Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-06-07
THE BRA TLEBORO FRIDAY,

man to his house. asked him who he was
and what brought him.
"It is for a wife came, D." said the young
man.
ooh. don't be talking, said the farmer;
"my daughter is not tit wife for the like
of you
"It she pleases me isn't that enough?'
asked the young man. 81 have riches
enough for myself. the two hundred
pounds she got for the heads of the rob
bers is plenty for her ! want no fortune,
/ want nothing but herself
Before the evening was over the farmer
was full satisfied with the man, and the
match was settled. The following morn
ing they had the marriage and the we'd
ding. The husband wouldn't stop another
night. but said he must 90 home that very
day When the bride saw that he wouldn't
stop, she looked at him closely and thought
to herself. "He may be a brother to the
two men l killed The young man
mounted his horse and put the wife behind
OH pilliOn. She had put the belt around
her and hid the sword under her long
cloak
The two rode away. and it was no fair
| road the man was travelling. but through
lonely and wild places, and he never spoke
a word till the middle of the afternoon,
| when he stopped and said, ITS too long
m waiting. l have the last of my pa
/ thence lost, and I'll not give you more time.
Come down from the horse"
"What are you saying?' asked she.
you killed my two brothers in the
| sheep yard, said the man Il have you
/ now, and don't know in this world how l
/ will make you suffer enough. It's not
| sudden death, but long punishment IN
/ give you. What did he tell her then but
| to undress till he'd strip the flesh bit by bit
/ from her, and she alive
! She came down from the.horse ''Weu."
| said she, I've only one thing to ask"
You'll get nothing from me- said he.
CAL l wish is for you to turn your face
! from me while l III undressing
1t was the will of God that he turned
! his face away, and that moment she gave
one blow of her sword on his neck and
/ swept the head of him. She hid the head
among the rocks, where no dog or beast
! could come at it. There were two hundred
! pounds on the head of this man, for he was
| the worst of the brothers She didn't
| know at first what to do. for she didn't
! know the road home. She sat on the
horse and tried to turn him, but no step
wonld he 90 for her. What did she do
never stopped till he reached the robbers
! house There was no man in the house
but very old one, and when he heard the
clatter he rose up and saw the horse. He
saluted the farmers daughter and asked
where was his son.
"Ie is at his father-in- law house, said
she. "He got married this morning. He'll
stop there tonight, and be here with the
| wife tomorrow Friends will come with
them to have feast here; he sent me to
tell you"
There was one servant maid in the
house, and the old man bid her make
| everything ready.
This is rich house, said the Old man,
ION. now could your riches be compared
| with what your sons wife has9'
81 II show you part OF this place, said
the old man. He took her to a room, and
gold and silver were there. not in a chest,
but in heaps. 'Look at that" said he
"There is a deal of riches said she,
"but if there was as much more twould be
less than the riches your sons wife has
Before supper she asked was ii far TO a
town or city.
Cork is eight miles from this. said the
old man, and he pointed out the road which
led to the highway mile from the house.
After supper the old man showed her a
room and bed. you can sleep lin this
place without fear" said he.
The room was full of mems clothes,
coats, caps, and Caroline hats. She didn
sleep, but slipped off her own dress and
put on a mans clothes. She started at
midnight, took her dress with her, and
travelled till daylight. She was within two
miles of Cork then, and what did she see
coming toward her but a young man on
horseback. He saluted her and said 81
suppose you are travelling all night.
Il am travelling a good part of it, said
she, land ! suppose You are, as well as my
self
"Oh, / have to rise early. 1 am the
mayor of Cork. and have a deal OF work on
my hands, said he.
She threw herself on her knees when she
heard this, and the mayor asked what
trouble was on her She told him of all
that had happened. What he did was to
tell her TO stop there while himself would
be going for men to the city. He went
back and brought a good company of sol
diers with two wagons, and they never
stopped till they went to the rObber S
house. The farmers daughter went with
the mayor and some men to the place
where she had the head covered. They
brought the head, and gathered all the
riches at the robbers house. bound the old
father and took him to Cork. where the au-
thorities hanged him. The mayor was un-
married, and what did he do but marry the
farmers daughter and keep her as his wife
| while she lived