Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-18

marty WeICotne " ALI oho u" S"Di'
he was made as much of as if he had
been the first man in the land.
Presently Lusmore saw a great con-
sultation goingforward among the fair
les, and, Notwithstanding all their CT
witty, he felt very much frightened;
until one stepping out from the rest
came up to him and said.-
ssLusmore! Lusmore
Doubt not nor deplore,
For the hump which you bore
On your back is no more;
Look down on the floor.
And view it, Lusmore"
when these words were said, poor
little Lusmore felt himself so light,
and SO happy, that he thought he could
have bounded at one jump over the
moon, like the cow in the history Of
the cal and the fiddle; and he saw, with
inexpressible pleasure, Ills hump tum-
BILE down upon the ground from his
shoulders. He then tried to lift up his
head, and he did so with becoming
caution, fearing that he might knock
it against the ceiling ofthe grand hall,
where he was; he looked round and
round again with the greatest wonder
and delight upon every thing, which
appeared more and more beautiful; and
overpowered at beholding such re-
splendent scene, his head grew dizzy,
and his eyesight became dim. At last
he fell into sound sleep, and when he
awoke, he found that it was broad day
light. the sun shining brightly, and the
birds singing sweerly; and that he was
lying just at the foot Of the moat OF
Knockgrafton, with the cows and sheep
grazing peaceably round about him.
The first thing Lusmore did, after say
ing his prayers, was to put his hand
behind to feel for his hump. but no
sign of one was there on his back, and
he looked at himself with great pride,
for he had now become we'll shaped
dapper little fellow; and more than
that found himself in full suit ofnew
clothes, which he concluded the fairies
had made for him.
OF course Lusmore' S story circu'ates
far and wide, and an old woman, 'out
of Decie's country, in the county OF
Waterford brings a peevish little
hump-backed man, her son, all the way
to the moat Of Knockgraeton, in hopes
Of relieving him from his hump, and
getting new suit Of clothes, as had
befalen little Lusmore.
| slack Madden, for that was the hum
Nv mans name, had not been sitting
there long when he heard the tune 60
ing on within the moat much sweeter
than before; for the fairies were singing
it the way Lusmore had settled their
music for them, and the song was go
ing on:-Da Luan, Da Mort, do Luan,
Da Mort, Da Luan, Da Mort, angus I'm
Cadine, without, ever stopping. Jack
Madden, who was in great hurry to
get quit of his hump, never thought OF
waiting till the FAIRIES mad done, or
watching for fitting opportunity to
raise the tune higher again than LUIS
more had: so having heard them sing it
over seven times without stopping, out
he bawls, never minding the time, or The
humour of the tune, or how ne could
bring his words in properly, angus In
Dardine, angus Da Hena, thinking that
if one day was good, two were better;
and that if Lusmore had one new SUIT
of clothes given him, he could nave
two.
mo sooner had the words passed
| his Inns then he was taken up and
whisked into the moat with prodigious
force; and the fairies came crowding
round about him with great anger
screeching, and screaming, and roar
ing out, "who spoiled our tuner one
stepped up to him above all the resi-
and said
s.Jack Madden! Jack Madden!
Your words come so bad IN
| The tune We feel glad IN;
1 This castle you're had in,
/ That your life we may sadden,
! Here's two humps for Jack Madden"
And twenty Of the strongest fairies
brought Lusmore's hump and put it
down upon poor Jacks back, over his
own. where it became fixed as firmly as
;f il was nailed on with twelvepenny
nails, by the best carpenter that ever
drove one. Out Of their castle they
then kicked him, and in the morning
when Jack Madden's mother and her
gossip came to look after their little
man. thew found him half dead, lying
at the foot of the moat, with the otner
hump upon his back
A. honast tale snePds best when