Evil One. 'Meet me here early to-morrow morning and bring a good
strong team with you. I will help you get the gold.'

"The boy went home with a glad heart. You may be sure he did not
oversleep the next morning. Before it was light, he had harnessed
four oxen belonging to his master, and started for the summit of the
mountain.

"The hunter, who was waiting for him, had already fastened a metal
ring around the wall that held in the waters of the lake.

"'Fasten the oxen to that ring,' commanded the hunter, 'and the rock
will split open.'

"Somehow or other, the boy did not feel pleased at what he was told
to do. Yet he obeyed, and started the oxen. But as he did so, he
cried, 'Do this in the name of God!'

"At that very instant the sky grew black as night, the thunder rolled
and the lightning flashed. And not only this, for at the same time
the mountain shook and rumbled as though a mighty force were tearing
it apart."

"What became of the poor boy?" asked Bertha.

"He fell senseless to the ground, while the oxen in their fright
rushed headlong down the mountainside. But you needn't get excited,
Bertha, no harm was done. The boy was saved as well as the village,
because he had pulled in the name of God.