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

-. 10y RW14b II no A!aAuOs
u W. : stsange light; ths furious
STORM wM connned 70 that one spot,
Wills On al othsr ddss the Landscape
by slowing IN August sunGhina.
NY daddyis boats loetl Hel b
dEoWnedt" m1d the child, returning 70
netty's ode, and beginninx to CRY
"HurTahl hurrAhl" cried the witch:
aNas caAaBe q his head.
Mas psisse bssSds his bsd.,"
Tho awfulnem Of the partial storm had
stxuck others besides little Eileen. Three
or four people in the village street had
1een the Tough become lashed into fury
IN . moment, and had also watched the
boat being overturned; and o. quickly
- possible another boat was launched,
and the bodies Of DOolan and Devenny
were sought for. :.
jack Devenny was brought to shore,
and altar rest0fatives had been used, he
recovered consciousness.
"Where's Tamf" where's Tamf"
were the hrst words he said.
"Me Gamma get him." was tho reply;
and Toms widow wrung her hands and
sobbed bitterly.
"Thsy'M no get him." chuckled Bet
II, from her post Of observation at the
cabin door on the hill overhanging
Tanney Lough:
msNas ~vindins-shset. nas hsarss,
Nae con 1or hs corss.'"
One or two Of the searchers overheard
her, and they shook their fists In her
face with rage.
All that day and ell the next day they
sought, but Tom Doolan's body could
not b found. II was, indeed, xsusr
found, and the lake was regarded with
super1titious horror for years
But 10 return to the witch. Little
Eileen WA m Intelligent child, and ahe
told her father how Betty hxd bade her
watch the diah In the tub of water, while
she had bean muttering low to herself;
how It had turned round and round.
sinking ct last to the bottom; and how
Betty had exclaimed: Gay, that's yer
fathers boat, an Tom Doolan, the thief
an villain, ill be drowned"
Devenny wa not quite 20 unnamed
BY superstitioua dread - his neighbors;
besides which, he was sorry for the loss
Of his comrade, and he determined that
his LOS should be avenged. Feeling his
way very cautioualy, he found . couple
1cCoIP'aC1 soiCng tne knoeling crowd
~ ~ c n:S nCAs SUNNY ma ne
s1ssssu wasn sneln what wa 70 Do the
wien .ss
One night whon o.! was ailent in the
village OF Txmney, the three men stole
out OF Devenny's cottage, and coasted
sno roeoy eogo OF the Tough, Tn whose
gloomy depths poor Doolan was lying.
No candle. or priest OF wake, OF burial
had tho poor fellow had, and they shud-
ere = tney pessed ms unknown grave,
crossing themselves pious!y, and think
ieg OF his wandering soul. The water
hens were disturbed BY their stealthy
tread, and = mock OF plover dew over.
head, uttering their wild, almost human,
cftea IN they went, cautiously mount
Ing the hill, M pauang several times to
listen before they reached the wftch's
door. IN reason tor this caution waa
that Donegal being In . disturbed state,
parties OF yeomanry secured the country
every night, and apprehended every one
wncm tncy, found abroad after . O'Clock.
All the lights were TO BE- extinRuiahed
at that hour, 70 Betty's dip candle had
long beam out. and no glimmer appeared
as 3 sing!e tiny window:
"Whefe's the kale STALK asked one
o. the mon: They climbed upon the
rooi, stopped ". the chimney, and then
putting the cabbage stalk into the key
noie blew IN clouds OF sulphur through
It into The cabin.
"We'l smoke her the way his rever-
ence moked tho bees" said they, station.
ing themselves ct the key-hole In turn
ana they did not destat from their labor
until Dawn appeared.
90 they smothered the witch; abe wa
cold ana dead next Day when the door
VI: opened; a y there were no coro-
ner's inquests IN those days, her being
iound oeao excited but little attention.
Indeed, ~ IA time OF the Union, Ireland
was IN @ disordered . state that the
death OF one old women In her bed was
but little noticed. The manner of her
ono 1as known % hef old neighbour
around Is1nney Lough; but II VA
never spoken OF except In whispers,
though years atterward parents pointed
~ ne ~ ia ws.lsSeaas upon sne NIL.
:u9 sOio tneif nttle chlioren what
~ wIsSas ~ n10 oeen; Inc writer
" colu slU ssOs! ~ an old man whose
"osneI nao Ilveo in Iamney at the time.
IN our vensailne 20 doubt the exist
cnCe Oh wascnee ~ me present Day, he
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= AZ oeiesin knewieoee, q witch living
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