The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-25

Lily the wedding lasted long and all were
happy.
ii.
The Daughters of King O'Hsra.
The three daughters of King O'Hara
each in turn put on the cloak of darkness
and wished-the first for the best man I'm
the world for n husband, the second for
the next best, and the third for the best
white dog. Each had her wish; the hus-
band Of the first and second being a man
in the day time but n seal ut night; the
husband Of the third was a white dog In
the day time, but q man at night. Unfor-
tunately the white dogs mother-in-law
burnt his skin while he was a man at
night, and ms he would make "a very UNI
p~resentable dog without a skin, he ran
away, but his faithful wife followed him.
II was part of his penalty for the loss OF
his skin that he must marry the Queen OF
Tir ma u-Og. who had enchanted him.
While the princess was pursuing her hus-
band she was given q magic whistle
through which she came into possession
Of a bird Of tales, q fox and a hawk. The
bird Of tales told the princess now she
might d rsce T;r M her ~, ,.soa Hdhd from ro, ahs
kill the queer, the bird told the princess,
except the husband.
',Inside a holly tree in front Of the cas-
tle," said the bird, ''is q wether, in the
wether a duck, in the duck an egg and in
man in Tir na u-Og can cut that holly tree
but her husband.
After many fruitless attempts the prin-
cess communicated this information to
the enchanted man. He tool an axe and
-xAv.& ~ <hA 2ran ApAhAr~ In tnsnr1H Tim rim
cess with two boxes with the fox and the
hawk in them. He struck the tree-it
split open and out sprang the ether.
The fox caught the wether and splitting
Il open released the duck. The hawk
killed the duck I'M smashed the egg.
At that moment the Queen of Tir ma u-Og
died.
The husband embraced his faithful
wife, and the happy pair never left Tir ma
u-Og-they are living there still.
Ill.
The Giant Of the white Hills.
A weaver OF Erin sold his three daugh-
ters i'm succession for their weight in gold,
silver and copper. A son who was not SO
Soon after starting the boy met q red
haired man with whom he shared his
bread. and received In return three things
the Sword Of Sharpness, the Cloth of
Plenty and the Cloak Of Darkness. The
Cloak Of Darkness not only rendered the
weaver's son invisible but acted as q sort
Of Keely motor. By this means he trav.
elled right through the earth to the castles
occupied by his sisters. The husband Of
the first was q ram in the daytime, Of the
second q salmon and OF the third an
eagle. Each of his brothers-in-law, when
he WIS q man, gave him q hearty well
come, the first of whom gave the lad q
bit Of his own wool, the second q I'm and
the third n feather.
When the weaver's son had found his
three sisters he learned that the giant of
the White Hill had stolen the most bcauti-
full girl In the world aud he determined to
rescue her.. The youth found this IN
siderable Of an undertaking. for while he
was invisible TO thegiant, when he fought
the giant was unkillable. Besides the
young woman did not want to be rescued
and she dressed the giants wounds ach
night after the days battle.
"what will become of me now ?" this
interesting young person exclaimed n
night after the giant had received an un-
usually revere drubbing. "I'm afraid you
will be killed this time aud how can ! live
without you"
The giant proceeded TO put her mind Mt
hNot ~ - aSh hhAS
killed unless some one rubbed an egg that
was in o duck in q ~firmly-bound chest at
the bottom Of the sea upon the mole un-
der his right breast. His youthful enemy
being invisible waiting at the giants
bedside, overheard this tender confidence.
He mt n used his fiji TO summon all the
salmon in the seq 20 bring the chest TO the
beach. This done he used his bit OF wool
to bring together all the rams in the world
- break open the chest. This accom-.
plished he employed a sufficient number
of eagles TO pursue the duck n bring
him b egg. The rest was easy.
The young woman soon allowed herself
To be consoied. The weaver's son appro-
priated the giants gold as well as bis
widow, but he returned the gifts to the
red-haired man, who, he found. was q
brother 10 the eagle, the salmon ant the
ram.
Nv.
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