The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06

OF her wings tossed houses an castles;
she used to swallow whole flower gar
cenS; an one day she flew against a
ridge of mountains 10000 feet high an
knocked piece out from top TO bot
tom. an it's called Barnesnore gap to
this day. This queeny bee was great
trouble an annoyance to my father,
seem all the harm she done the nay
Dours roun about; an once she took it
in her head 10 fly over TO Englan', an
she created such mischief an disola-
ton there the king OF Englan' wrote
over 10 my father if he didn't come
immediately an take home his queeny
bee that was wrackin' an runuin' all
afore her he'd come over himself at the
head of all his army and wipe my
father off the face of the earth. So my
father ordered me to mount our Won
dherful big horse that l tould We about
an that could so nineteen mile at
bring home our queeny bee. An 1
mounted the horse an started an
when l come as far as the sea, | had
to cross TO get over to Englan'. l put
the horses two fore feet into my hat,
an in that way he thrashed the sea
dry all the way across an landed me
safely. When l come TO the king of
Englan he had to supply me with nine
hundred and ninety-nine thousand
men an ninety-nine thousand miles of
chains an ropes TO catch the the
queeny bee an bind her. 1t took us
nine years TO catch her. nine more to
tie her, an nine years an nine millions
of men TO drag her home, an the king
of Englan' was a beggar afther from
that day till the day of his death
Now. what do you think of that bee?"
says Jack. thinkin' he had the king
this time sure enough.
But the king was a cutter one than
Jack took him for an he only smiled
again. an answered:
We'll. Jack. that was a wonderful
CRATE queeny bee entirely
Next. for poor Jacks third an last
chance. the king took him to show him
wonderful field of beans he had.
with every bean stalk fifteen feet high
an every bean the size of a goose's
egg.
well, Jack" says the king. says he.
TN engage We never saw more Won
dherful bean-stalks than them?'
rs it them?" says Jack. ''Arrah.
man, yer kingship,' says he. they may
be very good for this country; but
sure we'd throw them out of the
ground for useless afther-shoots in
Donegal. l mind one bean-stalk in
partickler. that my father had for a
show an a curiosity. that he used to
show as a great wondher entirely to
acres of ground. it was 900
miles high, an every leaf COW
cred nine acres. 1t fed 5000 horses,
1000 mules. an 5000 jackasses for nine !
teen years. He used to send 5000 har- |
vestmen up the stalk in spring |
to cut and gather off the soft |
branches at the top. They used |
up as far as them (Which was always !
in the harvest time), an throw them |
down, an 999 horses an carts /
were kept busy for nine months |
cartin the stuff away. Then the |
always reached down to
the foot of the stalk at Christmas
again"
Fax, Jack" says the king. tut was
a wonderful bean-stalk entirely
You might say that" says Jack. try
ing to make the most of it. for he was
now on his last leg. You might say
that" says he. Why. 1 mind one year
| went up the stalk with the harvest
men. an when 1 was 5000 miles
up, doesn't 1 miss my foot. an
down 1 come. 1 fell feet foremost, an
sunk up to my chin in a whinstone
rock that was at the foot. There l was
in Il quandhary-but l was not long
ruminatin' till 1 hauled out my knife,
an cut off my head. an sent il home
to look for help. 1 watched after my
head, as it went away. an 10 an be-
hold We, afore il had gone half mile
saw a fox set on it, an begin to
worry it. BY this an by that says 1
to myself, but this is too bad An
jumped out an away as hard as 1 could
run, TO the assistance of my head. An
when 1 come up. 1 lifted my foot, an
give the fox three kicks. an knocked
three kings out of him-every one of
them nicer an a better jintleman
han you"
"Ye're liar. an a natarnal wan"
says the king.
More power to ye," says Jack, giving
hree buck leaps clean into the air, AN
is proud | am to get you to confess
I; for 1 have won yer daughter"
Right enough the king had to give up
o Jack the daughter-an' be the same
oxen, from the first time she clapped
Ter two eyes on Jack she wasn't the
girl to gainSay him-an' her weight In
yoold. An they were both of them