The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-09-23
THE SEA JEWELLERS.


belevin' all the quare things I've
heard tell about people that lives
undber The say, and why couldn't
they do The same If they liked,
whin they're all the same as fairies,
only our fairies do be llvin' within
The hills in tead of undher The wa
lher. And, sure, don't they say
that there's dhry land undher the
wa'her, only ii isn't livery one that
can find it.
A long time ago, | dunno how
far back, maybe a couple of hun
dred years, there used TO be pllnty
OF fairies, both on land and undher
the water. They had their queens
and lords and ladies and war the
holght of quality, let me tell ye
Musha! ! sure, its often heard my
grandfather and a lot more of the
aulI lads lellln' of all the quare
experiences they had and lot
more they didn't have. And the
wonderful yarns they used TO
spin. Pom my soul, now that l
think OF il, | often wondher that
none Of thin iver recollected that
they had souls TO save. BE the
powers Of turf! Baron Bunchau.
sen was "A school boy 10 some OF
thin. aud he was II janus enloire-
ly. There was one 0uld lad by the
name Of Natty Blake and och,
murlher ! but il was an admira-
lion TO hear him tell q story.
remember one he used to tell
about the say fairies, and it wasn't
a bad one ailher. III tell it TO you
if ye like.
Just in the place where Monks
town is now there used to be a 10,
of fine farms, land from all account, s
they hadn't an aquall in lhe whole
OF Ireland. OF coorse, this was
long before aither my grandfat hel
or his father was born, or maybe
his grandfather for that ma,her
but that's nalher here nor there
wild the story. As | said before
there war Elegant farms, and one
of Thin belonged to stout, able
lump of a boy be the name of Jer
Try O'SnllIvan. His land ran righI
down TO the Lee, and many's The
day he took a sihroll down to the
river and caught a fine mess o
fresh fish for himself.
One night he had bit of exthrs
good luck, and AS he SAT down OH
the bank to admire The fine biz
fish on his hook he heard a quare
sort of noise in the wather. There
ii was boiin' and bubblin' for al
the world as if II was over a term
big fire.
"What the dickens is going al
there, | wondthers" says he Il
himself.
The bubblin' got loudher ant
loudher, and soon my brave Jerr,
thought it safest TO get abide some
where and watch matthers. II,
got behind a big rock and purt,
soon he saw the head and should
hers of most beautiful lady com
in uD out of the walher. II coult
not be said that she was dressed
in the hoight Of fashion, for tn,
divil a thing she had on her, bar
rim q BIT of a red cap that was OF
her head. She hardly reached th,
surface whin up comes a secont
and third lady, and it was II,
time at all TIL Jerry could coun
at laste a dozen Of thin.
Every one OF lhlm wore tn,
same kind of a little red cap, an,
whin they 60, Out OF the walher OF
to the shore, they took off the cap
and threw thin a. one side. On,
O. the the caps KEN over nea
where Jerry was hldin' and tn
} vagah0ne reached out and stole il
He showed it into his pocket AM
kept an eye on the mermaids.
! dunno that | can say much for hi
dacency, SEEM that none Of th
girls had brought her duds along
afeared o. getlin' thin wet, ! sup
: pose.
Well, 10 90 OH wild my story
, the women sang lot o. songs, All
} Jerry used 10 say that, although h
. couldn't understand a wor
> oi what they sang, he neve
. heard the likes o. such music i
! all his days. After awhile, the
: see med to think it was time to b
maxim, a movo home. and thev ht