Year: 1869

By HANS CHRlS1lAN ANDERSON. |


Now am going to tell story about Luck.
All OF US are acquainted with Luck there are
those that see her all the time, some only at
certain times of the year, others only one sin
gle day-yes, there are people who only see
Luck once i'll their lifetime but all of us do |
see her.


suppose | need not tell you that when our
Lord sends little child here, He laws it in its |
mothers lap ; this may happen in rich mans
castle, or In workingman's nicely ordered
room; but then it may happen instead in an
open market place, where the cold wind blows.
But what every one of you does not know, and
yetis really true, is that our Lord, when He
places a child here, also sends along with it
good Luck, which, however, is never placed
near by, but is hidden in some spot on our
globe where we look for it least and it is
always found at last, and that is comfort.


Luck once was placed in an apple that was
for man whose name was Newton. The ap-
p fell, and thus he found his Luck. If you
do not know the story, ask some one to tell YOU
We have another story to tell-a story abouta
pear.


There once lived poor man, who was born
poor, and had grown up poor, and was poor
when he married. He was a turner by trade,
and used TO turn umbrella handles and umbrel
la rings, but he only earned enough money by
this TO live from hand to mouth.


shall never find my Luck, said he.


Now this is a true story, which really hap
pened. | could tell the name of the country
and the place where the man lived, but that is
of no consequence. The red and sour noun


tain-ash berries blossomed and ripened around


bis house and in his garden, as if they were


the choicest fruit, and in the garden stood also
| pear tree, but il never had borne pear, yet
there Luck was placed in an invisible pear.
One night the wind blew terribly. In Ayze,


men sald the great Dillig boulder had been lit-


ted from the side of the road, and thrown down


like lump OF clay, and SO it was not at all


wonderful that big branch should have been


broken iroE the pear tree. The branch was


taken into the workship, and the man turned


out oft, just for fun, big pear, and another


big pear, then smaller pear, and then several


very small pears.


The tree shall bear pears once at least, u


he said, and gave them to the children to play


with.


There are some things that are necessaries in
life, and among these, most certainly in wet


countries are umbrellas. Now the whole fam
lily had only one for general use. When the


wind blew very hard, the umbrella would tu 7
: over, and sometimes it would break but thu
man quickly mended it again-that was hi
trade. With the hutton and string that KEEP


the umbrella together, it went worse it woul(



! the umbrella up.


One day, WHEN the button had broken again
, and the man hunted in vain for it on the floor
: he happened to get hold of one of the smalles
r pears which he had turned, and had given t.
a the children to play with


d Il cannot find the button" said the man
!. "but this little thing will answer" II
: pulled small cord through it, and the littl
r pear filed the place of the broken butto
q beautifully; it was exactly right, and forme
e the best of fasteners. The next time he ha
It to send umbrella handles and rings to the cap


tai, he added to the number few of the sma
e wooden pears which he had turned. The
e were fastened to few new umbrellas, whic
It were sent with thousand others to Americi
J, They have quick understanding there of whs
IS is of use. The pear was found to hold bes
't and the umbrella merchant gave orders that a
e the umbrellas to be sent to him after that shoul
l; be fastened with the little wooden pear. Larg
d orders were to be supplied, thousands of pea


to be made; wooden pears on all umbrella


and our man was kept busy at work. II
g turned and turned !. the whole pear tree ":
n used for little wooden pears, which brOugl
e, shllings that grew into dollars.
it :" In that pear tree my Lnck was placed,
O, said the man; and soon after he had gre
= workshop, with plenty of women and boys
l. help him. Now he was all the time in GOO
t. humor, and often used to say, Luck may
to in pin" -
I'd So also says he who tells the story, and "
ar should know that it is true, and is prove
81 in Denmark, that if you put white pin
ar your mouth you will be invisible: but it mu
rs be the rights sort of pin--one given by our Lor
Dis I have had one of them and whenever con
i'd to America, the land of the New World, whi'
ct is so far off yet so near me, shall always ca
ne ry that pin with me. l can send my, greetiI
q. over in a few minutes the ocean rolls over
be its shores; there the wind blows any day Ct
n be there when my stories are read, and perha
e. sec the glittering gold receive the ringing go
ho the gold that is best of all, which shines


the eyes of children and comes ringing fro
es their lips, and the lips OF their parents. l a
W ay in the very room with my friends-and yet
it. am invisible. have the white pin in q
ist mouth. @
th Yes, Luck may lie in PIN Riverside Ma9
DDS zine. -...r