San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-23

ould woman peyanr at Uruxty unat nad a
charrum for the like o. that, an done great
cures. Wild the help o. God, says !, 'Pf
go into the town on Monda' to the market.
an maybe I'll meet wild her there
st was long since shtood in the market
indeed. an whin got in was fairly bet up
wild the inward pain. Well, ! met the ould
woman an axedi her would she do the
charrum for me. 'Throth will, acushla.'
says she, wild heart and half; but it's
only ov Thursda' can do it, SO, av yell
come to me next Thursda' I'll be ready for
ye, an wild the help o. God ye'll be cured
oh, wirra, wirrar says /, 4 couldn't go
next Thursda', for Mick has to go to the
fair at Bally,James- Duff wild the pigs an
he'll want the cart, an if | have to wait till
the Thursda' afther it's dead an buried
I'll be-
Well whin she seen the shtate | was in
an how bad | looked She studied awhile.
and thin says she: well, we'll see what we
can do, an maybe, wild the help o. God,
it'll come out right. On next Thursda at
l2 O'Clock be thinkin o. me- says She BE
thinkin o. nothin but me. an I'll say the
prayer for We, an maybe it's what it'll save
We, as We can't come. But yell have to
come the next Thursda', for it must be
done three times Well, your honor. |
woke this mornin (this was Thursday "a
wake an donny as ever, an at IL O'Clock
began to think o. the ould woman at
.Cruxty.
II bethought an bethought of her long
enough, an afther awhile, 'Biddens, says
|, wipe that table an put the male on it an
bring in a sup O. wather.' oh, mamma
| says she, you're not going to make bread.
are ye, an you not able to shtandT Do
what you're tould, child says |, AN lave
me alone Well, wild that | got up an
whit to the table where YOU re honor found
me, an med the bread, an sorra ha'porth
on me the worse Pm thinkin the
charrums workin. an next Thursda' I'll
| go to her meself."
| The following week | went to see her
again to hear how the charm progressed
She had been to CruXty and had seen her
old woman. All that occurred there was
| that the old woman had taken both her
| hands in hers and repeated a mysterious
| form of words over three times
My friend did not look very much better.
| but she said the charm was working but
| as it took as long to cure you rs you were
| i'll before you tried it, it would be long be-
| fore she could expect to be quite well. .
1
home, some months elapsed before saw
| her again Soon after my return in the
| autumn looked in one evening to see how
the charm was progressing found her
as usual seated by the fire on low stool
leaning against sack of chaff. The
"childher'' were all out, and her only COM
4 panions were some hens pecking about the
l floor OF course my first inquiry was for
\ her health
"'Deed, thin, your honor. Pm donny
enough, but Pm betther nor was; an wild
the help o. God I'll be gayly in short"
| HAS the old womans charm not cured
| you yet thens"
| us it tn ould woman's charrums All,
sure that done me no goodl Pm thryin an
| other wan now. Maybe it wasn't the right
( cure for me. Anyway. wasn't gettin bet
Their, an heerd ov man up at BAHAMA
| grancy has grand charrum, an We needn't
| go to him yerself nayther. for it's all done
| be names ov an egg"
| "An egg"
"Yes, your honor, an I'll tell you all
| about it. sent Briny to him wild the egg
| last week, an where did he find the man
| but out rapin i'm the field. So he threw
| down the rapin hook. Come on says he
| to Briny: come over to the hedge there.
| Now, gossoon,' says he, tell me is it the
| hartache your mother hasp Sure, | dun
| no. says the gossoon. We'll, GIN me the
egg,' says the man. The hartache.is the
| only thing have IA cure for, an IN know
| soon enough if that's what it is when
take the egg in me hand Well, ma'am.
he TUX the egg from Briny an shut his
hand on it and began to say the prayer
"Well, your honor, if it wasn't the hart
| ache had he wouldn't be able to say wan
word o the prayer! But it's the hartache
| have sure enough; for he said the prayer
| all through; an then he gev the egg back
| to Briny, an. savin your presence, ma'am.
| the egg all shweated in his hand. Now,
| Briny,' said he, take that egg back to your
mother an tell her to boil it on the fire; but
| nothin must come betune her an the fire
while it's boilin; an when it's boiled she
must take it off the fire an open it; then
she must throw the first spoonful although
the house. an ait the rest ov it. An she
must ait three eggs like that in three
weeks; an, PLACE God, she'll be cured ovthe
hartache'"
"And did you follow all his directions
"Throth | did, your honor. I'm afther
attn the second egg yestherda', an think
the charrum is workin well in me. This
mornin, when woke first, ! felt terrible
bad. couldn't scarce breathe, an sat up
in the bed to thry to get aise, Well. /,
maam, when | sat up. me hart gave
CRATE lep an fell down into me ribs an
shtayed there awhile, and then it gev an
other lep an got round into me back.
well, it played away awhile in the
small O. me back, an then it crep 'round
under me arrum an fell back into its right
place. So that's what the charrum done
H.1.l
hart is in it's right place, I'll soon be cured
all out "-Cbambers Journal