Show FABLE OF THE HORSESHOE do you know the german fable about the horseshoe in tile the olden times in a little village ol of germany a blacksmith was AS A S s hard at work the sound of the amil attracted the attention of 0 the deil lie he saw that the smith was inal making ing horseshoes I 1 and thought it would be a good idea to get his own hoots hoofs shod so the struck a bargain ind aud put up ills his foot the blacksmith blach sinith saw with whom lie he was dealing and nailed a led liot hot shoe on oil driving the nails square into tile the devils hoof hoo the devil devi then paid him and leit but tile the honest blacksmith floew the money in the fire ile he knew it would brine bring him bad luck meanwhile tile the devil had walked tall ced sonic some distance dih tance and began to suffer the greatest torture from the shoes tile the more lie he danced and kicked and swore the worse the things hurt him finally alter after lie he had gone through the most fearful agony lie he tore them on off and threw thern them away from that time forward vili whenever enever lie he siw saw a horseshoe lie he would run off anxious only to get out of the way tile the german ye pe santry all believe tilis aliis story today and one can scarcely find dad a doorstep or a barri barn door that a horseshoe nailed up our dumb animals emals jilia ls |