Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-09-19
AN IRISH STORY.

ho 'p'guu 10 nave misSiNns In MS conscience Ior
his wicked doin's, and his heart was heavy as the |
fear OF death KEN upon him, and, sure enough,
while he had such marnful thoughts, the Divil KEN
to him, and towld him, he should go with him.
"Wel, to be sure, the ould man was fiekencnrd,
hut he plucked up his courage and his Gu encss
and towd the Divil, in a banthcrin' way, joking
like, that he had pariic'lar business thin, that he
was going to party, and hoped an oud friend
wouldn't inconvaynience him that away"
"Well" said I, laughing at the put off of going
to party, the Divil, of course, would take no
excuse, and carried lin of in fla of fire ~
"Oh no, sir,' answered the old man, in somo-
thing of reprovng, or, at least, offended tone,
that's the finish, know very we'll, Of many
story such as we're talkin' OF, but that's not the
way of this, ,olich is truth every ,oord what tell
YOU"
al beg your pardon for the interruption"
said 7.
No oflince in life sir" said the venerable
chronicler, who was now deep in his study and
would not be stopped.
Well sir" continued he, " the D.vl said he'd
Gull the next day, and tina, he must be ready, and
sure enough, in the evenin' he KEN 10 him, and
when the colonel seen him he reminded lin Of his
bargain, that as long as he could give him some
work he could'n, do, he wash. obi, eyed to go.
"'Tha,s ,hrue,' says the Div.
"'rm glad to see you're good as yosr word,
any how, says the colonel
"'I never bruk my word yet says the ovid
chap, cooking up his horns consai;edly,--' honor
bright says he.
"'Well, then, says the colol.c, build me mill
down there by the river, soys he and let me have
it finished by tomorrow mornin'.'
"'Your will is my pleasure soys the ouId
chap, and away he wnt, and the Colonel shot he
had nick'd Ould Nick at lass and wen, TO bed
quite aisy in his mind.
But, ietcei machrce, sure the first thing he
hecrJ the next moInin' was that the whole coun-
thry round was runnin' 10 see fine bran new mil
thu, was an the river side where, the evening to-
fore, not thing at all, at all, hut rushes was
staniin,' and ALL Of coorse, wonderin what brought
it there and some sayin' twas not lucky, and
many more throubled in mind, but one and all
agreen' 1t was not good and that's the very N !
fornnst you that you were iakin al, and the stone
tha, noticed is q remarkable one-a big cogn
stone-thst they say the Divil himsalf laid filst
and has The mark OF four fingers and thumb On i,
TO this cay.
"But when the colonel heerd it, he was more
throubcd than any, Of coorse, and began to con-
thrive wha, else he could think iv, to keep himself
out of the claws of the ould one. We'll, he often
heerd tell that there was one thing the Dvil
could do, and dare say you heerJ II too sir; that
s is, that he couldn't make rope out OF the sands
of the sac; and so, when the OuH one KEN to him
the next day, and said his job was done, and that
now the mill was built, be must either tell him
somcthn' else he wanted built, OF come away with
him.
$50 the Coone, said i, all over wid
him; but says he, Il wouldn't like to go w,d
YOU alive and sure it's all the same to you, alive
or deadr
"Oh, that won't do says his friend; i cant
wait no more says he.
"'I don't want you to wait, my dear friend,
says the colonel; all | want is, that you'll be
pleased to kill me before you take me away
n.y;,h n,e,sr,., saws Ous Nick
ara, rn;r uon n,orni.. ma NV cbo;ce Of 1v;,
one parlic'lar way 2 says the Colonel.
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