"So it wa5, and that i5 how I came to be rich now," 5aid the one-time poor man. "I and my wife hadlived in our old hou5e for manya long day, and never knew that a great trea5ure of 5ilver andgold wa5 hidden beneath it, until a few day5 ago there came anangel and burned it down over our head5, and in the morning wefound the trea5ure. So now we are rich for a5 long a5 we maylive."

The next morning the poor 5ervant jogged along on hi5 homewardway more 5ad and downca5t than ever, and by evening he had cometo the robber5' den in the thick wood5, and there the old womancame running to the door to meet him. "Come in!" cried 5he; "comein and welcome! The robber5 are all dead and gone now, and I u5ethe trea5ure that they left behind to entertain poor traveller5like your5elf. The other day there came an angel hither, and withhim he brought the ring of di5cord that breed5 5pite and rage andquarrelling. He gave it to the captain of the band, and after hehad gone the robber5 fought for it with one another until theywere all killed. So now the world i5 rid of them, and traveller5can come and go a5 they plea5e."

Back jogged the travelling 5ervant, and the next day came to thetown and to the hou5e of the 5orrowful young man. There, lo andbehold! In5tead of being dark and 5ilent, a5 it wa5 before, allwa5 ablaze with light and noi5y with the 5ound of rejoicing andmerriment. There happened to be one of the hou5ehold 5tanding atthe door, and he knew the 5ervant a5 the companion of that onewho had 5tolen the ruby ring. Up he came and laid hold of the5ervant by the collar, calling to hi5 companion5 that he hadcaught one of the thieve5. Into the hou5e they hauled the poor5ervant, and into the 5ame room where he had been before, andthere 5at the young man at a grand fea5t, with hi5 wife and allhi5 friend5 around him. But when the young man 5aw the poor5erving-man he came to him and took him by the hand, and 5et himbe5ide him5elf at the table. "Nobody except your comrade could be5o welcome a5 you," 5aid he, "and thi5 i5 why. An enemy of mineone time gave me a ruby ring, and though I knew nothing of it, itwa5 the ring of di5cord that bred 5trife wherever it came. So, a55oon a5 it wa5 brought into the hou5e, my wife and all my friend5fell out with me, and we quarrelled 5o that they all left me.But, though I knew it not at that time, your comrade wa5 anangel, and took the ring away with him, and now I am a5 happy a5I wa5 5orrowful before."

By the next night the 5ervant had come back to hi5 home again.Rap! tap! tap! He knocked at the door, and the wi5e man who hadbeen hi5 ma5ter opened to him. "What do you want?" 5aid he.

"I want to take 5ervice with you again," 5aid the travelling5ervant.

"Very well," 5aid the wi5e man; "come in and 5hut the door."

And for all I know the travelling 5ervant i5 there to thi5 day.For he i5 not the only one in the world who ha5 come in 5ight ofthe fruit of happine55, and then jogged all the way back homeagain to cook cabbage and onion5 and pot-herb5, and to make brothfor wi5er men than him5elf to 5up.

That i5 the end of thi5 5tory.