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


thing and my throat a-cuttingT So the
end of it all was again that the bag got
the better of him, and, taking, out wee
bit of white rod out of her pocket she
struck him with it, and turned him into
another gray stone outside the door, and
then struck the hound the hawk and the
/ FLY, and turned them into three white
stones just beside him.
Now, at home as before, they were
watching his filly's hoof tracks every day
, regular, and everything went well till at
last one day they observed the water in
them turn bloody and then they were
afeerd he was kilt. Then the very next
/ morning says the youngest son Jack, says
ne, IN start off with my hound, my hawk
and my FLY and won't sleep TWO nights
in one bed, or eat two meals
In the one house till
find what has happened to my two older
! brothers" So off he starts-himself, his
hlly, his hawk, and his hound-and he
Travelled and Travelled away, far further
! than you could tell me or 1 could tell you,
ill he came in sight of the very same cas-
| tie. his two brothers reached before him,
| and drawing on the wee hut he saw near
| it he went in, and the old woman jumped
and threw her arms about his neck, and
welcomed him home with a hundred thou
sand welcomes, and told him it was a poor
thing to go away and leave his bride The
way he did, twice, and that she was in
very bad way, down hearted entirely,
| thinking and Eliminating what had be-
come of him, or happened to him at all,
at all. And then she hurried my brave
Jack off TO the castle, and, och, it's there
| the welcome was for him and the rejoice
| ments, bekase he had come back again.
And this time, just as before, the great
| faist was given, and the gentry and nobil-
! ity all asked in to it, and the play was at
| its hight when the word come TO the ball
J rlN
! hare spelling the cooks best dish the third
time, and how the cook said il was purity
| how de We do, entirely, that such thing
| would be allowed, with a hairo in the
| house that slew three giants. And with
| that, without more ado, off my brave Jack
| insisted on starting, and there was no
holding Of him, good or bad for he said
he have to fetch back that hare, dead or
alive. So off Jack starts himself, his nawk,
his hound and his filly, and Jack had
sort of notion in his eye that this same
hare was nothing good, and that twas II
| led his two brothers astray,
whatever had happened TO them. SO he
| Travelled on, and on, and on, Tor
! that night and all the next day, and new
! er come up with the hare, till at length,
! late that evening, he saw from him the
! same wee hut in the hollow that his
| brothers drew on before, and on it my
! brave Jack drew, too. And after he had
! been in the cabin some time himself his
! hound, his hawk and his FLY, he hears
| the noise at the window, and there ne
| sees the Old bag, trembling and shaking
| and quaking, and "Och, och, och. but it s
| cold, cold cold" says she. And why,
| says he "but you come in and warm
yourself?" "Och," says she, Pm afraid
| of them wild animals of yours But here,
| says she, taking out of her head three
! hairs, "here's three of the kind Of DO
tn in al
| tie your animals with them, and then I'll
| go in" Jack took from her the three
hairs and pretending to tie the hound,
! the hawk and the FLY with them, he
| threw them instead into the fire. Then
| the old bag came in, her eyes blazing in
! her head, and, drawing sword, she
| rushes at Jack to have his life. And JACK
| drew his sword and rushed at her, ana
/ both of them to it hard and fast, and
! they fought long and they fought hard,
| till at length Jack finding the bag put
| ting too sore on him, called on his hound.
! Hound, hound, where are you at my
! commando" Hair, hair" says the old
| bag, SAYS she, "hold Tight" oh" says
the hair cts hard for me to do good
and me a-burning in the fire" And then
| Jack called on his hawk. Hawk, hawk
! says he, where are you, at my COM
mand?' Hair, hair says the old bag,
| says she, hold tight" "Oh," says the
! hair ITS hard for me to do good and
| me a-buruing in the fire" Then Jack
called on his FLY. "Filly, fly" says he,
| where are you at my commando" Hair,
/ hair" says the old bag, says she, hold
| tight" oh" says the hair, tits hard
for me TO do good and me a-burning in
| the fire" So the hound the hawk and
1 the filly all rallied to my brave Jack 5
aid, and The hound got hold of the bag
! by the heel and wouldn't let her go all
! she could do; and with one fling the FLY
! broke her leg, and the hawk picked out
! her two eyes, so she cou dn't see what
! she was going, or where she was striking.
So then, she cried out, Mercy. mercy,
spare my life and I'll give
! you back your two brothers." "AI
right" says Jack, tel me where they are.
and how I'm to get them" do you see the
two gray stones" says she, outside the
door, with three smaller white ones round
each of them?" Il do" says Jack. "Well"
says she, 1.-THE gray stones are your broth
ers, and the others are their hounds,
their hawks, and their filles; and If you
take water from the well at the foot of
that tree below the house, and sprinkle
three drops of it on each of them stones,
they'll all be disenchanted again" Jack
you may suppose, didn't lose much time
doing this, and 10 and behould You from
the stones comes up his two brothers,
| every one of them with his hounds, his
| naWk, anu MS my, just the Same as INey
| were before they had been enchanted by
/ the old Hag Of the Forest and that was
! the meeting and the greeting between Jack
and his lost brothers, that he thought he'd
never see again But off they soon start
| ed, all of them, with their hounds their
| hawks and their fillies, away back for
| the castle again, and the eldest brother
| got his briNe and the fast was spread
| this time again and all the gentry and
| nobility of both that and the surrounding
| countries all come TO attend it and do
| honor to the bride and groom; and such
a time for eating, drinking, dancing sing
| ing. fun and amusement was never seen
| before or after. Jack and the second
| brother started away off afterwards for
| home with their hounds, their hawks, and
the FLIES with them and as much gold
as they could carry. l got brogues of
| brougham and slippers Of bread, a BIZ of
| a pie for telling a lie, and then come
| slithering home on my head. b.
|
*Odious is a very comprehensive word in
| the mouth of a Donegal shanachy. 1t
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