Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05

to cross to get over to Englan' 1 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 999 600 men an 80 900
miles OF chains an ropes to catch the
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 suse enough.
: But the king was a cutter one than Jack
| took him for, FAN he only smiled again, an
says he:
well. Jack, that was wonderful great
queeny bee entirely
| Next, for poor Jacks third an last
change, the king took him to show him a
wonderful field of beans he had. with
every bean stalk fifteen feet high an every
bean the size of goose's egg.
Wen, Jack, says the king, says he. ''Tll
engage ye never saw more wonderful
beanstalks 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. 1 mind one bean stalk
In partickler, that my father had for a
| show an cur osity, that he used to show
| as great wondher entirely to strangers.
| 1t stood on ninety-nine acres of ground
! it was 800 miles high, an every leaf CIV
| cred nine acres. 1t fed 5000 horses. 5000
mules an 1900 jackasses for nineteen
| years. He used to send 5000 harvestmen
up the stalk in spring to cut and gather
off the soft branches at the top. They used
to cut these off when they'd reach up as
far as them (Which was always in the har-
vest time), an ninety-nine horses an carts
were Kept busy for nine months cartin the
stuff away. Then the harvestmen always
reached down to the foot of the stalk at
Christmas again."
Fax, Jack" says the king, tut was
wonderful bean-atalk entirely
You might say that" says Jack, trying
| to make the most of it, for he was now on
his last leg. You might say that" says
he. Why, l mind one year 1 went up the
stalk with the harvest men, an when l
was nine thousand miles up, doesn't I miss
my foot, an down 1 come. 1 fell feet fore
stone rock that was at the foot There |
was in a granddaughter l was not long
ruminatin' till l hauled out my knife, an
cut off my head an sent it home to look
| for help. l watched after my head; as 1t
went away, an 10 an behold ye afore it
had gone half mile 1 saw fox set on It,
an begin to worry it. BY this an by that
says l to myself but this is too bad An
L Jumped out an away as hard as / could
| run, to the assistance of my head An
| when l come up lifted my foot, an give
kings out of him-every one of them a
nicer an better jintleman than you"
| the king.
4. -hoie power TO We, says Jack, givin
| tliee buck leaps clean into the air, IAN
It's proud l am to get you to confess it:
for have won yer daughter
Rignt enough, the king had to give I'D to
JACK the daughter-an be the same token
from the first time she clapped her two
! eyes on Jack she wasn't the girl to gain
say him-an her weight in gooid. An they
were both of them married an had such a
| Weddln as surpassed all the weddin's ever
| was neerd tell Of afore or since in that
| country or In this. An Jack lost no time
IN sendin' for his poor ould mother. an
| neither herself nor Jack ever after knew
| what 1t was to be in want. An may Won
| an never know that same, nather.