Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-05

"sAy, surely, good man, you'll got
the ave ahillin" ny they.
"W' that the ould fellow down vi
his awl, and the brogue he VA cobbling,
an into Q clump q bushes that waa
about . hundred yards of the knowe
where Va found him.
He Wama three minutes In the wood
till . big hare ran out, an the hounds
| after Il, an ava 0ver the country. Weel,
We had the best run O. that season, but
the hounds couldna get up WI the hare
ava; and ct last It brung them back to
the knowe fornenst the wood, and ran In
amang the trees, Just where It ran out In
the morning. The hounds lost it there,
an the ould fellow stepped ont o the
wood an up to the huntsman. AN
Whars my B shillin'f says he. Weel,
he got the money, an then he smiled up
in the gentleman's face, an Wasn't that
weel run for IN ould manf' says he.
Now, my lady, that's as true - gospel.
/ ha' seen quare things in my time.
Win / tell you about the black pig that
I found in the potato feldf"
"Please do; / should like to hear it."
These wild fancies suited the sur
rounding landscape. Witchcraft seemed
to have . fitting home among the noun.
tain lakes and rugged hills Of Donegal,
and fairyland might still exist in the
delh and slopes, and bowers Of eglantine
whore Ttania could have slept.
The farmers stories had, for the mo-
ment, all the effect of truth; he had left
"boastful youth very far behind him,
and We rejoiced to have made his &C.
quaintance In his narrative old age"
my father" he began, "was yard
man to his honor Sir William Francis,
of Castle Francis, in the County Derry,
when one summer evening him and me
seen aswee slip O. . black pig running
along the potato ridges in his honora
home park. / VA . brave runner, an ]
after the little pig. l caught it, an
held It till my father came up, and be-
tween us We got it into the yard at the
castle, and shut it into q sly to itsep.
His honor, Sir William, made inquiries
far an wide to find out If any one had
lost . wee black pig; in troth I wilma
Just Say, for fear I'd tell . lie, but l dc
think he had it printed in the news.
papers; but naebody wad own the pig,
and dell . n wad take . present OF.
$50 there it stopped, an it ate an
ate, till 1t wa that heavy it couldn't gel
In an out at the door O. the sty, an
bed had to be made for it in the cart
shed.
at got on to be November, an the
butcher came to look At the MASTER pigs
"Come, Gallagher, an look at the
pig that dropped frae the Clouds say
Sir William.
"Those was his honor's very words
an my father an the men In the yard
looked At each other when they heare
him.
"'Thon's the best pig O. them all,
says Gallagher; he's seven hundred
weight If he's . pound
81 I'VE you can kill him the first
thing tomorrow morning." says Si
William, turning AVA, careless.like frae
the door o the cart-shed.
"We didna wish to kill him, becase o
the quar- way he come to the place; blu,
the masters bidding had to be done; &
We got . big vat O boiling water ready
for We knOwed the carcage would b
heavy; and then We went to the carl
shed. Was the water boiled when w
went to the cart shedf I'll not Just say
for fear I'd tell . lie, but, anyway, Pm
sure my father had the fire made to boi
it.
"Weel, your ladyship, when We ven
to kill the pig. there wa ma pig in tn
shed, an there was ma pig to be seel
anywhere, though We searched tn,
country far an wide.
"His honor said we be to ha' left tn,
door open; but l put it to you, how coult
pig weighing seven hundred weight ha
disappeared 20 that ma track O. hin
could be foundf an who could hs' stole
. Pig O thon sisef"
"What do you think really harpen
edf'
ri think the pig heard the talk abou'
killing him, an he went ava"
"But what was hef Was he . fairy
. warlock, or whatf"
"If l know, my ladyl but this l d.
know-all luck left Castle Francis from
that day. His honor lost . lawsuit h,
was engaged in, and his big bull tina
was brung over frae England, an wa
worth twa hundred pounds, choked him
sel' vi . turnip. Troth it'sa dangerou
thing to despise luck that comes to you:
doorl"