and i'm
pregnated him with bacteria that
a terrible fever. The court
expectantly, thinking the man
would die. but be disappointed them
BY setting well. and since Il eost con-
siderable to keep him the cabinet de-
,ided to let him out on his promise to
return when an executioner could be
to behead him. he rather OBJ
|ected to this. but his keeper stopped
IFS food and thus forced compliance.
Every few days be would pretend be
lad heard that an executioner had ar
and 70 back to the jail. demand
ne food ad interim. Thus be got to
,e an insunerable bore. No u could
" found 10 kin him. be wouldn't die.
One day Il was reported to the king
hat 6fty coal miners had been buried
a mine. These were citizens the
could not aRord to lose. The
abinet ordered a hundred men col
at great expense 10 dig the min
rs out They dug a month. when one
lay. hearing a voice. they made their
ray with pick and shovel toward the
ound. After several days hard work
hey broke into a compartment and
here found 0otterrnan.
he said be had gone into the mine
or work. but when asked how be had
wed SO long without food pointed TO
fty empty dinner pals. he had gone
Ito the place where the cntombed men
ad placed their dinners. None OF the
lborers was ever got put alive. Got
alone survived the catastrophe
The king was much lncensed when
Q heard the story Of Gottetman's res
De and renewed his efforts among the
elghboring states for the loan Of an
recutoner. but without success. Then
lme a written offer from the murder
I cut his own head on for the prom.
ed reward. The cabinet could not &C
,pt II. because there was a law Of
kingdom against suicide. 8
One day when the cabinet was IN :
'uncil a member presented IN orer
a woman who was known 70 be
frightful shrew to marry Gotter-
an n she were paid AZ a dowry the
sndrnd nlnrnu n ooid for HE oworu.