Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-10-22

TOTS OF seeing laiig' ohe ~ iSSN y.
the successful issue of her project, aud
continued her pranks The herd grad
ually thinning, and no nan daring to re-
NAN on the ground, the fairies came
back 10 numbers, and gambolled as mer-
rily as before, quaffing dew-drops from
acorns, and spreading their least on the
head OF capaoious mushrooms.
+" What was TO be done, the puzzled
farmer thought IN vein. lie found that
bis substance was daily diuiinlshng, his
people terrih d, and bis reat day coming
round. l. is no wonder he looked gloo-
my, and walked monrniully down the
road. Now in tina, part OF the world
dwelt a man of the name OF Larry Hoo
lohan, VINO played on the pipes better
than any other PLAYER within fifteen par
isbes. A rowing, dashing blade was
Larry, and feared nothing. Give him
plenty of liquor, and he would defy the
devil He would face mad bull, or
fight sing against fairy. In
one of hIs gloomy walks, the farmer met
him, and on Larrv's asking the cause oil
his down Looks, he told him all his mis-
fortunes. IT that is all that ails you,
said Larry, make your mind easy
Were theie as many fairies on Knock
sheogowpa as there ace potstoe bios.
SONS in Eliogurty, | would face them.
Ii would be queer thing, indeed, II J.,
who never was afraid Of proper man,
should turn my back upon brat OF
fairy, not the bigness oil ones thumb
Larry said the farmer, do not talk SO
bold, for you know not who is bearing
you; but, if you make your words good,
and watch my herds for week on The
top of the mountain, your hand shall be
free Of my dish ill the sun has burnt IL
self down to the bigness OF iarthng
rushlight.'
The bargain was struck, and Larry
went TO the hilltop, when the moon be-
gan to peep over the brow. He had
been RECALLED al the farmers house, and
was bold with the extract OF barieyoorn
So he took his seat on big stone, und4i
hollow of the hill, with his back to lhe
wind, and pulled out his pipes. He hat
nof played long, when the voice OF tbs
fairies was heard upon the blast, like
iow stream of musick. Presently the,
burst out in loud laugh, and Larry
could plainly hear one say, what. an,
her man upon the fairies ring ! Go t
him queen, and make him repent hi.
rashness;' and they flew away. Isrr}
'elt them pass by his face, as they ne~
Ike swarm OF midges; and, LOOKING
up has,ily, he saw between the moon
and him, great black cat, standing Oh
q. very tip of its claws, with lis back
up, and mewing with the voice OF Wa
ter-mil. Presently it sweiled up TO
wards the sky, and, turning round on its
lef, hind leg, whirled till ii fell Oh the
ground, from which it started IN the
shape # salmon, with cravat rouod
its neck, and par OF new top boots
Go on, Jewell said Larry il you
dance I'll pipes and he struck up $50
she turned into this, and that, and the
other; but still Larry played on, as he
we'll knew how. Al last she lost pa
thence, as ladies will DO when you do no'
mind their scolding, and changed herself
into a calf, milk-wh,e as The cream O.
Cork, and with eyes as mild as those 0
The girl l love. She came up gentle
and tawning, in hopes to throw him Oh
his guard by qulesness, and then to wolk
him some wrong. But Larry was not SO
deceived; for when she came up, he,
dropping his pipes, leaped upon hel
back.
"Now from the top of Knocksheo
gowna, as you look westward to ,he
broad Atiantc,y you will see The Shannon
queen OF rivers, spreading like sea,
and running ON in gentle course to min
gle with The ocean through the lair CIT.
OF Limerick. 1t on this night shone III,
der The moon, and looked beautiful iron
the distant hill. Fifty boats were gliding
up and down on the sweet current, and
the song OF the Gshe rmen rose gaiy from.
The shore. Larry, as said before, leap
ed upon The back Of the fairy, and she,
rejoiced at the opportunity, sprung iron,
Jump, over the Shannon, flowing as il
was just Ten miles from the mountains
base. 1t was done in a second ant
when she alIghted on the distant bank,
kicking up her heels, she 1uns Larry on
the soft turf. No sooner was he thus
planted, than he looked her in the face,
and scratching his head, cried out, 6 b,
my word, well done that was not bad
leap for caU
"She hooked at him moment, ane
then assum I'd her own shape. "L4au-