HOW DEATH WAS BURIED.

Manawatu Herald, 22 October 1889, Page 4

HOW DEATH WAS BURIED.

4» : Tho Polish poe f , Hearyk Sientiew.cz, is making a t ixv in ihe • ata where he is tOil-cting: a store of legeuds, poems, a d ) ro- \ verb* from h- Galicim pea.-ant<y. \ The;r stories about death are cu-i. i ously origii al. Herd is one < f ilib ' most interest n > of thrfin :- On c j "?ou a tip.ie a fanner went from the Tata t-wa'ds Nowvarg, carrying withh'mhi- xc and his bore. I c had not gon-* far before an old woman joined him, and began to chatter. The farmer quickly recog- j nized that she 7.-as no other tban ! Dearh, who, In tho legends of Polish ; (nx icia, is always feminine (Ta : Snmvc). He was naturally pnxious | co get rid of such a dangerous fellowtraveller as soon as pos-ible. Bo he bored a hole in the ground, and said, '• Look in here!" Death looked in f-e hole, but conld see nothing. " Yon must creep into it," said the peasant, '' and you will behold a wonderful s : ght." So Death went in, head foremost. The peasant, took advantage of the situation and hastened to fill up the hole. So Death was buriel, and he went on his way rejoicing. Nobody died in that whole district for many long years, it last Death's gravedigger fiocame so ill and feeble with age that ho longed to get out of the world he oou'd no longer enjoy. So he went to Death's grave, restored '.lift old woman to liberty, and she "v-iirly put nn end to his pains. midget,