The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-11

young gossoon. an he says, Let Us ask
her for lock of that beautiful green
hair Of hers. 'Twasnt such bad idea.
So the good people asked her for the
hair accordingly. An, bein woman.
though only sea woman the princess
was nightly pleased at the compliment.
tary way they put the request.
"She smiled sweeter nor ever before,
an says she 1t Will be done as We say
But TO reward your kindness. an in or
der that ye may find some use Ia my
gift, will add something to the pres
ent.
"Then, acushla, she took her eldest
sons sharp sword an cut off a big lock Of
her hair. Beckonin to the people, she
began 10 walk up TO the cliffs and along
the top, till she came TO a quiet spot
som thing like this
I" hat dye think she did next?
StoC lin down over tho cliff. she planted
the Jyely green hair in a little Granny
of the rock, an filled mp the Granny with
loose earth. Then she said something in
the sea language, an waved her golden
wand over the hair as it foated on the
wind. The hair seemed 10 change the
minute she did go. 1T shriyeled up an
became just the moral Of this piece Of
Carrigeen moss in my hand. Now, ,
says the princess, there is TOKEN that
will last ye forever When the cruel
famine strikes ye and food runs short,
this green plant will always be found
growing among the rocks. Eat it, my
children. 1t will sustain ye when all
else fails. The last words were hardly
out of Der pretty mouth when she took
one tremendous jump an plunged from
the top Of the rocks into the sea. The
people saw just one fash Of her golden
wand and one CLEAN OF her long green
hair before she vanished in a big white
wave and was gone from their eyes for
ever.
"But, sure enough, Noreen achanie,
the Carrigeen moss still remains grow
in in the rocks, an, as l said afore, tits
very good food-when We can't get
nothin else. Eyah, but my dhadeen's
could, ali It's time to open that red
Handkerchief an seq what's good inside. "
Little Koreen took the bunch of Car
rigeen moss and regarded it thought
fully.
$50 this was once q sea princess
hairs, she said.
AYE, ayic, answered old Meehaal.
"At least that 5 the story
- Twas mighty kind Of that sea
princess. wonder, gran father. if she's
livin YETI"
"Sure, she is, arooneen Them fairies
never die at all, at all. I"
Deity Noreen extracted from her
pocket a miniature scissors, and deity
she clipped off a tress Of her own bon
ME brown hair. Then standing upon
the cliff before her grandfather well
knew what she did, she cast the curly
lock with all her strength toward the
water.
There's keepsake for the sea prin-
CESS" she cried gleefully. Sin return
for her Carrigeen moss. Take it. with
Noreen' s love, sea princess, avourneen. "
The feather light curl wavered for q
second in mir, only to be caught by a
great clustering breeze that came ramp
ing down the cliffs through tho thistlcs
dllu sdHu RIdSss Out W etts ONtI tUc
breakers and seething foam, the rough
wind bore its tender burden, and as
Noreen's keen eyes were strained to their
utmost tension she fancied she saw the
tress of hair sink into the embrace of q
big wave that rose to receive this dainty
present TO the princess.
Just then the sun came ont in all his
glory, and there flashed golden, gilt
teriDg radiance across the sea.
"Eyah, gran 'fatherr' cried Noreen,
her yves dancing with excitement. 1.-THE
pril less is pleased. See how she smiles
at iie."
But old Meehaul, the sheannachie,
was not unwisely eating brown bread
and drinking buttermilk. - Gerald
Brennan in Atlanta Constitution