The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-15

in his hand. He struck the string of
them with the lapboard, the lapboard
stuck to the last man, and the tailor
stuck TO il. and -''Hup, Hupi" says
Shamus, says he; drive on the Plaish-
am
Then they passed a cobblers, who
ran out with his heel-stiek and struck
the tailor. but the heel-stick stuck to
the tailor. and the cobbler stuck TO the
heel-stick, and "Hup. Hup." says
Shamus, says he; drive on the Plaish-
am
Then on they went, and they next
passed a blacksmith's forge; the black
smith ran out and struck the cobbler
with his sledge. the sledge stuck to the
eobbler. and the blacksmith stuck to
the sledge, and ~Hup, Hup!" says
Shamus, says he; drive on the Plaish-
am"
When they come near the castle they
passed a great gentleman'S house en-
tireIy, and the gentleman came run
ming out and got hold of the blacksmith
to pull him away, but the gentleman
stuck to the blacksmith and could not
get away himself, and "Hup, Hup!'
says Shamus, says he; drive on the
Plaisham'
The gentleman's wife, seeing him
stuck, ran after her man to pull him
away, but the wife stuck to the gentle
man, and '.Hup, Hupl'' says Shamus,
says he: drive on the Plaisham."
Then their children ran after them
to pull the mother away. and they
stuck 10 the mother. and "Hup! Hup!"
/ says Shamus, says he, drive on the
| Plaisham."
I Then the butler ran to get hold of the
children and he stuck to them and the
| fOotman ran TO get hold of the butler
and stuck to him and the cook ran to
| get hold of the fOotman and stuck to
| him, and the servants all ran TO get
hold of the cook and they struck to her,
and 'Hupi Hupi" says Shamus, says
he, drive on the Plaisham."
And on they went, and when they
came to the castle the Plaisham was
a mile long and the yelling and bawl-
ing and noise that they made could be
heard anywhere within the four seas
of Ireland. The racket was so terrible
that Prince Connal and all his guests
and all his servants and ali in his
house came running TO the windows tC
find what was the matter, at all, al
all; and when Prince Connal saw what
was coming to his house. and the rack
ct they. were raising, he yelled to his
prime minister to go and drive them of
with a whip.
The prime minister ran meeting then
and took the whip to them, but the
whip stuck to them, and he stuck II
the whip, and "Hup! Hup!' says Sha
mus, says he, drive on the Plaisham.
Then Prince Connal ordered out al
his other ministers and all of his ser
wants to head it off and turn then
away from his castle, but every one o.
the servants that got hold of it stuck t,
it. and "Hup! Hup." says Snamus, say
| he. "driVe on the PlaiShaDo -
And the Plaisham moved on still fol
the castle. Then Prince Connal him
self, with ali mis- guests ran out t
turn them away, but when Prince Con
nal laid hands on the Plaisham, h,
stuck to it and when his guests lait
hands on him, they stuck one by one t.
him, and, "Hup, Hup!" says Shamus
says he, drive on the Plaisham'
And with all the racket and all tn,
noise of the ranting. roaring. rearins
and raWting in through the castle hal
door drove the Plaisham. through ant
through it and out at the other side
The castle itself fell down and disap
peared, the bone ring rolled away from
the cows nose. and Plaisham and all a
once broke up and when Prince Gonna
looked around there was no castle a
all, only the sod hut, and he went int,
it sorry man.
And every one else skunk off hom
right heartily ashamed of themselves
for the whole world was laughing a
them.
Nancy, she went east. and Rory. h
went west and none Of them was neVe
heard of more. AS for Sha1nuS. h,
went home to his own little cabin anC
lived all alone, happy and cOntenteC
for the rest of his life. and may vol
and I DO the same.