elieve their eyes. There was glass in the windows instead of a
wooden shutter, and the poor man and his wife, dressed in nice new
clothes, were seen devoutly kneeling in the church.

2. "There is something very strange in all this," said everyone.
"Something very strange indeed," said the rich man, when three days
afterwards he received an invitation from his once poor brother to a grand
feast. And what a feast it was! The table was covered with a cloth as
white as snow, and the dishes were all of silver or gold. The rich man
could not, in his great house, and with all his wealth, set out such a
table.

3. "Where did you get all these things?" exclaimed he. His brother told
him all about the bargain he had made with the dwarfs, and putting the
mill on the table, ground out boots and shoes, coats and cloaks,
stockings, gowns, and blankets, and bade his wife give them to the poor
people that had gathered about the house to get a sight of the grand feast
the poor brother had made for the rich one.

4. The rich man, was very envious of his brother's good fortune, and
wanted to borrow the mill, intending--for he was not an honest man--never
to return it again. His brother would not lend it, for the old man with
the white beard had told him never to sell or lend it to anyone.

5. Some years went on, and, at last, the possessor of the mill built
himself a grand castle on a rock by the sea, facing the west. Its windows,
reflecting the golden sunset, could be seen far out from the shore. It
became a noted landmark for sailors. Strangers from foreign parts often
came to see this castle and the wonderful mill of which the most
extraordinary tales were told.

6. At length, a great foreign merchant came, and when he had seen the
mill, inquired whether it would grind salt. Being told that it would, he
wanted to buy it; for he traded in salt, and thought that if he owned it
he could supply all his customers without taking long and dangerous
voyages.

7. The man would not sell it, of course. He was so rich now that he did
not want to use it for himself; but every Christmas he ground out food and
clothes and coal for the poor, and nice presents for the little children.
So he rejected all the offers of the rich merchant. The merchant, however,
determined to have it; he bribed one of the man's servants to let him go
into the castle at night, and he stole the mill and sailed away with it in
triumph.

8. He had scarcely got out to s