The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

sbere were more Kings and Queens in Ire
land than O'DonnelIs old castle has win
lows. and when witches and entertainments
were as plentiful as blackthorn bushes.
there was a King and a Queen, with three
SONS. and TO every one of these sons the
Queen had given a hound, hawk and a
dIv. The FLY could overtake anything,
The hound could catch anything It pursued
an dry land, and the hawk could come up
with anything in the air or in the water.
In the course of time, when these three
lads had grown up to be fine, able, strap
ming young men, the Oldest said one day
that he would go away to push his fortune
The King and the Queen were vexed at
This and wrought him high up and low
down 10 keep him from going but ii was
all to no use, he wouldn't be said by them,
and so. asking their blessing, he mounts
the fily. and, with the hawk on his Shout
dor and the hound at his heels, sets out.
And he told them as he was setting out,
M observe from day to day, the water
that settled in the flly's hoof tracks out
side the gate for" says ne, "as long as
that water keeps clear I'm all right; but
when YOU see it frothing, I'm fighting a
hard battle; and if ever you see it turn
bloody I'm either dead or under enchant-
rnent. So himself, the hound, the hawk
and the fily, they started, and off vita
Them. and they Travelled away, and away,
FAR further than l could tell you or you
could tell me- till at last one evening late
he comes in sight of a great castle. When
he cot sight of the castle he pulls up his
fllv. and, looking about him, he sees
small wee house conVaynient, and he drew
IN this house, and, going in, found only
one old woman in 1t and saw that it was
neat. clean little house entirely. God
save We. young gentleman" says the wo-
man. God save yourself, kindly. and
fbanky; and can 1 have lodging for the
night for myself, my hound, my hawk, my
flvq" saws he. "Well for yourself you
can" saws the old woman says
She "but l don't like them other animals
hut sure YOU can house them outside"
saws she Very well and good, he agreed
10 this. When the old woman was getting
his supper for him, she said she supposed
he was for the big fight the morrow. He
axed her, What big fight?' "And, och"
saws she lis that all you know about it,
commencing and telling to him how that
the Kings daughter of the castle beyond
was to be killed by a great giant the next
day unless there was man there able
to beat the giant, and to any man that
would fight him and beat him the King
was to give his daughter in marriage and
the weight of herself three times over in
goold och" says he, "Pll find some
thing better to do. I'll not go near it," So
the next morning early he was up be
times and pretending he was going away
to hunt doesn't he go instead to the
Kings castle, and there he say no end OF
crowd gathered together from the four
winds of the world, some of them think
ing 10 fight the giant and win the King
daughter. and more of them only come
out of curiosity, just to look on. But, my
gorras. sir, when the giant made his ap
pearance and they saw the sight of him,
not man of all the warriors there, COW
cred all over as they were in coats of iron
mail from the crown of their heads to the
soes of their feet-the sorra resalve the
one of them, but went like that, tremb-
ling with fear, for the like of such tar
rifle giant none of them ever saw or
heard tell of before. So, my brave Kings
son waited on till he saw there was none
| Of them present would venture to fight
the giant, and then out he steps himself,
and the giant and him to it, and the like
OF their fight was never witnessed in Ire
land before, and he gave the giant enough
to do, and the giant gave him enough
to do; till al last, when ii was going hard
with him, he gave one leap into the air,
and coming down with his sword just
right on the giants neck, he cut off his
head, clean off. and then when he had
that done he disappeared in the crowd,
and after killing some game on the hills,
came home and gave the old woman the
game for supper That night when the
Old woman was giving him his supper she
tod him about the great gentleman that
had killed the giant that day, and then
disappeared all of a sudden into the air.
And then she said that giants brother
was to be there the mora to fight any
one that would fight for the King
daughter, and she told him he should go,
for it would be we'll worth seeing. But,
/ 'Och,' says he, "Tll find something bet
ter worth doing-pl not go near it." So,
after his supper, TO bed he went, and he
was up again early betimes in the morn
Ing and making pretend he was going to
hunt, he went off to the castle again. This
Gay the crowd was bigger than ever, and
i Wnen the giant appeared, and if the first
giant was tar-riffic this one was twice
over double as tar-riffic, and he could get
/ no man with the heart to venture to fight
Hlm TIL at length my brave King
son had to step out this day again and
encounter him. Well, if the fight was
hard the first day, it was this day double
as nard, and the giant gave him his fill
OF IT, and he gave the giant his fill of it,
uH at long and at last when lit was go
ing hard on him he takes one spring right
/ up INTO the air and landing down with his
j sword on the giants neck he cut the head
llght off from the body and then again
disappeared in the crowd, and after a
wnles hunting on The hills he come home
with plenty of game; and this night, just
IKE the night before, when the old woman
was giving him his supper she made great
wonders of telling him of the terrific fight
mat day again between the
strange gentleman and the giant,
ana how he killed the giant
ana then disappeared right into the sky
nelo-e all their eyes. And then she said
mat on the mora the third and last giant
was TO fight and she said this would be
wonderful day entirely, and he shall surely
80 TO see 1t, and to see the wonderful gen.
neman that killed the other two giants.
put OCH says he, 'I'H find something
ptuer TO do-Ill not go near it, TO look at
nm or it," And the third morning again
nc went to the castle, purtendng that 1t
was to hunt he was goin'; and the third
slant appeared and him far more tar
tlHc than the first two put together. And
70 70 make LONG story short, my brave
Aslns's son and himself went at it, and the