The sun., 1893-06-11

ray used to give away a heller calf sometim es
Ssaa5 Sur5a tns seven years there are cove OF that
day. and every one Is as good as two cows.
FAIRY cows.
In the parish ef Drummer lived o farmer.
Wnose name was Tom Connore. He had q nice
III of land and four cows He was a nne,
s5ft19ng honest man. and had wife and hve
,Connors had one COW which was better than
the other three. and she went by the name of
Soe6y y ., She get that name becauss her two
yesy gentle, and had hsifor cali every year
,on one corner ei connor's farm there was a
iSiry ,sSiry fort, and the COW Cooby used to go into
Sn ws Sn1s sns wsys ssr
Luck there Is Tor any cow or calf that Is fond Of
Soon they noticed that cooby's milk was
falling her and that she was beginning to pine
to the fort.
his COWS hometP be MIXED he found Cooby
on the neli and her iorelegs broken, He ran
nSms 5hat ,h. minute fGr knife Killed anu
csss, put the pieces in a ham per. and carried
the ham per home on his back. ,,
What OF the meat himself and family didn't
eat fresh he saited. and now and then Of a
og oahasy s} evening or holiday they had meal
One aea sps 9S the
to cut turf tho wife went out to milk, and what
of and sss s see Gy walking ~ into hs
/ the Gov came out and with her girl with u
pail la and a. hspanceL ~ .r
tho most q her She has the white spots on, her
The, girl MIXED the COW. and then COW and
girl Disappeared. Mrs. Connors meant to tell
her husband that night about the cow, but
The following day Tom went again to cut
shri. the woman went to milk. and again
come out with pail and a spanceL The girl
Tied. lied tn. sow's legs. and sitting under her
God knows It's the very COW, and sure why
shouldn't ! know Cooby with the three white
and aSE te
tonight. and he may do what he likes, but II!
fst words Seore Sas him nos WERE IN vi then
nAss %hs. the IS ySn ssfsS Pah
why shouIdn't fgSga renaember cooby. and wo
she side in the fort and a, girl milking her"
sstns S1 Gstss the s iors
,noI. then saw her and the three white
Tna s Ts% use IL tsPs Ry.s .s sas Sss ss
IT We " haven. Itselt ! saw GooSy to-day"
saa 'aA III ali e. devils hS' s the TaH ol
were re- before fore me-" ,.,
don't forget 10 put holy water over you before
Early. in the morning Tom started across
his land. and never stopped till he came to the
| fort. and there sure enough. be saw the COW
waIIing in through the gap to the fort and he
"'!ris my cow CooUy." said Connors, and
h IN have we her; 1 I'd like to see the man would
That minute the girl came out with her pail
and = spanssl pa lee and was going up ,, to Soo6y r
Ssa assSt g hs ses sS
said Tom: this .s my COW. It's a year tina.
sae's ;a,s Il, from m me now Go t1 your master and
The girl went inside the fort and disap-
aad
doing here my asked hs fna Why
same token n keep her; and that's why /
stopped the a",id Eiri h from ~ milking her" u.v
this cow long time, and aren't you after cat
said Tom @ NAV have & sSis cow. for Hs she s' Is ny
Isy h and eS5sasa Sw Ie% ass;sd
tn. tort to pieces or take her with me"
Tom got so vexed that he made at the man.
The man ran and Tom after him into the tort.
fighting. He saw many people dancing and
enioyitng t Themselves. en- and n, ne y, thought. Why
made % up to al flneiooSlns girl and. taking her g
out to dance. told the piper to strike up horn
Tom danced till he was tired. He offered
the piper take from him.
you are brave man and COURAGEOUS. and for
the future we'l be good frienda You can take
II will not take her: you may keep her and
Well" said the young man. the COW 10
were :; ;manychildren ANY in the fort without nurses. %
but the children are reared n now. and you can
q her and made him look ike ;e your IN DeSs1 os1
beast. and it,s an old horse your eating al the
Tom took the COW and drove her home. From
that out Tom Connors cows had two calves
the land he had gave him as much crop in ono
seven s1s At last connors @ VA Was % very W rich % mann
and why not. when the fairies were with him
leardon. who liyednear Castlemain- He hal
an only son. hne strong boy: who wssa!- zeal
This farmer % married a second time. and the
stepmother hated the boy and gave him
neither rest nor peace. She was turning the
fathers mind against the son. till at last the
farmer resolved to put the son in place where
q ghost was and this ghost never let any man
20 without killing him.
One day the father sent the son to the forge
with some chains belonging to plough; he
would have two horses plouGhing next day.
The boy took the chains to the forge: and 1t
was nearly evening when the father sent him.
and the forge was four miles away.
The smith had much work and he hadn't tho
chains mended till close on to midnight The
smith had two soLs. and they didn't wish TO
promised to be home and the father would kill
bin II he stayed away. They stood before
When tive miles from the forge ghost rose w
and they fought for two hours, when he Put
the plough chain around her. She could DO
Is blessed. He fastened the chain and dragged
the ghost home with him: and told her e 60 to
mTthsr r9pGh handlng not t9 spar, s, sS then N;
mercy and said II he lived TIL morning he'd
Leave the place and thar the wife Was the cause
John put foSd on the table and told the