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Excerpt from The Slaves of the Padishah: "The Turks in Hungary," Being the Sequel to "'Midst the Wild Carpathians"; A Romance
In the first year Of his marriage a little girl was born to him, and for her the worthy man and his wife spared and scraped so that, in case they were to die, she might have some little tri?e. So they laid aside a few halfpence out of every shilling in order that when it rose to a good round sum they might purchase for their little girl - a cow.
A cowl That was their very ultimate desire. If only they could get a cow, who would be happier than they Milk and butter would come to their table in abundance, and they would be able to give some away besides. Her calf they would rear and sell to the butcher for a ood price, stipulating for a quarter of it against the aster festival. Then, too, a cow would give so much pleasure to the whole family. In the morning they would be giving it drink, rubbing it down, leading it out into the field, and its little bell would be sounding all day in the pasture. In the evening it would come into the yard, keeping close to the wall, where the mulberry-tree stood, and poke its head throu h the kitchen door. It would have a star upon its orehead, and would let you scratch its head and stroke its neck, and would take the piece Of maize-cake that little Mariska held out to it. She would be able to lead the cow everywhere. This was the Utopia. Of the famil its every-day desire, and Papa had alread planted, a mulberry-tree in the yard in order that sak�, that was to be the cow's name, might have something to mb his side against, and little Mariska every day broke. Off a piece Of maize-cake and hid it under the window-sill. The little calf would have a fine time of it.
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