New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-13


s Nnw tSese were the fairies from Cader
Idris disguised in this manner 1or par9oS9tI e ~
ohseryation and Morgan never suspec,eu tnG?S,
were other than they appeared. GOOD SIT, saio
one of The travellers we are worn ana weary
but all seek is bite Of food u y our wh1s
ia that all YOU want Wel there look YOU, is the
loaf and the cheese aud the knife lies by them ana
Won NAV cut what yOu like, and MI y0nr DelheS as
Won IA vour wallet for never shall lt be sald tnaJ
Morgan m Rhys donied bread and cheese TO o
fellow creature" The travellers proceeded 70
help themselves while Morgan continued 10 diinh
and smoke 1o1s to nf a indeed they
about to go. the fairy travellers turned TO Morgan
and said, Since you have been SO generous we
nower TO grant YOU any one wish you may haVeI
therefore tell us what that wish may PC
Ho, hop said Morgan, is that the case An,
see Won are making sport of nc. Wea, WCia, ,nc
wish of my heart to have harp that VIII pay
under my fingers no matter how III lstllke IL !;
a harp that will play lively tunes, LOOK you no
when 70 his astonishnent, there on the hearth
before him stood splendid harp ana ne WIS aiInG
Then looking behind him he saw they had not
taken the bread and cheese they had cut OIL, after
al. "Twas the fairies perhaps" he lnuitered ont
sat serenity quaing his peer ana s1l h1d a. him im0
and his wife came in from out doors with some
friends Morgan feeling very Jolly, thought no
would raise little laughter among tncm by c "ns-
inenced to riny-oh, what u mad and capcrinG tune
it was Waw " said Morgan, Z" but this is harp;
Uolo! what ails Won all :" For as fast as lie payed
his neighbors danced, every man, woman and child
of them all footing it like mad creatures. some
of them bounded up against the roof OF the cottage
till their heads cracked again; Others spun rouhu
and round knocking tho furniture; and rs
Morgan went on thou9htlessly playing, ihey began
to pray to him to stop before they shouldbe ote 10
pieces But Morgan found the scene TOO amusing
to want to stop; besides. he was enanored OF MS
own suddenly developed skill as a MUSICIAN ana
he twanged the strings and laughed tlil MS sizes
ached and the tears rolled down his cheeks. at tho
antics of his friends. Tired out at last lie stopped
and the dancers fell exhausted on tho floor inc
chairs the tables, declaring the dlawl hihsell WIS
i'm thu harp, know q tune worth Two OF lIlat,,
auoth Morgan picking up the harp again; put aJ
sight of this motion all the company rushed from
the house and escaLed leaving MOrsan nt Iittis
tpsy after that, he would get the naIp an" seJ
every body around him to dancing; and the cOnse;
uuence was he got a bad name, and no one would
90 near him. Bat all their precautions dld hoI
prevent the neighbOrs from being caught now anu
then when Morgan took his revenge Ivy making
them dance till their legs were broken or some
other damage was done them. Even lame people
and invalids were compelled to dance whenever
they heard the music OF this dlabollcal telyn. III
short Morgan so abused his fairy gift. that one
night the good people came and took it away from
him. and he never saw 1T more. me consequence
was he became mOrosc. and drank himself to death
a warning to all who accept from inc IalrleS
favOrs they do not deserve.
Tie Welsh as a people are said to be no more SUI
perstitious regarding spirits than oJher peoples
Mr. Skies is able however to fill large part OF his
attractive volume with accounts Of the interference
of ghostly beings in the affairs of TINS world With
out the assistance of professional mediums the
Welsh spirits appear to manifest themselves in about
the same way that they arc believed by the vOtareS
of modern spritualism to do i'll this country. Ihcy
rap. throw furniture about, pound OH the walls, tip
the tables and materazc." but unlike our Amer
lcan spirits they are readily exercised by the good
old-tashioned orthodox formulas.
spirit which haunted the house of william
Thomas in TridOll Valley, ;Glamorgansilre, used TO
hit the maid servant the side OF her head, rs IT
were with n cushion when she was coming
down the stairs "One time she brought mar
meut of water into the house, and the water was
thrown over her person. Another time there came
so great an abundance of pilchards i'll the sea- that
the people could scarcely Gevour them ana th4
maid asked leave OF her master 10 20 ana lctcn
some of them. No." said he, being Il very Just
man. the plchards sent for the use OF poor peo-
lle and we do not want them." But the maid WAS
very fond of pilcharls, and so she went without
leave and brought some to the house Alter giving
tuIn about the house, she went to look FOR her ils
" Well" said her master, did not tell thee not
to 20 ~ Once pot of meat was on the fire, aud
when they took it OIL they found b0th meat ana
broth gone, knew whore. and the pot as
empty as their own elllcS. Sometimes the claSed
BlbIe would lie thrown whislIng by their heads;
and SO it would do with the gads OF tho stcler
aud once il struck one of them against the screen
Where person then sat, and the mark of it still TO
he seen in the hard board" Once the china dishes
were thrown oil the shelf. and not one broke. IL
was a great business with this light hating spirit To
throw an old lanthorn about the house without
breaking it," When the maid went a-lnlking 10 the
barn, the door would lie suddenly smut upon her as
she was milking the COW; then when She rose M
the spirit began to turn the door backward and
Toward with an idle ringing noise. Once 1t tried
to make trouble between the mistress and the
maid by stIewing charcoal ashes on me mix.
When William l.vans. nclghbor. went there TO
pray as he knelt by the bedside II struck th' yea
such bang with trencher that it made report
like gun, 50 that both the be and the room shook
perceptibly. On another occasion it made a sudden
loud noise, which made the master think his house
was falling down. and he was prOdlRlOusly terrified;
il never after that made so loud noise.
The Rev. T.. fibhet. n dissenting minister fiom
Mont conner shire, was one night sleeping III the
house, with another person sleeping III the bed with
him: and they had II tussle with the Irldoll sprt
for po session OF the bedclothcs, By piaylng ana
pulling with equal energy, the parson beat lie
spirit and kept the bedclothes. But The hplllt,
angcrcd by tins failure struck the bed
with the cawnen "a vessel to holu gram buch
blow that the bed was knocked ont OF It's place.
Then they lit light and the spirit left them alone.
1t was "a favoritc diversion of this goblin to hover
about William Thomas when he was shaVlhg ana
occasionally cuff him on the side OF his head-the
consequence being that the prosecuted larmor
shaved himself by fits and starts, III very unsat-
isiactory manner ana IN lmo9r u trnG Inc
whole OF that family, during winch period IL llad
intervals of quiet lasting Tor fortnight or three
weeks. Once IL enucaNOTcu 10 llHtcT lutHl iIoHl
going to church, 10y hiding the bunch OF keys, on
the Lords day that Tor all their searching they
could not lind them. The good man OF the house
SADIE them not to yield to the devil and as they
were 10Th to appear in their Old clothes st meeting,
thoy were about to break the locks; but first CON
prayers ~ they fonn the keys where they used to
be, but where they could not find them before One
night the spirit divided the books among the MEM
hrs of the family, after they had gone 10 bed. To
The man of the house it gave the Bible, to the
woman OF the house "Allen's Sure Guide" and
nnun the bed of the maid-servant Whom 1T was
esnpcia,Iy fond of plagnngl It piled lot OF
English BOOKS, which language she did not under
stand The maid was heartily afraid OF the spirit
and used to fall on her knees and 90 to praying
with chattering teeth at ali hours of the day. or
night and prayer this spirit could not abide
When the maid would go about in the night with
a candle the light thereof wOuld diminish, grow