The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23

you weren't long away, King" says
her ladyshlp from the bed.
o." says Jack, purtendin' the Kings
voice. Il KEN back for the sheet to wrap
up the corp in an carry him to the grave
yard"
And sure enough, she hands it to him
to wrap round the corp, and me brave
Jack steps out of the window and away
with him.
II wasn't long afther til the King came
in with his teeth chattherin,' and steps
into bed.
where's the sheet?' he cried, jumpin'
up as soon as he missed it,"
why, We amadhaun," says the Queen,
didn't ye come back and say you want
ed 1t to wrap UP the corp and carry It
to the graveyard?'
"Oh, Jack, jack" says the King lying
back in his bed again. you have thrick-
ed me once more! But, piaise providence,
that will be the last time"
Next day Jack came to the castle with
the sheet rowled up an ondher his arm,
and presented it to the King.
"Wen, Jack" says the King smllin',
Eye done me again, but the third time,
We mind, is the charm. Tomorrow night
I'll sleep with all my clothes, as well as
my shoot of mail on me, and you're to
steal this inside shirt Showing it to him)
that has my name written on the inside
leave another shirt on me in its place,
and I'll have loaded gun in every hand
all night, and therell be a senthry at
every window i'm my house and two at
every door, and my bedroom WIZ be filed
with sodgers; and If We don't succeed We
know whatll happen We. En- what do you
think of that, Jack|
why" says Jack, says he, "sure I'll
do me best. and the best, We know, can
do no more"
Now Jacks father was jumpin' out of
his skin with delight when he found that
Jack stole the sheet, but when Jack come
home this night an toad his father that
he had to steal the inside shirt, with the
Kings name on the inside of the breast,
off the Kings back and leave another in
its place unknownst to him, while he slept
with all his clothes as well as a shoot
| of mail on him. and loaded gun in every
hand, and with a senthry at every win
| dow and two at every door, and the room
| full of sodgers fax Jacks fathers heart
gave way again entirely, and he said that
| Jack was as good as lost to him now, any
| how.
Jack said nothing, but went to bed and
| slept eounder now than ever he did and
| getting up betimes in the moruin', he went
| to a tailyer and got him TO make a shirt
| of the same description, and of the very
| same cloth as the King inside shirt; and
| the inside of the breast of it-but what il
| was Wen not say now. In the middle OF
| the night he rowied up the shirt, and
| buttoning it up inside his coat, he stharted
| for the castle. When the senthTies seer
| him comm, they ups with their guns tc
| shoot him, when he shouted out not tC
| mind, for that he was comm to give
| himself up, seem that it was no use in
him endeayvourin' to do what was on
| possible to be done. So they got round
| him, and takin him into the castle they
| fetched him to the Kings bedroom, where
| they Weakened the King and told him that
| Jack had give in at last and couldn't do It.
why, Jack" said the King, laughin
hearty, 81 knew 1 would be one toe
many for we. Order up the hangman al
| once till we get through with this bust
ness
90 aisy, yer reverence" said Jack
| 'aisY yer reverence, sure this was nothin
| but joke of me. ! have the shirt already
stolen off yer back, and another in its
| place"
The King swore this was impossible
and the soldiers til a man swore the
| same, but King KNOWN Jack was so able
| thought ID better not to shout till he was
| out Of the wood; so he pulled off him tin he
reached the shirt.
There it is yet, Jack. "Js yer name
in it?"
ITO be sure 1t is says the king, read
in It.
"show me-" says Jack; and turnin'
| round to the light to read the name, pur-
tendin', he slips It undher his coat in the
winkin' of a midges eye, and whips out
| the other shirt. "Ay, sure enough" says
Jack, handin' back his own. that's il
| an right So l suppose you may as well
| get UP the hangman and let US finish off
| the business at oncet"
"SartInIy, Jack" says the King, gettin
| himself into the shirt and clothes again,
"sartinly delays is dangerous"
| But 10. and behoud you! when the hang
man was got and everything was pre-
pared, the King asked Jack If he had any
| thing to say before he'd die.
why, yes, yer highness," says Jack
| 81 have a trillin' wee word to say"
AN what is it," says the King. out
with it, man. and don't be backward about
-"
why" says Jack, pullln' out the Kings
| shirt from undher his coat IT'S only this
there's yer shirt, stolen off yer back, al
though we slept in yer clothes and a shoot
| of mail, and with a senthry at livery win
dow, and two al livery door, and yer bed
| room filled with soldiers, and 1 have left
another shirt on yer back.
The King looked at the shirt and read
his name on 1t, and turnin' nine color7
at wanst, he peeled off him again. and
takin' off his inside shirt he read on the
inside of the breast Of II:
Sould again, ould brickl
This is my third thrick-
The shirt taken off yer back
BY
Master-Thef Jack
The King was thunder-struck, and no
wondher He ups and he says at wanst,
just as soon as he got his senses gath
ered
Jack" says he you must lave my do
mlnions, for I'm not sure but ye might
stale the very teeth out of my head, if
We only took the notion. I'm sorry, in
deed, Jack, but go ye must. At the same
time. I'll threat We daicent-ye'n have a.
much gold with ye as yer pockets can
houid."t
THANK We for nothin'," says Jack back
to him, "for / could have that II yer
highness was to put 1t undher all the locks
in the kingdom. But 1 have one request
to ask We afore / 60"
Name 1t. Jack" says the King.
fstTrfit coo that me O11l1 father Y7fttfr