. Finikin and his gold pippin. An original tale . nsumed. They then flew back. The rich mans anger knew no bounds when he heard of thisnew disaster, for at this rate, he thought, he wouldnt have a loafof bread next year. So he wei^t down to the cottage, and makinga virtue of necessity, he said to the cottagers wife,— * What will you sell your pigeons for ? * For the mill and its dependencies — neither more nor less,answered she. Take it, then, thundered he, in a passion, since you wantto be the ruin of me. Had you given it at first, replied she, you would have beenricher by three cornfields an
. Finikin and his gold pippin. An original tale . nsumed. They then flew back. The rich mans anger knew no bounds when he heard of thisnew disaster, for at this rate, he thought, he wouldnt have a loafof bread next year. So he wei^t down to the cottage, and makinga virtue of necessity, he said to the cottagers wife,— * What will you sell your pigeons for ? * For the mill and its dependencies — neither more nor less,answered she. Take it, then, thundered he, in a passion, since you wantto be the ruin of me. Had you given it at first, replied she, you would have beenricher by three cornfields and some hundred yards of cloth. So the lord of the manor parted by compulsion with what heought to have given freely. He complained of the peasants beingextortionate, while they felt no gratitude for a gift wrenched fromhim inch by inch, as it were. The family then took up their abode at the mill, and ever afterthe stream flowed as usual, and the pigeons neither spoke nor committed any further depredations, and justice THE SCOTCH FIR, OR PINE. 11
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