[Jan.
just before; and at last,
As
Dg and
aft
1864.
2,
for the sword, it remains sticking
day; and if you walk ten bank of the river before breakfast some spring morning, and then take a at the right spot, you draught of the water will find it has given you the sharpest appetite you ever had in your life. You would have thought that these two misadventures would have pretty well sickened Jack of the cunning old giant's presents but He still relied on what remained to him, no. " the coat of darkness, that, at least, must be So he went useful to me," he said to himself. up more hills and down more dales, with the to this
ilong the
that he spied under a i not particularly eing, as it seemed, luuigij at f
his
ST
hat he
would not come out
it
till
was dark, and
the p«oplt
my
after
all,
he
all
he
tly
sai
fault,
.
-.
which never did
me
fit
prop*
coat in his saddle-bag as before. He travelled a long time, however, without
one in the has run as fast as a mill-race ever
This put him out, and he he had been nearly spoilt by being made so much of at King Arthur's One day, when he was in the w orst of court. humours, he met a knight in armour riding quietly along the road, and, having nothing else to vent his ill-temper on, he determined " to pick a quarrel with him. Hollo, you " how dare he cried sir," out, you pass me without saluting ? Don't you know that I am the great Jack the Giant Killer ? You shall
i
Then Jack, having found determined to recover Ins Kiuxvssf'ul
.re
111.
went on, character by some his horse,
adventure.
and down fifty on the oppo-
hills
dales, he site
came to a shallow
river,
bank of which he saw a good-sized giant fast asleep. "Oh, oh!" said Jack to
hini* think
this river,
I >rtunity for me! and chop off yonder
man's hea
i
time to wake."
awing the Sword of Sharpness, and turning up his trowsers, ho stepped gently into the began to wade across. But, unI
was about half-way over,
made I
of ro
»int
of his sword upon a piece The magic powers. igh the solid stone
much mud
if
losing his balaix
lie
himself, he
.ve
leant
her,
and Jack, rolled over ami
woke up
g
out,
and began tman:
tea
ne,
my °*dy
—
in a rage into
these words he a stream that was flo
ry,
m
"Now,
u? v
.isleep that
Is
it
you are brave
tugged awa
it
hid
having any sport.
got very cross
for
r
either salute
"
me
me
or fight
"
!
you are indeed he," replied the stranger, "you had better pursue your profession, inIf
stead of
I molesting peaceable travellers. not salute you, because I am as good a and I w ill not fight you, beknight as you cause I hear you carry magic weapons, for which I am no match." " I will not use them against you," n Jack "it shall be all fair ; but fight me you shall
T
shall."
"Very want to
said
well,"
the
other.
"I
don't
you or anybody but if you attack me, of course I must defend myself." Then Jack lowered his lance, and ran full fight
at the knight but the other kept hi without moving an inch. Again and Jack tried to overthrow him but he mi. well have tilted against Stonehei a tilt
may
suppose that this did not improve hi He got nearly mad with rage and
am sorry to say, th< adversary took such hold of him that h is promise, and wa t<> slip on the Coat of Darl
and at
last,
I
his
aid
lo
bin
really I
iMiid,
- n
flu-
LCh side i .
So Jack was
sblo to recover himself
over
jusl
from
kni tl;
unable
his
mid,
ad.