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Show !i THE BROWNIE'S ROAD th atone, I am aura I a aUUd to It." "You earUtnlr tvra!" axclalmad tha brownla, oomlnir out from urxJar tha buah. f thoimht you would do thip kind tfaad, and put tha mono? what you could rtU I wiah also t tall you that your brother la lytny, badly hurt, at tha foot of thla hUl." Kind Hane ran down and, finding-hla finding-hla brnthar, callad a paaalna; eart and had Pa tar takan homo. Buf Fatar did not liva Ions, for ha had baan badly hurt by tha fall. Within a waak ha died, and all of thla a I Ann, vraady man's fina horn a and broad lands want to Hana and hla family. Copyright, itif, by McClura Hawapa-par Hawapa-par ftyndlcats, Naw Tork City. j atoinarh that ha waa ant flying down i ttia twky aUIra of tha mountain, out nf aifcht. Tha animal raced away In happy freedom. I HfirHlv had the brownie atopped ItAuKhlnar at thla event when around the rim I rume liana II waa weary, anil plodded aa If worn out; but ha caught alrht of the atona and atopped. j "It waa thla vrry rock whirh eauaad my hrnther'a horae to atumble thla morning," ha vnld aloud. "80 t will move It out of I ha way, to prevent anyone from gMtlng hurt." Ha did not know what had happened a few moment mo-ment before to Peter. Ho Hana bant hla weary hark and. by puahtng hard, managed to roll the rock to the gid..oiit of the way. (And there, under It, he found the puree of gold. "I gueaa thla belnnra to ma, all riRht' he exclaimed na ha put It In hla porkft. "I never dreamed of getting get-ting any reward, hut ainre It haa been plnceft Iitw ffr the on whf tnnrM trotting on hla fine ated. The horae waa hurried by the whip, and aa It wung around th curve, Ita feet struck I the rook and down It ftll-l'etcr being I thrown over Its head Into a pit- of brlHra and then rolling Into the muddy ditch. I'p h got. very angry. Tie seised the pmr horna and commenced j to heat tt furiously. Rut the horae 1 reared, turned and, kicking out Ita Jhlntlfw hit PMt such a Mow In the j Bump, the hron, sat In the ahade j hv the aide of his r.ul. This wa a 1 real road whirh wound around the aid j of a mountain nraV over which people - i raveled a great ff al. But all knew that Juat at this point Hump made hla home, ao It went by hla name. The way waa smooth and easy to climb, and Humps took great pride in havinv the htKlrwny nice near hia home. Thla apring afternoon, hump enjoyed the sunehine, and Hln the sight of two men coming up the road toward h!m. One. whove nmm waa Peter, rodo a fine horse, while the 1 other walked by hia aide hearing a heavy tack. Hump hid In a buU aa - they drew near. ! 'Thla bag N very havy. Hroiher !-ter,'' !-ter,'' aighed Han. "I think ot misht ullow your horae to take It up to the mountain for m " . "You are a hig. laay lout," snapped IVter. "And I do not mean to frouhle myself alrout you. I nevr make any money helping other people, and that in Just the reason you are fo poor. You sp'-nd ao much tune aiding uth- 1 er " Just then the horse at urn hied over ' a Iik ro k w hich lay In thr road. Hut I 1'eter only ftriu:k lha animal with hla I whip and rode off uuiekly. lana j puffed his way up tha hill and aoon : di ippeured. j The sun hegan to sink toward the west. I "The two brothers will soon be on f their WHy down ths mountain," sstd ; the brownie aloud, "ao I will fis up , a plan to get even with Teter. If Hum la aa good a man aa I think, he ' will get hia reward." lie reached down dep into hia ! pockM and drew out a heavy pur of I gold. Then, with a stick, he lifted up the eilga of the rock and placed th! ; purse beneath It. On a bit of paper, he wrote thia verse: j "The mean and the selfish can travel , alone; j 111 luck they wi! find by hitting this. I atone. j f Hut thf kind hearted ieraon with .irenth and wah pluek. ly lifting it up, will meet with good i luck." rrpnt1y down the road P ter r.nn e |