Erős Vár, 1944 (14. évfolyam, 1-10. szám)
1944-09-01 / 9. szám
r'l>W T • 7$ TTT'" —w— J ERŐS VÁR Szeptember 9.szám 1944 She fell into a violent rage, and heaped torrents of abuse and insults upon the poor girl for stay ing out so late. She was just going to strike her,when Jack sprang up, shook his fist in her face,and with anger cried out: "if you wish to live,don't do any harm to this poor girl,or I will set fire to your house,and burn you in it while you are asleep." I The witch glared at Jack,but see ing that he was in earnest,went off I muttering curses and dragging the trembling girl with her by the hanc. ,.when Iluska was gone,it suddenly occured to the young shepherd that he had been neglecting his flock all the time,so put on his coat anc( ■vent to look for the sheep,but they) nad disappeared,and he could not find them anywhere. He could not make out whether they had been devoured by wolves or driven away by mischievous tramps,and he searched for them till nearly midnight,but could find no traces of them. He was grieved to the heart,for he knew that he ought to have taker better care of the sheep, and he went slowly home,wandering what his ! cruel master would say when he saw ! him return without the sheep,when at length he arrived he found his i master almost dead with anxiety and j anger.... "Vihere are my sheep?" he screamed with rage, I am very sorry1 i master, replied Jack. " My atten- j tion was diverted from them for a time,and they disappeared. I am \ ready to atone for them by working to the utmost of my strength in the future to make up the loss. While Jack was speaking,the enraged farmer took up a pitchfork that lay on the ground and threw it at his head,but he sprang aside and it just missed hin. Jack then ran away,and the old man pursued him till he lost breath and was left behind. Although Jack ran away,it was not from fear,but because he was unwilling to defend himself,or to raise a hand against the old mant for,notwithstanding his ill-treat ment of him,he held him in groat respect as his foster-father,and in the present ease he knew that he himself had failed in his duty. Jack resolved to go forth into the great world to seek his for- < tune,but before going he went to say farewell to Iluska, When he reached the house in which she lived,he went into the garden and began to play on his flute the saddest tunes which he knew, and Iluska came to the fence directly,. They embraced each other and said farewell. Iluska wept bitterly,but Jack turned his head away,that she should not see the tears in his eyes, they were very sad,for they feared that this parting might be the last, and that they might never see each other again in this life. As Jack left her,his last word 's were: "if thou shouldst see this thistle-down blown about by víind,then think of thy wandering lover." And Iluska replied:'1 If thou shouldst see torn blossoms scattered on the ground,remember thy sorrowing love." Thus they parted,and Jack wandered away in the calm night,caring not whither he went,for it grieved him to be obliged to part from his Iluska, Ezt a kedves ismertetést Pogány Nándor "The Hungarian Fairy Book" cimu könyvéből vet tdk,amelyet Pogány Vilmos illusztrált. Frederick Á.Stokes N.Y.-i nyomda kiadása. Értékes könyv karácsonyi ajándéknak.
