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THE CREGOn SUHEAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 12. I5C3
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HANDSOME "FANCY1
, FREE'
PnnHArs ' you may think ou
pussy U Just a pretty m "Fancy r
Free." who picture you see bore.
jt.it venture to My that your rV U
l ordly valued tt 100, as Is "Fancy
J-'ree." Ha la a naaasotne crm,
remarkable fom and color, and belongs
to Mra Cox. -. n
Ii waa only ona at many beautiful
and veluabla cate on. exhibition at tha
Ut cat ahow. held at Waatminater,
Jxmdon. "Don Quixote. owned by Mra.
ktnf-rd. coat tba aame price. '
Tou can imagine what care la given
IVh erUtocratio cat. Tat I'm aura
they don't anjoy themselves half aa wall
a tba other pussies . who caa roam
tCopyrlgnt, lsus, by The Worth American Company.)
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In their not WAS a water-baby, and a. little wretcht" and aha crawled all over
: very lively one, too. It waa a boy, the pot to get In. '
. and hi name waa Tom. ' ; .-, Tom waa horribly frightened, and still
. Whan tha old gentleman dropped him ' mora ao when aha found tha hole In '
' ha slipped away oft tha rock Into tha tha , top. and aquaaaed hcraelf right
water, Ha could not help thinking .through It, all eyea and teeth. But no
about Elite, although aha waa ao much' sooner waa her, bead Inside than tha
bigger than ha waa. and he wished ha t lobter caught her by the noaa and held
could hare her to play with. Aa he waa on. And there they all three were, in
walking along the . rock, away down
tinder the water one , day. he aaw a
round, green cage.' Inaldeaat a lobater
twiddling hla borne, instead of thumbs.
"What! Have you been naughty? Have
they put you In the lock-up?" asked
Tom. , :-, , N '. 5 - " ' l ,
T cannot get out.14 tha lobater aald
la a aad voice. . . ,
"How did you get Int" aald Tom. v
"Through that round hole at tha top,"
aald tha lobater. - ,. .' v .
"Why do youJ not go outr aald,'
Tom. . ... x ' V
"Becauaa X CAN'T 1" and the lobater
"THBT MKT JL KIND OLD GENTLEMAN
' ;. ' "FANCT FREE" . ;
about wherever they Ilka and go moua. '
ing for a little fun and excitement. 1
Tou would laugh to learn of the many
curlo-ja narcea posaeaaed by theaa
haughty membera of the cat erlatoc
rnoy. At the laat cat ahow in London
there were, among other J puaalea,
"Breeae of Bprlngtlma,' "Song of May,"
"Von P Lsq'ile of Thorpe" and "JJgtatt
cf Ufa." How very common the una
eumlng name of ."Tabby" aeema, com
pared with theaa blgh-eounding title t
Story About Kipling
KIPLLNO.' as lad. waa noted for
his pluck1 and audacity In mla
chief. . When ha waa very email
hi father took him on a eea voyage..
The father became quite .aeasick, al
though tha boy Buffered not at all. Lata
the first afternoon a aallor rushed dra
matically to where the Buffering father"
lay and pleaded: .
"I'lease. ait; 11 rcur boy. He'a
crawled out on the yardarm. an' U ha
lets go he'll drown."
"lie won't let go," feebly murmured
the parent of the recklera youngster, aa
he sank back oc hla pillow. .
' Perfectly Frank.
IMsrouraged Golfer-I really don't
believe tbere'a any worse player than
Caddie There may . be woraa than
j ou. air; but they don't play.
Adapted from Ckarie KlnasleVa "Water
PabiM.'' a children's otassio that la ever popa-
ELLIE'S mother took her down
to the eeaaTde to apend - tha '
aummer. She waa a good lit-
J . , tie girl and everybody loved T
her.' Many happy houra ah apent
fishing on the rocka with her nurse.
One dayVsh took her fishing net and .
went out on the. rocka to apend the '
afternoon. They met a kind old gen-
tleman, who aald he would go fishing
with them. He told Ellle many won- '
derful stories about the aea and the
thing that live In It EUle naked him ;
If there were any children In tne
water, aa there used to be. "If there ;
arjs, I ahould like to ee them." aald
'ahe.
"Why, you Strang Ilttla girl." he,
"IT BIT HIS . FINGER"
aid,' "there are no children In tha
. water.
"Tes" aald Ellla, "X know there
. need to be children and mermaids,
too, and mermen; I have aeen them
In picture a." ,
"No, no. my dear," ha aald. "you are
mistaken."
V But EUle waa not convinced by
what be aald. "Why are there no
water-bablear aha aaked. . '
' "Because there are not." aald he.
, juat at that moment be felt hla net
' get very heavy under the weed. - Ha
lifted It out quickly.
:. "Dear me!" he cried, "what a Queer
pink thing la thU! It baa eyea why.
It la a wonderful thing!" - ' '
! "It la a vrater-babyl" cried EUle. .
( and. of course. It waa,
"Water-fiddleatlcka, my dear," aald
the old gentleman, and ha poked the
queer pink thing with his finger. It
bit hi finger until It bled.
"Oh!" be exclaimed. He dropped
the pink thing on the seaweed and It
, dived Into the water. '
"But It waa a water-baby and X,
heard It apeak," cried EUle. "Ah. It -la
goner And with that ahe Jumped
down off tbtt rock to try to catch It.
As aha sprang aha allpped and atruck
her head on ,a sharp rock. . The old
gentleman tried to waken her, but aha
would not : waken. He carried her -t
home In hla arms. Sh lay quite still. ,
only now and again ahe woke up and
aald something; about the water-baby,
but no one knew what she meant, and
the old gentleman did not tell. . '
One moonlight night tha fairies cam '
flying In at the window and brought '
-her auch a pretty pair of wings . that "',
ahe could ' not help putting them on.
8he flew with them out the window, ,
up , through the - clouds; " and nobody
heard or aaw anything of her for a
very long while. ,
Of course, the queer pink thing that
EUle and tha old gentleman bad caught
me pot. rolling over and over. The '
lobater and ' tha . otter thumped and '
squeesed poor Tom so much that he )
aureiy would have Jen killed If he had
not at last got on the otter's back, and a"
'"aafe out of the hole. He caught the "
lobater'a tall and pulled with all his
might, but the lobster would not let
ao. . - V . ; . . ,( j-
"Come along," aald Tom. "Do you
not e ahe la deadr and the otter waa .
quite dead. That waa the end of the
wicked otter. But the lobster wodld not
let go. ' ' . -
"Coma along, you atupld aUckiln-the-
mud!" i cried. Tom "or the flahermen
will catch you." - i. I., - - -
. But tha lobater would not let . go.
Tom aaw tha fishermen haul him up
to tha boatslde. and thought It waa all
up -for him; but when tba lobater saw
the fishermen h gave auch ai furious
nap that ha anapped out of . hla band
and out of th pot, Into the aea.
, But ha bad left hla claw behind, for '
It never came Into his bead to let go.
And now a. wonderful thing happened
to Tom. He had not left tha lobster,
but a few. momenta when bo .came
upon a water-baby a real, ltye water
baby sitting on tha sand. -; !...
When It aaw Tom It cried: ' ' ;
"Why, you are not one of uat Tou
are a new btby. How glad I am!" '
And it ran to Tom and Tom ran to '
It and they hugged and kissed each ,
other. . -i
"Oh. where have you been aU this ,
timer , Tom aald at last i --
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FRIENDSHIP UN
, MASKED ' ' ;
B' EfXiriEJ Geoffrey, accepted the In
vltatlon to be present at tha
, masque party he, made careful
Inqulrlea aa io whether' Elsie wa to
be there. He was informed that she
waa going away on a visit for several
weeke. Geoffrey' and Elsie, you know,
were at one time the greatest friends;
now they were enemies. ' The cause?
Only a hasty word or ao. spoken be
tween them the usual trivial reason.
Geoffrey went to tha party; attired
In the handsome costume of a cava
lier. Never waa there a more plctur- ;
esque gathering of boye and gtrle.
Flerrettea and French baker boy. ,
Colonial lassie and Spanish bull-
. "THET HUGGED AND ICIS3ED" ,
. "I have been hero for days and days;
there are hundreds of ua about, the
rocks." ; . ' f j '',' -v,; '
Tom looked at the baby again, and
then ha aald: ', -'" ". . .-"-.J.'.J
"Well, this Is wonderful! X have aeen
thlngj like you agin and again, but ..
X thought you were ehelle aad aea anl
mala. I never took you for water-ka-blea
Ilka myself.", Tom looked again at
the water-baby and saw that It was ,
Ellla, the Utile girl about whom he
could not help thinking, and b waa
" very happy. ' , , , . . - , .
' "Come,", said Ellla And, hand In
hand, they went to tba homo of the
'water-bablee. And there they found i.
. dosena mui dosens of water bablea, all ,
dressed In whlta bathings suits. They
v welcomed Tom with huge and kisses, .
; and no on was aver so nappy aa poor ,
1 little Tom. . i - -
"ON THE OTTEITS BACK" t
'twiddled his -' horna "I ' bav Jumped
' upward and backward and aldvwaya,
and I cannot get out; X cannot find the
hole.".
,. Tom looked at the trap and saw It
waa a lobster-pot :,.. J
"Stop a bit" ha aald. "and turn your
tall up to me; I will pull yoa through.".
But the lobater could not understand,
ao Tom reached down the, hole after
him, and then the lobster waa so clum
sy that be pulled Tom In - bead fore
most r V .-.'.v.-
"Hullo! here'a a pretty business," aald
Tom. "Now, you take your great clawa
and break - the points oft thou spike
and then we can both get out"
"Dear me! I never thought of that,"
aald the lobater.
Tbey had not half got the splkea
out when a great, dark cloud came over
them and they saw It waa an otter...
How ahe did grin and grin when aba
aaw Tom
"Ah," ahe said, "I have you now, you
"8IIB FLEW OUT; THE. WINDOW .
. i BOTH WERE ASTONISHED '
' fighters romped and danced, side by
:side. And they all had tha merriest
',tlra Imaginable. r-'-' ; !,;'"', ;
, ' a demur 'Ilttla ' mlis dressed as a
Swedish peasant girl attracted GeoN '
trey's attention.'-II abproached her,"
bowed In true cavalier fashion, and, dls
" guising bis voice, engaged In convene- .
tlon 'with her. , The two found one an.
, other.very Interesting, Indeed. The more
' ao. Inasmuch ss neither waa able to reo
vognlxo tha other. ' ' " ; . '
The cavalier devoted hlmaelf to the
Swedish peasant girl during the remain
der of the evening. When refreshments
were served he escorted her to the table.
Meantime he was growing more and ,
more anxious for the time of unmaak
' Ing. Yet hla curiosity waa equaled, it '
not aurpasaed, by the ntUe peasant girl.
Then tbey unmaeked. Perhaps you
have already surmised what happened. ,
Tea, theu sat Elsie and Geoffrey fac
ing each other! For a moment they
were overcome with astonishment.-Then '
both laughed heartily. Who could have
done otherwise?
Of course, after that the two became
friends again. Geoffrey and Elaie unite
In declaring they were friends all the .
time, only their friendship waa "mask
ed" for a while. But the "unmasking"
was tho happiest kind of ai Joke.
" ' -Tho King's Gift-
, King Edward recently sent the queen
of Snaln a little bngllsh doggie. This
doggie traveled all the way from Ens- -land
to Spain In a comfortable basket
But comfortable thocgb th basket waa,
you may know that he waa very glad to
reach tho end of his Journey.
Charming
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JOCKO cried and whimpered pitifully,
for he was hungry. , Hla little mas
ter, Gulseppo. hugged tho little ani
mal atlll closer to hi breast and trudg
e J fajtcr toward the village that lay be
fore him. Guiseppo waa hungry, too,
but thla was not tha 'Urat time bo had
been without food. Long ago be had
learned to bear privation without a. mur-
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JOCKO SEIZED THE CHAIN
mur of complaint: Xt waa different with
Jocko; bo waa only a monkey and could
hardly bo expected to suffer patiently.
The outskirts of' the town - gained,
Gulseppo unslung bis acoordion and be
ran playing hla liveliest tune. Strange to
my, not a person appeared In the atreet
i .e fancied he cftw faces peeping from
ceiiind half-closed shutters, but no ona
was in sight- Gulseppo did not know
i ac not more than ta.n hour before, the
ullHRora had been Warned to be on the
ukuut . for a ( fierce - bear which had
raved from a "menagerie traveling
i-reabouta. Whereupon all the towns
i . opie had Immediately taken to shel-
r; nor had thy any intention of com
. ,j forth until newa waa brought of the
liar's recapture. - " .
Ignorant of this, Gulseppo plodded
-opelesly through the street and out
-no th woods beyond. ; Wearily he
ihrew himself down under the shadow
of a tree, trusting that In sleep' ha
might forget hi hunger for a while.
Jocko nestled in the crook of hla arm..
Soon master and beast were wrapped la
al umber. J.'-. ' - ' ', ' '
Gulseppo was , having delightful
. dreams of .sumptuous banquets while .
Jccko found himself In' a dreamland
where cocoanuts were heaped about In
mammoth piles, when . suddenly . th s
monkey awoke with a atart Th next .
moment be waa chattering volubly and
tugging at his master In great alarm.
The lad grasped the altuatlon at once,
and was hardly behind Jocko In climb
ing the tree teal Je him. - Well might he,
for not more than a few yards away
was a huge bear eyeing them fero-
, clously. ' .". V ,". ' , r. V .;
The buar stationed hlmaelf underneath
the tree and glared savagely up at tho
two. . For . a long time the boy sat
astride a limb, with Jocko perched upon
his shoulder. Then an Idea cams to
him. And a bright idea It proved to be!
. Gulseppo began playing bis accordion;
at first softly, and then awelllng out
- Into a buret of melody. Immediately 1
the bear became all attention. , Soon his
fierce look disappeared; the cross old '
bear became a merry, hilarious bruin.
Changing the tune to a merry Jig, Gul
seppo waa pleased to eee the bear rear ,'
upon hla hind Ihks and dance.
The lad now took courage to descend
from the tree. He continued -bis play
ing, however, and the bear still kept up
his antics. Then what did tb impudent
Jocko do but ieixe hold of the chain to
which the bear was attached. Together
they ed the tear bark to the menagerie
from which it had eacaped. . , v v
. You may be aure that Gulseppo was
well rewarded, and that he and Jocko
dined well that evening better than
; they had done for many a day.. i
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, Indian Myths ri
A MONO the Micmao Indians, of
A Caaa4a.thsj.ehlaVUvlnltir Is ( - ,'had om, broth
I a known as Glooskap. , Thajr be- 1 , 0f oup moth obbe4
Jlev that When. Oloosksp flrat made y X Qretchen, burying her head la
the animals, he made all of them very ber arnu ; v. - - .
large. Then of the great moose, -oj-etchen did 'not caro so much for ;
Glooskap asked: ; "What 4 would you j,ertBf. But yon her mother lay
The Magic Pot
. do If you ahould meet' an Indian?"
And the' moose, who was as tall as
the highest pines, said: '. "I would
tear down the trees on him." "Vou
are much too strong," replied the god
: Glooskap, so b made ; th moos n
smaller and weaker. In order, that the
. Indians might kill the animal.
Then to the squirrel, who, was. tho
size of a wolf, he said: "What would
v you . do lt,you .saw, an Ifidlan. com-,
Ingr' "I would scratch down th
trees on him," , fiercely ; replied ; the
squirrel. "Tou, - .too. ar stronger
than you should : be," murmured',
. Glooskap. Thus saying, he took the
squirrel In his hands and smoothed
7 him down to his present else.- ' - .
. Afterward -he asked the great whit ,
bear: "What would you do to the
Indian?" And the great white bear -answered:
"I ahould eat him at
' once." Glooskap shook his head. "I .
. shall put you in a vast, desolate
, waste, where you aball see but few:
Indians," said he.
' And so the wise g-od placed all anl-
mala where they might beat serve f
the purposes of his subjects, tho In-v
dlans. . t
111 In tha next mum and the last of the
food bad disappeared. - The little girl
began to despair. She knew her mother
would not like to hav her beg food;
yet what else could ahe do?
All by themselves dwelt Gretchen and
her mother, In th little cottage that
stood on the very edge of the village.
The mother gained a livelihood by sew
ing for the more well-to-do people ot
the, town. , - She was paid very . little.
- thanks X novr give to thee;
The favor you've done, ao pleas atop
your boiling for cue.' " '
. Tha little girl repeated this Una.
Then sb took a nice bowl of soup to
her. .mother. With: auch nourishing
food th sick woman: speedily grew
better. All this time the maglo pot
served them well. ' i
But one day, after the pot had boiled
for aeveral minutes, Gretchen found,,
to her horror, that she had forgot
the maalo verae to makelt cease.
Quickly the pot began to overflow.
The soup flooded the cottage; then It
ran Into the village. Gretchen, who
bad been alone, fled before the stream
, THE DEPARTMENT : STORE IS DESERTED
Appropriate. . ; '
s . The small son of the minister' had
.been banished from the table for
naughtiness and waa compelled to ait -?
at a little aide table. When the time ar- -
I?,ved for h,m ,a7 grace, he ransacked '
bis memory fnr Scriptural quotations,
. and made use of tne following whioh
recited loud enough for bis. father and Who, although a Mortal, was ALMOST
'6 Lord Tthank Th .u'. u ; V Brood aa a dolt ; ' And Little Girl
prearta'brk pleaded With Father, who wa. an "out-
of mine enemies!" and-out" MortaUBut oven Mortals are
vERIIAP3 you may remember how
Y the toya of DoUville played all
A. . sorts of , games to amuse Little
Girl and Little Boy, Clever litUe Ana
belle,: the French doll, ' it waa . who
thought of moat of these games. And
shs It was who decided that DollvUl
aureiy "must hav a : department store, -such,
as all. big: cities possessed.
: fin Anaholla nlftftdert with TJttla fJtrt . "
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sometimes ",klndti.,as .Anabelle fcf was
obliged to admit when : Father returned
that i evening' with a delightful toy ; ba
had purchased during the day. That toy
was nothing else than a splendid doll'e
"department store,"
The very next day Anabelle' put-all :
DolIviUe to work, furnishing the store.
Right well the various departments
were stocked, ,- too. , There waa every
thing, 'from French gowna and hats to
kitchen utensils. ; ! - ' ... ..-..-ji
Then came the 'day" for opening this :
wonderful store. The place was throng-,
"that we can't give our things away,
Tou must ask your Father to buy you
some toy money." v
; Little Girl spent over a yr trying
to Induce Father to 'bring home toy
money.' Nor could ahe understand for
a-long, long while that no toy money
was ever made. In - the meantime, all
the people of DoUville, having had on
look rat th 'department atore, gave It
no t further consideration, since they
wer unable. to purchase any of the
? sice things displayed. So there It stood
deserted, save ' for- two footmen, who
guarded the moving stairway and pre
I vented th troublesome Teddy; Bears
irom sliding aown, -V
Anabello abook her , head again and
again,' and exclaimed, "Mortals ar so
very -stupid. They . make all kinds of
tovs. and vet never, think- of maktnv
; toy moneyf ,
Steady Coin
, A carefully stand upright a silver
half-dollar. . . - v-
By a little practice .you will gain the .
ability to draw the paper from' beneath
the coin without disturbing the position
however, and Ance she had fallen. Ill
the scanty hoard of savings bad van
ished quickly, Nor, did any one com tb .
ber relief. . -;
"Poor mother Is - weak ' for lack of
food. I must get her something!" and-
PLACE a smooth strip of paper upon Gretchen wept'afreah.
the corner of a table. Upon this ' W.?2,u hav Jli1 oup
vqu vv 1DU, , ascaiu viow1 ewvv v vrv v
Gretchen raised her tear-stained face .
in astonishment . -
There stood the nicest, dearest littl
- fairy oh, so much nicer than any her .
story-books ever told about I -
"Now. Gretchen," said the fairy, "dry
?our teara and listen to what I'm about :
o tell you, Here Is a maglo pot for ::
' you. Whenever you wish a dellcloua
potful of soup, simply place the pot on
the stove and say these words'.
- "Good little pot kind little pot, a fa
" - vor I ask of 'thee: -
- Quickly, I beg,- potful of soup have -
for me." .; :.. - "
Before Gretchen could recover from
her surprise, or tbank the fairy, the
sprite from Fairyland was gone. -
"And some people say there ar no
fairies!" Joyfully murmured Gretchen.
Soon the not waa . boiling . merrily on
tu. ..a. .a . Wh.n . It wa.i fn. j1an.AH nf
; PAPER UNDERNEiATH THE COIN. '- boiling over. Gretchen removed ft, but
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" A Trick Wager. - - ,'
Jim I'll wager aU my marbles that
you'll come down from that chair be
fore I ask you twice.
Joe I'll bet you all mine that X won't.
tr,A r.itti nirt whn m.j H ' Joe I won t
Bears mischievously roll down the mov- .1 JAm.(tu"im r?)-Thn stay there
lng stairway, thereby scattering would
be customers and sightseers right and,
left vowed It waa the moat delightful
game ins toys nau ever piayea lor ner.
Until I ask you again.
(And Joe made up his mind be'd best
,."come down.") , ,
HAT horrible thing does now
uplToach,
An insect almost like a
roach;
I, ,m! . ixThajis. of giant
. t...ii 4j-itu greets our ejea
But don't be too quick to make "up;
- - your mind, : ' 'i - '. " - - ,
Just wait awhile; the bug.' you'll find
Is taken apart, without much ado,"
And transformed Into a canoe . -
But soon Anabelle. the manaa-ep nf tha
store,: found herself confronted by - a
) most i' disturbing : problem. For word
came to her from t he doll saleswomen
that although maiiv nf th nin).
lting the store wished to buy, they had
no. money. In vain Anabelle endeavored
A Bit of Wlsdorr. - ,
Howard Tou know, they Bay that a
IIttle learning's a dangeroua ; thing,
and I've found it to be true. , - ,
..Harold Why. old chapT . i '
.Howard Oh. I'm learnlnar ; pnltaw
, skating, , and If you don't believe it's '
'of th latter. All that is required is a N
swift, steady Jerk. In a direction parallel
- with the edge of the coin but you will
find 11 by so means easy of accom- '
pllsbment ; ' .- ' ' v
. The Very Worst Man. -j
A little boy was asked whom -he v
thought was thef moat wicked t man .
mentioned In the; Bible. " ,
' '"Moses," responded the boy, after ";
some reflection. - 1 '
When requested his reason for th'
strange choice, he aald:
... Moses must nave - oeen ins .-worsi -
man. becauae he broke ail the Com-'
mandment at once." . t ,
; Pitting liimself Xor Bis Position.
Father My boy. when - you see . : a'
man loafing about atreet cornera
. what do you suppose bo is fitting him
self for In lifet '. '.,".t. 'j:: ':,:
fioa To be a policeman, air. 1
still the pot 'boiled.. Then a tiny voice
whispered In her ear: . .. '
"Xou must aay: .y -:r.- .
"Good little pot. kind lltUe pot my
to the house where her mother , waa
sewing. - ; ,
Still the-soup rose. Boon the people
i of the village were compelled to climb
upon their' rooftop to escape (rem
the waves of sweet soup.
"Child, I shall give you 10,000 piece
of gold If you will save us from this
disaster!" ahouted the richest man of
, the village to Gretchen, who stood
upon the ridgepole of a house oppo
site the speaker.
Then all at once there came to
Gretchen the correct words of the
verse. So nervous was she from fright
and the thought of the calamity sh
had brought upon - the ; people thai
ahe could hardly utters them. But her
almost Inaudible - murmur served the
purpose intended. Immediately the
Hood began to subside; and. strange
to say. within ten mlnutea not a trace
of soup remained. Thus the village
was saved, for svithln an; hour th
town would otherwise have been sub
merged and every on drowned in
SOUp. ' ' .
It was a curious fact th pot waa
not to be found after the accident
Doubtless the' fairy had taken back
her gift But Grechen cared little for "
this, inasmuch aa tha wealthy man
made - good ' his word and - bestowed 1
upon . her the '10,000 pieces ot - gold.
And, of course, with all this money
In their possession Gretchen and her .
mother lived in comfort ever after.
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