Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-03
PINTO AND HIS UNCLE.
PART III.

Every night for n long time Pinto
had his supper in the cave of the old
witch, and after while he began To
look so plump and fat that his uncle
noticed it and watched him at night
through Il hole in the wall of his room.
OF course, he saw Pinto disappear
through the floor and when he recov
cred from his astoniShment he crept
softly into Pinto's room and looked
through the cracks in the floor where
he disappeared.
There he saw his nephew seated at
a table loaded with food the like of
which he had never seen.
The old miscr was esidc himself
with rage and pulling up n board, he
called 10 Pinto: How dare YOU cat
my food? Ii Is mine; everything IN this
house is mine, and this is the cellar to
NV house Come up here this minute
or | will come down and beat you.
But he did not have a chance TO
make good his threat for the old witch
waved her stick and said:
Open rocks and let him down:
Bump him good upon his crown.
Down came the old miScr with n
bang. and rs he sat up rubbing his hdad,
the old witch said to Pinto. keep right
on eating; your uncle shall dine with
You
How came YOU in my cellar, old
woman" asked the miser.
How dare YOU build a house over
my cave asked the old witch. II
have lived here for a hundred years,
So Won see | have the first claim.
But 10 show YOU | do not mind
your living over my home | invite YOU
to eat At my table Sit down
The old witch tapped the floor and
another chair appeared and the old
lnl~cr, too a>tonishcd to reply, sat down
and began to help himself to all the food
on the table
:, soon as he put the food in his
2 outh, however. lac found It turned 70
stone and hc could not swallow II
Onc Stone after another hc took from
hi> mouth and dhrew il upon the floor
ii the cave until after a while he had a
pic a stones all around hlm and still
Ic tried to l.
4 the cave began t. bc filled the
. Ill witch lcd Pinto out ni the cave.
and ~ th1y watched the old miScr still
trying T. cat, for All the plates were
Stlii filled with food. Pinto saw that
hl~ uncle was bong buried IN the pile
~Cnclc. uncle he cried, stop cat
ing and coinc out. YOU are beng burned
IN thu stones
But hl~ uncle would not leave the
table amt M and M around him piled
the stones he took from his mouth un-
til only his head could hc seen.
Pinto called agaln hut ms uncle
would NOT answer and by and BY the
stones hid him from sight
The old witch took Pinto up over the
tree tops On her hroom>tlck and away
thcy flew far far away and when they
stopped Pluto found himself IN 2 beauti
fu garden III which there stood hig
house
This Is to bc your home, SAID the
witch The people Who live here want
d son You Viii bc rich man some
day. but remember what you have seen,
and when YOU are tempted 70 become
greedy and hoard your wealth. think of
your greedy uncle and how he buried
himself i'll the stones al because he thought
only OF g:un-
The old witch few away before Pinto
could reply and while the people in the
big house thought Pinto was q little
waIf who hap pencd T. come along the
road. Pinto knew the old witch brought
him there, but never told Of his strange
adventure,
When he grew up To be rich man.
as the old witch said he would he never
forgot 10 be- kind to All those who We're
needy, and keeping only what he needed
for himself, he gave freely Of ms wealth
to others. remembering how his mIscr
uncle had buried himself with the stones
OF Lis own greed.