Putting the precious writing in his pocket , he hastily inquired of the landlord where he could find the man whose name was written inside , and he ran out at once in search of him . The debtor proved to be an old miser , who lived at the other end of the village . He had hoped for many months that the paper he had written had been lost or destroyed , and , indeed , when he saw it , was very unwilling to pay what he owed . However , the stranger threatened to drag him before the king , and when the miser saw that there was no help for it he counted out the coins one by one . The stranger picked them up and put them in his pocket , and went back to his inn feeling that he was now a rich man . A few weeks after this he was walking through the streets of the nearest town , when he met a poor woman crying bitterly . He stopped and asked her what was the matter , and she answered between her sobs that her husband was dying , and , to make matters worse , a creditor whom he could not pay was anxious to have him taken to prison . ` Comfort yourself , ' said the stranger kindly ; ` they shall neither send your husband to prison nor sell your goods . I will not only pay his debts but , if he dies , the cost of his burial also . And now go home , and nurse him as well as you can . ' And so she did ; but , in spite of her care , the husband died , and was buried by the stranger . But everything cost more than he expected , and when all was paid he found that only three gold pieces were left . ` What am I to do now ? ' said he to himself . ' I think I had better go to court , and enter into the service of the king . ' At first he was only a servant , who carried the king the water for his bath , and saw that his bed was made in a particular fashion . But he did his duties so well that his master soon took notice of him , and in a short time he rose to be a gentleman of the bedchamber . Now , when this happened the younger brother had spent all the money he had inherited , and did not know how to make any for himself . He then bethought him of the king 's favourite , and went whining to the palace to beg that his brother , whom he had so ill-used , would give him his protection , and find him a place . The elder , who was always ready to help everyone spoke to the king on his behalf , and the next day the young man took up is work at court .
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