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But Körg, spurred on by the elf, resisted them all, nor parted with a single crumb till the wonder-mill lay safe in his embrace. The little man stood waiting on the brink. "I dedicate this to the honest poor," he said, softly. "Yes, Körg, it is yours. Ask of it what you will, and it shall never fail you gold, silver, hundreds of loaves and puddings.
The geists have ceased to reign." Far out on the blue bosom of the sea the jolly captain rode, shouting uproariously over the treasure he had secured. "Precious wonder-mill," he sang, "I will try thee in all thy ways. First salt for savor, then ducks for food, and gold to the end of my days." And he started the tiny wheels, and clapped his hands frantically at its ready compliance to his will.
And, turning to Körg, he continued: "Take the gift of Klaus and go down into the sea. A crowd will swarm upon you, as persistent and voracious as any in this upper world. Ask for the wonder-mill, and sacrifice your treasures only in its exchange. I will await you here." A spell immediately enwrapped the senses of Körg.
"You bring no bread to our starving babes, and yet you laugh," she said. "Oh, Körg! Körg! trouble has made you mad!" Still chuckling he slipped the wonder-mill from beneath his coat and said, softly: "Hush, Rahel! A geist has been with me to-night. I have brought endless fortune from the depths of the sea."
"I am here," he said, "to see the famous wonder-mill that blesses the house of Körg." There was a simplicity about the old tar that completely dismantled Körg. With less than ordinary caution he brought forth the mill, and displayed it, in all its phases, before his astonished guest. "It is a clever trickster," finally he quoth. "I wonder if it could grind so common a thing as salt."
Higher and higher up lifted the mighty salt banks, and, in a twinkling, both destroyed and destroyer sank helpless into the depths of the sea. And, down amid the green sea-weeds, the wonder-mill still stands, pouring forth salt the whole day long no hand to check its raging; for the mermen and mermaids are all dead, and the geists have ceased to reign. And this is why the sea-water is salt.
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