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Show i i i i i The Saniman Story j FOR TONIGHT THE GOBLIN'S GOLD The little ahocmak.r aal on a log la bitter thought. It waa late at alcht. he waa alone In the wooda and had com. out Into the foreet to get a few etlcka of oort. for he waa too poor to buy any more Hla laat cent had gone for food for hi. hungry children. ITp on a hi ah hill ha could aee the llghta from a big house, llghta twinkling brightly bright-ly on the wide lawna and flower beda of the handaome home of the poor ahoemak Vr'a rich brother. The unhappy man knew he had no money and nothing at bom. but a large family of boy. and an empty cupboarii Y-. 11 wia ne aaei hi n.lllill I to nek hrlp hla rich brother Only re fu.ed with a eneer. u f'reecotly.-eul o4 the aalet e the deene-n.M, deene-n.M, came the aound of etnglng. The Irnun li.l.ned. Peeling through the buehs nie eaw a crowd of men all dancing around a email fire. They were clad In brown gowna and wore green cape on their enow 1 white hair. Merrily they danced about I the fla n.a. "Uobllna!" eictalmed the ehoemaker. 1 must have wandered Into the glen where I. hidden the lioblln Uold of which my grandmother told me ao much." The man Rueh.d hie head through the baah.e In le eegern.ea to eee and the Gobllna caught .Ight of hla aad face: "Our fret are bare and In the cold. You mend old ahoee. ao we are told. lo thia for u.; we'll pay In gold." This waa the aong they all began to alng aa they enun around the eurprleed mun and threw at hint a doaeo tiny ahoee badly worn. "Follow ua to our but and we will supply sup-ply you with all you need for the work." BHld one of the Ooullna. who aeemed to be tha leader. The ahoemakar, who was glad to aid the tiny men, went with them and aoon had th wbot dosn shoes in perfect otvler. Not only that, but ha patched up everything he saw that needed j fixing and placed a new rock ever the J hole In the roof. "Take thia bag of gold with you, said the chief (Joblln, pointing; to a heavy sack which atood in a oomer of tha hut. "Wi have really no uae for gold tn our Uvea yet we rather It and heap It up In that aack- Vou can carry that alone." Htaggertng under the weight of the bairful of gold the hoemaker atari M out with a happy 1mm rt now he could- get food, clothing and a nice I torn fur hla large famll). The next day (here came to the house loada of rood thknai of all kind a, and by the end of the weak the man who a few days before had not a penny waa living In a fine houae on a big farm where fat cattle cat-tle graced and hia children were nicely dreaaed, riding about in a coach. I "i will se what caused all this." said the rich brother, who became Jealous at the Idea of the shoemaker having wealth. 1 Ho he called on the shoemaker, who told the entire story. The next night the rich brother went Into the woods and watched till he saw the flohllns dancing about their fire Again they aang their aong and when the brother appeared they aaked him to come to their hut and mend their shots. The brother went eagerly. But when they gave him a dosen pairs of tiny boots to sew he threw them Into the road. He strode toward a big bag: which rested rest-ed In the comer, "throwing It upon hla back he set out at a brisk trot toward his home. As he went the load grew heavier, till at laat, when he was crossing a amalt bridge over a deep jreek, hia weight broke in the planka and Into the tuream he. fell. He never rose again, but In the morning be was found, the ! naht hand tightly grasping the empy i bag. The shoemaker was sorry to learn of his brother's death. Hut one night a week later he heard the Httle Oohllns marching beneath his window and singing sing-ing at the top of their volree: "Aid the voting and help the old. Then hies! you'll be by ohlln gold. Ho the kind shoemaker lived many years happily with his family In thetr new home, and when his brother's widow became be-came poor he took her into bis house te live and made her welcome. I (Copyrlrht, by the Urdu re News- imxmr Hyndicaie, New York City.) |