Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19

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game" they said. shes OF her nut
aud she thinks she's crab They
were making way for her 10 pass. Time
was when she could have made way for
herself have cleft Il path through tue
thickcsi mob like tornado.
Suddplly she turned Oh them, raging
How ddr We follow me here. you crulc
bastes| she yelled This isn't London
isn't this Ireland. how dar you come
hereV Here abe cursed the crowd with
incredibly vile language and the more
eloquent she grew, the more they en-
joyed IT,
Then as she reached the mouth Of the
slum and saw the red plllarboX In
Queens Road before her, NO! I'm not a
crab she cried I'm n letther for
Buuinahndercen. For penny sthnmp
| can go all de way dere" She butted
her tousled head against the slit Of the
box. II can't get in, she said, "uh! put
me In or I'll be- late for de post"
Policeman 300 j, whose name In priv
ate life is Patrick McFaddcn, came
staggering towards her Move on there
now lie sud.
rs il move on, constable? Isn't that
what I'm wantin' to dof I'm letter
for Ireland. II / was an ould woman,
now Ia niyer see me home more. But
I'm Il letther. and for penny sthamp
| IN gOln' straight all de way TO Ballin-
ahadereen on de road to Manm, For de
dear Gods sake give me "A sthamp, con-
sthnble."
"A stamp? IT'S shove I'll be giyin
ye." said policeman 300 j. Move on
now, good woman, or I'll be after run
ming you in But Blddy went on but
ting the pillar and crying that ~ was u
disgrace TO a Christian country to make
the lCtter-hoNes 50 small. Come on
them" said the policeman. liudly
T I
postoilice III be taking YOU TO- He
went OIL with Biddy hanging on his arm
lovingly.
And now / hear that Biddy is to be
l found In Bethlehem hospital She must
l look odd since she Is forced to dress
/ stuck over her leit eyebrow, and they
4 say would rather die thuu hlyc Il washed
I on "l'm letther for ireland, she
| cries To every one Post me quick or
! IN be late for dc mail All! for de dear
/ God's sake, post me quick, dat | may be
! goin' to Bdlliuahadcreen on de road to
/ Ill Tho Dark Man The Story of an
Amndan.
Long ago the Fairies often stole chill
dren' they chose the prcttest. and car.
ried them TO Fnirylund--thc kingdom OF
! 'lyrnanogc- leaving hideous chnngelng'
! instcnd. In those Jays 10 man had cal
90 be ashamed Of his oilsprlgs, since II u
baby was deiormeI or idiouc il wa
known TO bee a changeling
IL is sixty years now since old Mike
l.onergan, Wo lived In q howell IN Mohel
village, was robbed of his child II wa,
his wife who first found out the theft
for she had seen her unborn son In
dream, and he was beautiful SO whel
she saw the sickly and ugly baby, shI
knew that he WAS not hers, and the
fairies had stolen the child OF her dream
Many advised her 20 ronst the change
linz on the turf-tirc, but the white witcl
Of Mohpr said il would De safer to leay,
him alone, So the child Andy grew al
Il stranger In his fathers howell and Ia,
n dreary time OF H. he got little foo'
and no kmduWs The LOnergnns CAV
him neither offence nor welcome, hoping
that he might see iit TO 20 home TO Fairy
land, and yet bear them no grudge IL
grew up M odd wi2ened little wretch
aud every one shunned him. The chill
dren loathed him because they wer
afraid Of him, so they hooted him from
distance. or stoned him from behin
walls.
Indeed, at this time his only ally wa
the pig that lived In one corner of IN
hoyel. The pig was friendly animal
his front half was u duh white and ia
other half black and this gave him
homely look rs II he was sitting Ia hi
shirt sleeves. Andy would shrink into
corner, aud sit cuddled there with on
arm around the pigs neck. Old Min
loergan took 60 drink, and spent ever
evening az the shebcen small blame {
him,for how could man be eXpecte
60 stay at home with changeliug 81
ting In q corner and staring at himf II
complained that even at night, when m
Ply was snoring and the smoky CALI
was only liz by the waning turf fire, i
. could stu see the child's glowering eye
I'll a ats
gle OF the shelf that had been fitted q
+ bed for him ysince no one could slice
? with q changeling) and enuggle againl
I the warm flank Of his comrade,
When the pig was driven 10 the IA
! az Ennisum0n Andy was left friendles
for the new pig was lean and moros
? and then In all winds and weather he We
5 70 be found on the cliffs OF Mohe
= Sometimes he stopped out all night q
3 hunger would bring him back when Il
r l4onergans were rejoicing az his dish
pear0nce. He knew every inch Of q
2 cliffs, and spent half mis- time on q
7 edge OF the gray precipice, looking dow
. at the sea, COO feet below, or watohii
{ the clouds of sea birds lie found ne
9 paths down the cliff side and Chamber,
) Ikea goat He knew who're the gul
b nested, but never robbed them and y
caves where the seals lived, and u
. seals shoudered their way through 4
s soft eyes
When he was about IL, Tie iaull
I year caIne: fever and "tha hunsA