Show OLD 1 FAIRY FAIRYTALES tHY TALES TAJES TALESIN IN NEW Y CLOTHES Till POOR POOH FISHERMAN IA IAB B By James Alden C ht 1 I by bf the PITS frets l' l con com II pan paar tilt lie New Sew Tort Yerk WorM World upon a time there thero was as an av ONCE Q honest Fisherman honest It goes without saying that he ho was teas poor Althou Although h tho Lenten Season should have hwo brou brought ht him unusual gains he had ill III luck and ancl could scarcely scarce scarce- I. I ly p pay tho the Interest est on the money he ho had borrowed borrow to buy his poor old hubof tub hub of or a fishing dor dory This Fisherman's Fishermans name was which I Is ls mentioned here merely to Impress Im Impress Im- Im press the reader er as to how unfortunate the poor man manas was as One da day h ho liu wandered upon the thc beach bench exclaiming Ah Ail me how poor an and unfortunate un un- un- un fortunate fortunato I am I 1 cannot I even pa pay m my Interest and the lion Henry Shippen Shippen Ship Ship- pen who owns twenty seven ocean greyhounds has hoS sent his agent to tithe awa away m my little dory which Is 15 not of or so much duo as one of or the ninety cutglass decanters on the buffets buffets but but- fets of oC hi his passenger steamers Presently he camo upon an ancient brass hlass bottle washed up UI bv by the thc tide Remembering tho the tales of or his Ills childhood concerning Genii In brass bottles lie ho picked this UI up Unfortunately It was ns a vase shaped bottle with no stopper In It It and ho he was about to throw It down downIn own In disgust knowing full rull well there were no Genii Imprisoned In It when he hI beheld a bit of ot paper Drawing this forth he rend read It It was a l bit lIll of or newspaper someone hall hail evidently dropped In the bottle hottle And then some omo careless person had hall knocked tho bottle overboard o front from a yacht acht Al Although Although Al- Al though he lie read the quotations on fish tho they dl did not Impress him with nn anything anything any any- thing except sorrow orrow as ns he could coul not catch the necessary fI fish h. h A couple of days later Ichabod we e enow now flow cal caU him U by his name that tho the reader may have ha more pit pity for him hum was out fishing when he fell tell asleep from rom weakness and hunger hung r and staying sta stay stay- ing In- ng up half the night for tor the tide to toJO togo togo go JO out sufficiently for him hint to dig his dam clam bait halt As he hc lay sleeping In his anchored dor dory the line lino slipped through hula his fingers and fell tell to the tho bottom of or orthe the he sea sen How Hon long bong he lie slept he lie never neer knew hut but ut he was awakened lI by a tu tugging hugging lna at nt Ills his line and almost by hy second lie he ic pulled and pulled upon unon his line until un- un til II with a n great areat ker flop and clatter hr he 10 Drought brought ht the object over o the gunwale gun gun- wale Into his pardon me the ship ma Ina tes te's dory The fhe Fisherman stood gazing at th the object fa for I fully a minute spellbound and speechless with J Joy v and rapture alit ind all those things Then he hc shook hook hl his ils skinny fist Into the thc air all and exclaimed ex- ex claimed Now OW Hon lion Henry Shippen you vou will take tak m my dory away awa from rent m ate me will you Within an nn hour T I will have you vou on n your our knees before me begging yes e begging Cough un tin u that Interest money mone or nr T take your yon O l gory dory you poor said ald the agent with his customary kindness and anel tact Take It Take Tako it now shouted Ichabod an anal 1 without a n look h behind he raced down to the docks with his Ills precious precious precious pre pre- cious burden In his coat enat HP UP e admitted to the tho private office of or the Hon Henri Shippen t. t Who lot let this tills In ht yell yelled veiled Ill fire him him Instantly No o on one replied and Ichabod looked sneeringly h about the office with Its ma TJ furniture and velvet t carpets carpels and oil paintings s. s Not ot so fast said Icha Icha- hod bod the thc old man How dare you Where Whre Is your our r respect neet and he Jabbed seven Rc or l ht push hut tons ons In hl hla haste to haw two a l couple of ot othea hea heavy clerics remove Tint But the poor FIl Fisherman time had come conic Dra- Dra hp he unfolded hl his coat and o cx- x- x I Its contents contends This The ton Hon Shippen stared In amazement then turned turnell paler Man Ian he gasped Man Inn is it a 11 real one Or 01 are arc you ou a wizard Yes It Is real Teal Feel of It said I Ichabod And Ant you have p brought It to me nut Nd d shouted Ichabod I did not bring It to give hc to you OU It Is for tor myself my my- self This Is to tC tantalize yon this you this I Im Is ismy m mv my revenge rs Take Talce your old eleven eleven- en dollar lollar dory and be dashed to tn you Oll I aIr will g give gc c you yon m my best bet tic ic r steamship for fM It pleaded with tears streaming down his ils face I Now ow was wag poor and unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate nate hut hot hn ho was not a fool I 1 will do lo It he lie said Make Jake out your our papers legally transferred the steamship to who In iii return for this hanC handed ll over ocr to tho the 11 great cereal t ship hip m mat hate tint th pound four LOBSTER he I had lad caught |