Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-11-17
IRELAND.

the same source, (the IIah Fairy Iales It
shall be Daniel q Rourke--a fine Dutch picture
of nightmare, rivalmg in its -, the subliner
vision Of Burns Daniel had been TO feast at
the masters on the return of the young mas.
TER from foreign parts, and thus hs tells his
story.
well, we had every thing Of the best
and plenty of it; and we ate, and we
drank, and we danced, and the youn 2
master by the same token danced with
Peggy Barry, from the Bohereen-a
lovely young couple they were. though
they are both low enough now. 10
make long story short, got, as a body
may say, the same thing as tipsy almost,
for | can't remember ever at all, no
ways, how it was that left the place:
only did leave it, that's certain. Well,
| thought tor all that, in myself, I'D just
step to Molly Cronatan's S, the fairy wo-
mao, to speak word about the brack-
ct hefer what was bewitched; and so as
| wa, crossing the stepping stones of
the ford of Ballyashenogh, and was
looking up at the stars and blessing my
self-for wby2 it was Lady-day-I
missed my foot, and souse | fall into
the water. Death sliye' thought ],
| an be drowned now!n However, |
began swimming, swimming, swimming
away for the dear life, til at last | got
| ashore, somehow or other, but never
| the one of me can tell how. upon q deS-
solutc island.
| Il wandered and wandered about
there, without knowing where wander
| ed, until at last | got into a big bog.
The moon was shining a. bright as day,
| or your fair lady's eyes sir, with your
pardon for mentioning her, and | look
| ed east and west, and north and south,
and every way, and nothing did see
but bog. bog, bog;--l could never find
| out how got into it; and my heart
grew cold with fear, for sure and GER
tain was that it would be my berrin
place. So / sat down upon q stone
which, as good luck would have it, was
close by me, and bessg to scratch my
head, and sing the UHagons when all
of sudden the moon grew black, and |
looked up, and saw something for all
the world az if it was moving down be-
tween me and it, and | could not tell
! what it was Down it came with a
poupce, and looked ct me full in the
face; and what vast but an esgle2 as
fine ore as ever flew from the king
dom of Kerry SO he looked at me in
The face, and saws he to me, daniel
O'Rourke," says he, how do you dop'
"Vely well, THANK you, sir" says /:
~ hope you're wells" wondering out of
nv senses all the time how an eagle
came to speak like Christian. "Wbst
brings you here, DAM" says he. "No-
thing at all. sir says l, ''osly l ~ish
was safe home again" SIC it out of
the island you want TO go, DAM says
he. otis, sir" ssys |: go up and told
him how hxd taken drop too much,
, and fell into the water; how I swan to
the island; and how got into the bog,
and did not know my way out of tt
"Dan," says he. afie a minutes thought
''though il was very improper for you
to get drunk on Lady day, yet as you
are decent, sober man, vino tends
mass well, and never filings stones at me
or mine, nor cries out after US in the
felds-my life for yours" says he; $50
get upon my back. and grip me well for
fear you fall OF. and Pll fly you out of
the bog" 81 am afraid" saysi, "your
honour's making game of me; for who
ever heard of riding a horseback on an
eagle before" "Pon the honour Of a |
gentleman" says he. putting bis right
foot on his breast, 81 am quite in ear
nest; and so now either take my offer
or starve in the bog-besides, see that
your weight is sinking the stone"
1T was true enough as he said, for
found the stone every minute going
from under me. ! had no choice; so
thinks to myself, faint heart never won
fair lady, and this is fair persuadance:-
81 thank your honour" says |, "for the
loan Of your civility; and i'il take your
kind OFFER therefore mounted upon
the back of the eagle, and held him
tight enough by the throat, and up be
flew IN the airlike lark. Little knew
the trick he was going to serve me-
Up-up-up-God knows how far up
, he flew. "Why, then" said to him
thinking he did notknow the rightroad
homs-very civilly, because why?-I
was in his power entirely;-",ir,' says
I, please your honour's glory, and with
humble submission to your better judg-
ment, if you'd fly down a bit, you're now
Just over my cabin, and could be put
/ down there. and many thanks 10 your