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Show jj I 1 1 II II I 1 1 I II I pi II II ) II I I II II I I I I I I I II I II 1 1 1 1 1 DEAR STORY LADY I have been interested in your stones and would you please tell me the story of the selfish man? OLIVE ER WIN By GEORGENE FAULKNER. K&frf2Z5$fl CE upon a time a KffQ tall""- and a gold yVJUj g iV smith were travel I I J8I lng together As pSil-fi """ "ey came over the "JVC mountains they 7k 2jCs 8aw ar beneath wVpUfj( them a little Til If we go on we may find food and a shelter for the night said the goldsmith Well said the tailor I would like to rest here awhile on tbe hillside for the d) has been very warm and I am weary with our long, hard climb Then later we can o down into the Tillage and spend the night All rtgJt agreed the goldsmith 1 in willing a d the tw travelers threw tbemspl es lown on he ground to rest The sun was J hi sinking behind the 1 ills pain Inj, tl p skj with a purplish light and the birds ere Just singing their good light s ogs when tl r tw travelers were sin rise 1 b) the h in J of music It sour del so distine that It seemed quite near1 and the tones were so clear and sweet that the travelers quite forgot theii fatigue and hurried up the hillside W ben the) reached tbe top of the inoun tain tbe noon rose oier the eastern hills touching the evening clouds with a silvery light and making the grass on the hillside glisten with brightness Suddenly they were surprised to see a group of tlr men and women little fal y folks The) had hold of one another s hands and as the) Janced merrily upoi Use glistening graw th v sang tl o sweet mnsic whlcl tbe travelers I a 1 heard In It rr of the Irrle sal an ol 1 man wh wns s m what larger (tl 1 talle than tbe rest. He n rr a oat f many colors and his s oivwhle benrd was so I r sun le gth during the light Tbe long tbat It reached his waist 'yMrxS!t r V?tfal whole th g seemed like a dream but there When the oil man looked ui 'anl sow JVfc'r ' 0 ,he flo r were tl e two piles of glittering the two strangers standing there he beck -fftTt, IS ' 5v W32Mh d oned them to come to him and the circle mlMffi P ' S&V THW& WwWftl I .ball go again yil 1 the gol Ismlth opened to let them pass The golismlth sS' i hi IlLSJKZJL JJnwtoL " ( tnouRh le had m re than the who was a hu cl back was a verv lwild lit M&ESftfclftalinfll tailor the greed al ars want m re Will colors and his s ow whl e benrd was so long tbat It reached his waist When the oil man looked ui nl saw the two strangers standing there be beck oned them to come to him and the circle opened to let them pass The golismlth who was a hu cl back was a verv liold lit tie fellow anl he stepped qulcklv Into the ring lut the tailor who was very shy anl modest held back ntll tbe old man beck one J to him Whe the tailor saw how good ua tired tbe little people were he took heart and Joined them Jhen the circle close lab t tl e I nn a I his two guests anl tie falrlH n aid lanced about tbetn In the wildest gl Presently tbe Id man t ok a 1 rgc broa I knife from his girdle and legnn o sharpen It upon a wletslon Wl tl knife was sharp le smiled (on the tw strangers who were shaking with fear I ut they dlj n t have long to wo der f the oil man seized tbe goldsmith and with a fen quick strokes of tbe knife be sha e I off his balr and beard so tbat Ills bead was perfectly sin joth Then tbe tailor was treated In the seme manner t Wl en Ibe oil man had finished he slappel them 1 tl poi the shoilder In such n frlendlv mnnne that thev were n 1 nger afral I The llttl I nn seem I e m h pleased hat they bad a lowed bin t d As the Tailor and Ooldsmith Came Over the Mountains They Saw Far Beneath Them a Little Vtllagi as he like! with ut roMls lng II spoke not a word but pol el I 1 1 Is H ge to n hiai of c Hi th la era I 1 and bv gest ires 1 n le th n I rata 1 thnt h we p to tl I t elr ckcts vltl oa II Iw 11 1 ns II pj w r comma del olog lie) 1 n It le slo II d III tic I lust tl ei thev heart the ck I hp i lage cl ur I slrlk I n 1 I M 1 tl v, Ird sonj, eas 1 hi tl u Ittl peol le vanished n d tbe hill lnv deierte 1 In the moonlight The tra elers went flow Into the ll lung and weie not lot g it finding sbeltet lu a stable The goldstutfh nns s angr that Ke n liter ) That ns n tt) gift f bl n to nake us aft r tal lng or hnl a 1 beards to ev rl s wl I o I II I e glvp s g I Wis loin 1 n ke us v n n thp It t II u n b r n f ri 1 o e s Id never losi ise a gift I he tw t a elers vere s tired tl t tie) la) lown upoi beds of s a and tl w thrlr conts 1 n f rg ttl g 1 their wpa I ks akp o the 1 p. f onl I the or I g the nnolp q He earl for tie fplt n I i nelgl t ssl g 10 II elr 11ml s Th t tl elr 1 1 Is It tbclr ocl ets to tal p o I hp oal I it t their am i me tl fo 1 li s pa 1 of on! 1 imps of purest gold T The goldsmltl took out his pocket scales and welgl ed the gol 1 It Is solid gol 1 tp said greedll) Oh I w I ll I lad tak m ir As It was the greedv man had flllpl lis porltets will nbiut twice as mi I its thp tall r so on b was t Ice as I I as I tailor lut sllll be ntp I mo p g 1 1 Tl e nrp f rthpr n li I I (1 1 II at II Ir 1 Ir a d 1 r Is ha I gro i t to I r sun 1p gth during the l Ight Tbe whole th g seemed like a dream but there o the flo r were tl e two piles of gllttertng go d 1 shall go again sal the golismlth f r e eu though Ve had m re than the tailor the greed al ars want m re Will vo go with me tonight and we will get still greater treasures from the old raM " N indeed answered the tail r I am perfectl) satlsflel 1 mm m s etheart set n s if t In h I ess i a live 1 pen i 1 i out II t r II es H la grateful t th si gpnerois little folks T Well I shall g 1m k toi Ight If 1 1 ve og al e sp ltlpgrtpl gl smith tilt coue let ir sneu 1 the Is t gcthpr s thp two frle ds si e t th I gptler I it hen prig ame I e Id wraith I u g a ci uplp of large sacks oi his sh nlder and started up the hillside rcrtlilng happened Just as n the n ei lng bef ri Tl p little fain f Ik lan -ptl anl sang and thru tie linn shin Ml his lead as smooth at a ball ai 1 pit ff I Is beard lie dl i not sh r an) signs of fear ai d 1 r the ol i n i tntnted to the pial 1 dl i i t hpsltalp to till ill of 1 Is kets a i the t l Ig bags wl Icl I c irrl d I His eyes glistened with greed, ml old man watched him as be bent ova i lng his bags with coal , Tbe old man chuckled to blmselt hp never "poke a word, and rten I church clock struck 12 tbe little peep!, disappeared and left the goktolai M on tbe hillside w, When he went to bed he rovere! self carefully with his coat, swsi the gold is heavy I vfli bear it twg for I shall be a very rich man awake in the morning" A The next dav at dawn be osfKjj e es and jumping up Quickly befrM his pock ts. But to hi great Wffl found ly lumps of black coal A W never mind," be said. I gathered the first evening UU m B it t his horror he found that tli&Jj had t rned into coal He struct te with his blackened hand and tmi bis head was as smxth and bsU'sT: My hair Is gone he 'crelniedj2 he beat his hands upon his brea JlgJ add to his distress he found a PH 1 ad -ome upon his enest. o ,baV3P carried a lump In front as well s back and was doubly atlllcted j This is more than 1 can be" J tl e po. r man and ie began to crv s. thnt tie tall r was awakened. What Is the trouble my the tailor anxiously Oh Oh moaned tbe P1"1 n I at a terrible pllsM I am In "4 i 1 a turned to coal too. 0 Oa onl i t been so greedy J v The tail r tried to enf rt tneu man tv sa lng wi haro heM iwnl n f r a lws tine, and w0 , sorrows as well a , s n w Ihst -v " J si ill live with me 1 tU"- , slave mv treasure ex(l "Jk. The tatlor keit his wrd wl "! 4 ,1P ,n , .uk life WJ onfortun te frl.i 1 Mi H S K was bllt.( to r II l all 1 Is llf a d to wea ,s fvJZ teal ssa P 11 Hi r W m, ,hrloM fros, inmm, |
