Year: 1873

side for the journey home?"


The landlord had no objection to
make to this proposal, as he had just
mad his morning draught, and was in
the best of humor.


somehow the beer-tapping progress
ed but slowly. Then came bottling
the wine. and when the cask was
empty and the bottles full, then the
gul thought he could help in the field
work, and when that was finished there
were so many things to he done in the
garden that no one ever thought Of be.
fore. so week after week slipped by,
and every night she dreamed of him.
In the evenings she sat with him in
the arbor by the house, aud when he
told her how roughly strangers hau
treated him, and what hardships he
had gone through, it was really very
singular, but gnat or hair was sure
to get into her eyes, SO that she was
Obliged TO wipe them with the corner
of her apron.


And SD it came TO pass that at the
end of the year the young man was
still in the house. And then the floors
were well secured, and white sand and
hr-twigs strewn in all the rooms, and
the whole village had holiday. 1t was
the wedding day Of the young journey
man and the innkeeper's daughter and
everybody rejoiced at it except Just the
lew who sulked because they were jeal-
I Gus or pretended to he so.
/ Not long after, the landlord of the
Grown Inn was decidedly once more in
happy frame of mind. lie had been
eating and drinking to his hearts con-
I tent and sat in his armchair with his
snuif-bOx on his knee Long he slept.
\ and when they tried 70 awake him. they
found he was dead


/ - the young journeyman became,
really landlord OF tile Crown. a. he
sali be would in Joke Aud, indeed.
al that he hail dreamt under the beach
tree came true, FOR soon he hal two love-
!y cM!iTen. one II whom he probably
took on las knees. and fei with a
spoon, aui, possibly, blew upon the
tuod when it was hot Perhaps, tor.
the other hoy ran about the room with
the carrot but the ersOn who told me
TINS tale did not happen TO mention
the fact aud forgot 10 ask him about
i. But u must have happened so, be-
cause whatever one drcamt under the
beech tree always did come true to tile
very letter.


One day about five years later, the
young landlord, for such he Eow was,
hal come in and was sitting in the tap
room, when his wife ran in and said 10


pAiv fancy y--.---.-y 49, iioon one
+ df dnr mowers fcll asleep under the
Dreaming Beach, without knowing it,
and what do you think he dreamt,
I Why, that he was immensely rich ami
only think who il was-Caspar, Old
Caspar, who is hait-witted, and every
body keeps only for charity. What on
earth will he do with with all his mon
( cy:'


Wife," laughed the husband, ''how
can You believe such rubbish: You,
a sensible woman. Just reflect for one
moment. How IS it possible tree
can fortell tile futurc-lct it be ever
such an old and beautiful tree: z"


The wife gazed at her husband with
wondering eyes. shook her head, and
/ said slowly:


"llusband, don't speak SO wickedly,
I \ ou ought not to joke on such sub
jects.'


Il AN not joking, my dear" replied
/ the husband.


FOR time the woman was silent. as
If she had not rightly understood him.
/ Then she said:


/ why pretend what you do not
mean: Surely YOU of all others, have
most reason to be grateful to the tree.
Hasn't all YOU dreamt under it come
true


God knows" replied the husband,
when she had finished speaking-"God
knows l am grateful, grateful to Him
and 10 you. Yes, it was beautiful
/ dream, and remember 1t like yester-
/ day but everything is thousand times
better than | dreamt it, and you are a
thousand times prettier and dearer





in my dream. But as regards the tree,
my darling, this is my opinion. Ii
man loves dancing. he will soon find
music to dance TO, and echo repeats
the words that are spoken to her.
had been for so many years wretched
and miserable amongst strangers, it is
no wonder il once in while l dreamt
pleasant dream"


But still It was strange that YOU
should dream you were to marry me-


II never drcam' that. All | saw
was woman, with two children, but
she was not half as pretty as you, or
the children either"


'.Fie p cried the wife ''do you mean
to deny me or the tree? Didn't you
tell me the first day we met? 1t was
n the evening, out there in the arbor.
Didn't YOU tell me you bad dreamt you
were to marry me and become the
landlord of the Crown Inn!"


Then the man remembered the joke
he had played his wife and said


1T can't be helped, dear wife. did
not really dream of you, and if said
so, it was only a joke. l remember
you were so very inquisitive, and l
wanted 70 tease you"


Upon this the wife burst into food
of tears and left the room. When he
followed her, she was standing in the
court yard still crying He did all he
could to comfort her, but in vain.


"You have stolen my love, and
cheated me out of my heart" she said :
81 shall never be happy again, no !!
never! !"


Then he asked her if she did not
love him more than anybody in the
, world. and if they had not been the
happiest couple in the whole village!


She could not deny this; but never
/ theless, she remained sad and misera-
BILE Notwithstanding all he could say.
So he thought. 'sLet her CRY herself