The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-10-04
LUCK AND MORE LUCK.

An Irish Fairy Legend Told by Lady Wilde.
In old times there lived " mere Rally
towtas Castle now STAR, IS a moor man
named Towtas. 1t VS. in the time when
mamma fell to the earth with the dew of
evening, ana ana vIowtas lived by gathering
the mann q, and thus supported himself,
Tor ne was poor man and had nothing
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One day peddler came by that way,
with fair, young daughter. Give us
nights lodging" he said to Towtas,
aforwe are weary And Towtas did
- Next morning, when they were going
away, his heart longed for the young
girl. and he said to the peddler, g Give
me your daughter for my wife" elbow
willlyoa SUPPORT herPp asked the ped
der, :" Better than you -can," answer
ed Towtas, "for she can never want"
Then he told him all about the man
na;,:how he went out every morning
when it was. lying on the ground with
the dew, and gathered it as his father
and forefathers had done before him,
and lived on it ali their lives, so that he
had never known want, nor any of his
people. Then the girl showed she
would like to stay with the young man,
and the peddler consented and they
were married, sTowtas and the fair
young Maiden J. and. the peddler left
them and went his way. So years went
on, and they were very happy and never
wanted; and they had one son, a bright,
handsome youth, and as clever as he
was comely.
But in due time old Tewtas died, and
after her husband was buried the woman
went out to gather the mama as she
had seen him do, when the dew lay on
the ground ;but she soon grew tired land
said to herself: 'sWhy should l do this
thing every day? I'll just gather now
enough to do the week, and then l car
have rest.'' So she gathered up great
heaps of it greedily, and went her way
into the house But the sin of greed
ness layson her evermore; and not 8
DIT of mamma fell with the dew thai
evening nor ever again. And she wa:
poor and faint with hunger, and had tc
60 out and work in the fields to earn the
The morsel that kept her and her sol
alive; and she begged pence from tht
people as they went into chapel, ant
this paid for her sons schooling; so hi
went on with hiselearning, and no ON,
In the county was ike him for beauty
and knowledge. IL 81.
One day he heard the people talking
Ola great lord that lived up in Dublin
Whe had daughter so handsome tina
ner like was never seen; and all the fin
young gentlemen were dying about her
out she would take none of them. AM
ne came home to his mother and said
II shall 60 to see this great lord
daughter, Maybe the luck will b
mine above an the fine young gentlemen
tnat love her," $50 along, poor fool,
SAID the mother show can the poo
stand before the rieh?'' But he persis
ted; ''If die on the road" he said
an try it." -'.
wait then," she answered, "ti
sunday, and whateverI get III give yo
nalf OF it. y So she gave him half of tn
pence she gathered at the chapel dool
anu bade him go in the name of God.
lie hadn't. gone far when he met
M p9or man who asked him for trifie fe
u9qs sake. So he gave him somethin
VMpf his mothers money and went OF
AGAIN, ANOTHER met him, and begged
uile to buy food, for the sake of Goo
a. ana he gave him something also, an
'nen Went on.x~.s -~.--. y-.-s-.
tSye me a trifle for Gods sake,
'fied Voice, and he saw third poo