The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
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man, but wouldn't hear tell of chargln
him. bekase the man looked poor.
That's very kind entirely of ye," says
the little man, "but as l couldn't think of
takin' your work for nothin'. I'll grant
ye," says he, ANY two requests We like TO
make"
80 Dan at wanst seen that the httle
man belonged to the Good People. and he
made his requests as he was desired
There's a budget" says Dan, says he
land I'm always losin' things out of it,
I make requist that anything that goes
into can not come without me takin' it
out"
That's REQUESTS granted" says the lit
tie man, lax another"
"Well" says Dan, IT have wan little
apple tree out in my garden, an l get
no good of it ever bekase there's a set of
scamps about Donegal and they rob that
tree every year. afore the apples have got
laive to ripen. I would make requist that
any wan lays a hand on an apple on that
tree Will be held there till l give him leave
to 60"
That request is granted. likewise" says
the little man. And then he took his skill
ct with him and disappeared.
after that Dan had a less troubleder
mind than what he used to have-bekase
there was never a day passed afore that
that he wasn't frettin' and fumin', either
about the loss of some article out of his
budget, or else about the Robin of his APP
pie tree by the Donegal scamps. But now
after half a dozen of these vagabones had
come to Dams little garden, morodin', and
got stuck to the apple tree and held there
till Dan came out and malavogued them
afore releasin' them, they soon rarnt to
let his apple tree and little garden alone;
and he never lost anything more out of his
budget, moreover. SO me brave Dan
wrought hard, and was happy.
s,v,N r1o1
sittin' on his own floor bottomin' tin can,
or some Job or another such, he suddntly
looked up from his work. and he sees an
awful lookin' skeleton bein' standin' over
him.
"Hllloaw says Dan, says he, who are
your, good man? or what are We? or what's
yer arrand with me?"
I'm Death" says the skeleton-bein'.
land my arrand with you is to tell We
that yer time has come to go with me-"
"Phew!' says Dan, says he, with bit OF
a whistle. rs that the way of it2"
That's the way Of it" says Death, says
he. Are We ready to come along?"
IT am" says Dan, "if We only wait till
put me things into the budget. l might
need It,"
$50 Dan gathered into the budget all his
INSTRUMENTS and slingin' II over d, his
shoulder, told Death he was now ready,
and to come on. Out Death and Dan then
started, and trudged away. But they
hadn't gone far when Dan stopped and
told Death he had wan requist to AK of
him.
What is it?" says Death.
Its this" says Dan. "We'H be meet
in many of my neighbours as we go along,
and many people that knows me, and-I
don't mean any manner of disTespect to
you but you know your looks aren't just
the handsomest, an I'd sooner We weren't
seen in my COpDapV"
well what can 1 do?" says Death. IF
I part you 1 might have throuble catch
in we again, for ye're very thricky, Dan
Maloney, as all the wurrl knows"
II don't ak ye to part me-" says Dan,
II only ak We to transform yerself into
very small and very light bulk, and go
into my budget, and remain there as We
co.
"Tn do anything to oblge ye, Dan" says
Death.
so he thereupon thransformed himself
into very small bulk, and very light weight
and went into Dams budget.
II wish ye luck, me lad" says Dan,
when We get out of there"
1.-THE first lodgin' house Dan come till