The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20
DRoLLERIEs OF DONEGAL.
JOHN CONN AND HUGH FLYNN.
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John Conn and Hugh Flynn were neishbor-
ing farmers that wrought hard on thefr
wee bits Of farms 10 support themselves and
their vfves--but that same was more nor they
could do: so says John Conn TO Hugh Flynn
one day. Hugh he says. what do ye think
II we start of TO push our fortunes and leave
our wives TO look out for themselves for a
vhile3"
Why. think" says Hugh. nays he, -it
wouldn't be q bad iday at ALL
No sooner sayed than done. OF both OF
them starts, and away afore them to push
their fortunes. They travelled away for the
length Of day. without meeting with any
thing remarkable, and long after nisht fell
on them they were still vandherin' on whea
John sees alight way from him, and Hugh"
said he, II think we'll dhraw on that light"
Well and good. ON the light they dhrew.
and when they come there they found the
light WINS shining from q great castle, and
dnding or seeing no one there. they vandher-
ID on through It from room to room. dumb
scunded with all the gorjw grandeur, eoold
an silver. they saw everywhere At last
thsy come to q great dining-room. with .
great dinner entirely. Of an sorts Of the
richest and grandest and incest eating and
drinking spread out on the tnbleaL
Come. help ourselves" says John, well
line our sidcs, anyhow"
"A good Job. says Hugh, and both Of them
fell to and made q hearty meal Then all
n once they heard music and the tramptng
Of feet coming tow'gt them. Wen have to
hide" says John: and IT think IT'S best"
says Hugh 80 both Of them took and hid
/ themselves under Q sofa whore they couldn't
be seen Hugh wasn't right under tho sofa
when he was fast asleep by reason Of the
big dinner he ate. But John kept wide
awake. and peeping out through . little hole
In the eofa cloth could see all thnt Wa going
on.
fairies. little men and women, all grandly
dressed in every color of sillu and satins
and ribbons. with forty little pipers playing
before them, and they danced along behind
with their hands caught When they come
In the forty pipers played three times around
the dinner table unttlsthe rest of the COM
pany bowed to one another and got satiated.
and then the ptprs laid aside their pipes
and Eat down Themselves After they had
made q good dinner the decanthers of all
sorts Of whiAkies and wines and rnre drinks
was put on the table and then the little
man that sat at the head gave II out that
every one present would have to sing q song.
crack joke. or tell q good story. And
round the table at once went the stneine
and the joking and the telling of the storiea.
Says one Of the fairies, TIL tell you q
good story" and he began to tall how the
kings daughter was lying very Ill, and all
the great doctors Of the country was at
tending to her; but It was all NO use, for she
was pinfng away day after day under tho
FAIRIES spells, and there was nothing could
save her except three bottles Of water from
the we'll without which had the virtue of
curing all diseased John Conn's heart Jump
ed when he heard this. and he waited pa
uently till. when day was going to break
the pipers got up and took their pipes and
the company got up. and the pipers played
| before them out Of the room. and the fairies
danced out after. Then John wakened up
| Hugh and taking him with him went out
and filled the bottles with water out OF the
well. never letting on to Hugh what he
meant by 1t. and both of them started away
for the kings palace.
When they were come there, they knock
| ed, and the servants asked them what they
! wanted, and John said that he had come to
try and cure the kings daughter. The ser
wants of course only laughed at John, but
| the king hearing OF him ordered him to be
brought up. and when John was brought
| up. into the princess's bed chamber,
| there that place was filled with great doc
tors. and when they heard John was coming
to try to cure the princess they laughed
heartily. But the king said they had their
try and made nothing Of It, and that John
Conn might as we'll get his try. for he
couldn't have worse luck than them any
how. Then John ordered all the doctors out
OF the room. and giving the princess one
bottle OF water she got great aise en-
tirely. then he gave her another bottle, and
she felt deal better still; then he gave her
the third bottle. and she was completely
tirely at this, and the king in particular
was beside himself with delight and offered
John Conn the princess In marriage But
John wouldn't have her on no account for
he said he wouldn't part with his wife Molly
at home for all the princesses in the world,
no matter how beautiful they might be. Then
the king filled two bags, one with goold and
the other with silver. and give them to John.
When John got outside the castle no hand
ed the two bags to Hugh and told him to
take them home with him. and give his
| John's) wife the bag of goold and keep the
bag of silver for himself. and that he
| wouldn't go home himself till he had ira
yelled further and seen were there any moro
|
for home with the bags Of money and John
travelling away further before him John
travelled on that day till at night falling
he was getting into wood. when what does
he see sitting on a sycamore leaf but the
identical same little fairy that told at tho
supper the story about the kings daughter
| John Conn. John Conn.," says the little
| fellow, you hid and listened to our stories
the other night, and heard me tell the secret
of the Kings daughter and the well wa
ter, and then ye went and cured che Prtn-
| cess. What did ye do that for?"
We'll small blame to me-" says John. Il
| had to hide. and I couldn't help hearing yer
| story; and sure I'd be an unnatural man. out
| and out, II l didn't save the poor Princess's
| life when I had It In my power to do II SO
aisy. Small blame to me, say again." says
| John.
WELL that's surely true" says tho fairy
but that's a mighty great saicret. that about
the well water, and II It got out it's would
be blamed for 1t. and would never hear the
last Of 1t nor get any living afther from the
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