'206 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES

gold, they told him there was no more gold; he had used it all.

The king did not know what to do. He must have his wine! He must have gold! What should he do? He went out into a field, nearby, and walked about, puzzling over his trouble, and all the time he was longing for his wine. Suddenly a stranger stood before him.

“What do you Wish?” asked the king.

“I should like to have your eldest daughter for my Wife,” the stranger answered. He was a tall, well-dressed man, and looked as though he might be very wealthy.

“You may have her for your wife,” the king said, “but you must give me much gold for her.”

“How much gold shall I give you?” the stran- ger asked.

“Oh, a cart full of gold. Bring it here to me in the morning, and you may have my daugh- ter,” the king said.

“I will be at this spot with a cart full of gold in the morning; but I must make one condition —you must not ask where I am going to take your daughter. You must not try to find her,” the stranger said.

“Well,” said the king, who was becoming anxious to get the gold, “I will make you the promise. I will bring my daughter to you here in the morning.”

So the next morning the king took his