| Show a A WONDERFUL QUE11S HOW THE NORWEGIANS EXPLAIN WHY THE 8EA 18 SALT t A Male 1 Mill Tlial Ornn1 Out IIMM Tot ttie foci dealt Whll II I rrlfhlMMd II IIIh O Th 11I4 III e WL Uald Ih Unrn lo Clllnd ll There la i an old fltloMoI Norwegian folktale that awountt Ina very cnrloni I way for the talt In the rm According to tM lory the vralenof tli ocean w en not ttnrayi MIL Wj lint long ago Morn Colnmbnii tailed In hbllttle caravel before I be-fore the Vlklngt crowed over to Iceland and Jlarlhat Vineyard even before St llrendiui rowed Ma boat IMO of skin I towed together ncroM teem Ireland lo < the month of the Cheeapmika then were two brolherii living nway up In the j northland One wu Tort rich and lira other wee eel poor One brother had horde of cattle and flock of fat mountain moun-tain sheep while the poor one heel 1 jnit I I about nothing at all except a wife andover and-over no many children One Chrlalmaa ova there wan nothing In the house for them to rut and t the I poor man wife sell 1 110 her huibandi l H I had n rich brother aa you hare J I would so and aek him for eomethlng nhfl Irottn I for there poor children to nit Tomorrow I Tomor-row will bo Chriitmai day and then If i not a crud of bread In the touts Bo he went to tile brother and told him I how math tltry needed hit help The 0bJ rich man euro him a nIce flitch of baron awl told him to go to an old magician AI who lived omowhere In the mountains I do not know why lie aent the poor man to the magician for the latter did nut bear a very food l name In the neighborhood neighbor-hood However when be came to the magician tlrontlioldeerybody l about J the place wanted to buy hli flitch of bacon ba-con 110 come not nnderatand why It 1 was hut he Ihouithtlf there tomucli l j ilemainl for the Ion 1 he would nt lout make the licit bargain he could l for It Well he pall 1 1 oiKjhl by right to take thin baron homo lo my good l dame for our dinner tomorrow but clot 5011 nil teem to tone act our heart on III I uppoaa yon mint hive It f If I Mil It boor I want a good price for It 1 They offend him n good round Bum but that would not do I will let yoo have It he pall If i Ton will give me that qtwrn yonder behind be-hind the door A quern U t one of the thlngi that It 11 0Ir NotJ tJ II t would lie very bard to find nowaday I lacunae la-cunae they have gone out of tuition tint l If you will lr louk In the dictionary I t ae I did I t when I flrat heard thl ttory you will I roe that n quern Is I n mill for grinding corn by hunt and that It roniUUof Iwo large ttouw an upper and n lower ono Ibo upper one having a handle by I which It may bit turned around on too lower 1 atone grinding tla corn orgraln between 1 limn The old magician at nut laughed rail J right at the IM of anyone thinking that ho would IIIIrl I with his quern but the owner of the bacon liulited that IKJ would be annulled 1 1 with nothing 1 M than i that aa he finally got It 1 When he reached his own door tbo Olrtklj ha lohl clock wa ttrlklng 13 and hU wife woe I walling for him ready to peold him for I staying to ol long I What In the world kept you 10 long I the asked And I what are wo going to do with that old quern when vto have no aft j I com to grlndl Then he told 1 her of hla trading the bacon f ba-con for the quern She was dreadfully j loss out about It and evpwlalljr at tins Ion of the bacon which would lure I I made them a good hot dinner and then would taro toilet them u work sliced cold coldJuit I < Just wait a ulnnto raid her bus land before you login to complain and ate If I did not do right tint time WJ And pulling I I the quern on the table ho told It to grind enough Rood thing to make a hut rate dinner for 19 hungry mouth Ills wife could horny belle > a her rye aa the stool there and watched the quern grinding out dalntle enough to loot a work The rich brother chanced 1 to hear how well tie poor brother family was living I liv-ing and when he came and MW what an elegant table they kept ho was invion aid wanted know whero they got tho I money to buy Iho thing 1cr n long I time they kept tho writ of the oil l I quern but somehow U got out at hit They v ere to proud of It that they could i not help telling all about and the rich brother InilitM on buying the quinu I Finally they lot him boos l It for tM r It kept on grinding for Ua new owner I but ho wai afraid of It never feeling I ante ot what It 1 would do neit ro IK I l made his brother take It 1 back at the name price The poor tutu was clot to lift It back again and It ground out untold un-told rlchva for hlmwlf and 1 > family They had every Ihlnv they dlrdamoug other thing n guld I n IIOUM lo live In and the puoplo came from cirry land to too the magulflMnco of the family that tf owned oho wonderful quern One day 0 lUanger an old seaman u 100 had been all around too then knoun world come to HM the quern and < wanted want-ed It to grind rent It Ia 1 tuppotal 1 that tho owner cf the quern wan rich cowigli by this limp for he let It go for a moderate turn AIII fearing thnt he might relent of liar In poll It the old tailor put lo t n m once with low prlae anxious lo kola i how It would work When hebad talk to far out that no coo could 1 reach him humid 110 the quern i II Qrlud unit uud grind < both rust and good No uooner had ho given the order than the quern begun lo grind heap and beanie i uf unit all over the do k until th ihlu wan ready to klnl lu the bottom l of tine set Bcurinl half to death tho old 4 Miller bgd the quern hostel grinding t all He got don n un tie knee to It lint there was no uao fait lug to IL It rent ou grinding grinding and noon tho meet l went down with lit right of achy 31 Tin quern l urn icuon canal Ing In the d pth < of llmuioaii und that r li I uhy Iho erns U I wit Virginia Me R bboT |
