The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-15
THE PLA|SHAM.
Copvrioh,, 1900, Dv ssuma, MaeManu,

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what a fine thing II would be II Shamus would
die and he could marry Nancy and get the
house. farm and all the stock.
SO he up and said to Nancy; What a pity il *
! FOR such a lne-looking woman as YOU TO be
bothered with that ould complainin' good-for-
nothing crony of u man that's rs full Of pains
and aches a. an egg full of meat. II you were
free Of him the morrow the finest and hand
soonest young man IN the parish would be proud
To have you for n wife"
At frst Nancy used 10 laugh at this. but at
last, when he kept on at II. il began to prey on
Nancy's mind. and she said TO young Rory one
day Il don't believe a word of What you say.
Who would take me il Shamus was buried the
morra:"
Why says Rory you'd have the pick of The
parish. I'd take you myself"
rs that trup?" saws Nancy.
Il pledge you my word. says Rory. Il would"
"Oh. well, even IL You would itself" says
Nancy, "Shamus wont he buried tomorrow or.
maybe, God help me. for ten yearsto come yet. "
You've all that in your own hands says
Rory.
"How's that?" says Nancy.
why, you can kill him on. A" says Rory.
Il wouldn't have the ould c%rature's blood on
my head. says Nancy.
Neither you need" says Rory.
And then he sat down and began 10 tell Nancy
how she should do away with Shamus and still
not have his blood on her head.
Now there was a Prince. called Connal, who
lived in a wee sod house. close by Nancy and
Shamus, whose fathers before him, ere their
money was wasted. used TO live in a grand castle.
SO next day over Nancy goes TO this Prince
4 and 10 h,N,. o,.-. aul.. D.l.zz r.a.t 80. q.
a shame to see the likes Of you Twin in the likes
Of THAT aouse?"
Il know it IT," said he. but I cannot do any
better"
"Botheration." says Nancy. you easily can"
II wish YOU would tell me how, says Prince
Connal.
Why" says Nancy. there's my Shamus has
little or nothing to do. an why don't you make
him build You a ~rastle?"
An saws the Prince. laughing, sure,
Sharnus couldn't build mo n castle"
Says Nancy, You dom know Shamus, for
there's not n thing in the wide world he coildn'
do if he likes 10, but he's that lazy that II YOU
don't break evcrv bone IN his body 10 make him
do it he wont do ~"
rs that So?" says Prince Connai.
That's So" says Nancy. so If YOU order
'ltI'lll~ ~ nl'N1 Nhl n fA~'Ie an nave " ND IN
three weeks or that youll take his life If he
doesn't yonll soon have a grand castle TO live
in" say she.
We'll, il that's so" says Prince Connal. IN
not he long wanting a castle
SO the very newt morning, over he steps TO
Shamus's. calls Shamns ont, and takes him with
him 10 the place he had marked ont for the site
of his castle and shows it To ShamIs. and tells
him he wants him TO have a grand castle built
and finished on thar spot in three weeks time.
BIT, says Shamns. says he, Il never built a
castle in my life. | know nothing about it. an
couldn't have YOU "A castle there in thirty three
years. let alone three weeks"
oh" says the Prince. says he. I'm toni
there's no man in Ireland can huild n castle bet
ter nor fTster than you If Won only like Ia. and
II YOU haven't that castle built on that ground
in three weeks. says he, I'm have your life. So
now. choose for yourself And he walked
away and left Shamus standing there.
When Shnmus heard this no was q down.
hearted man. for he knew that Prince Connal
was a man Of his word, and no would not stop
NJ taking any mans life any more than he would
from putting the breath ont Of n beetle. So
down h" sits and begins 10 cry, and while he
was crying there. NJ to him comes a Wee Red
Man. and said to Shamus: What are you crying
about?'
All. my poor man" says Shamus. says he,
don't he asking me. for there's no use in telling
you, yon could do nothing 10 help me"
You don't know that, " says the Wee Man,
says he. its no harm To toll me anyhow"
So ShamiS 10 relieve his mind. ups and tells
the Wee Man what Prince Connal had thrrar-
ened 10 do TO him il he had not q grand castle
finished on that spot in three weeks.
Says the little man. says he. go to tho Fairies
Glen az moonrise the night. and under the Rock
in stone N the head Of the Glen, you'll find a
white rod. Take that rod with yon and mark
out the plan Of the castle on this ground with II:
then 60 back and leave the rod where YOU got
ii. and by the time YOU get back again. your
castle will DO finished"
At moonrise that night Shamus. a. YOU may
he we'll assured, was NJ the Rockin' stone ~ the
head of the Glen Of the Fairies. and from under
il he got a little white rod. He went Ia the hill
where the Princes castl" was 10 be built, and
with the point Of the rod he marked ont The plan
Of the castle, and then he went back and left the
rod where he got II
The next morning when Prince Connal got
up out Of bed and went ont Of his little sod hut
10 take the air, his eyes were opened. tell YOU.
TO see the magnificent castle that was standing
finished, and with the coping stones on 10 on the
hill above. He lost no time till he went over 10
thank Shamns for building him such a bcauti-
FIJI castle. and when Nancy heard that the cas-
tie was finished, il was she that was the angry
woman
She went out and looked AT the castle, and
! she wondered and wondered. too, but she said
nothing.
She had a long chat with Rory that day again,
and from Rory she went of Ia Prince Connal,
and says she Now. didn't ! tell you right well
what Shamus could do"
Il SEQ you did. says Prince Connal. and il is
! very thankful To you ] am. I'm cont"nted now
for lie, says he. and I'll never forget your
self and Shamus.'
,,contented!" says she, why that place isn't
half finished vet,
"How's that, says Prince Connal.
Why, says she, YOU need q beautiful river
flowing past that castle. with lovely trees,
and birds singing in the branches, and YOU
should have the ocean roari.g up beside H..
But still SAYS Prince tonnal, says he,
"one can't have everything. This j. A hun
bred miles from u river ana u hundred miles
from an OCEAN. and no trees ever grew on this
hill, nor ever could grow on II. and no
bird ever sang on II for the last 3r years.
Then all the more reason. says she. VIII
| you should have all them things"
But | can't have them, says Prince Connal.
Cant vouy" says she. Yes, You ran. II
YOU promise to have Shamus's life unless n"
has You all those things by y our castle Ia three
days, you'll soon have all You want, says
Nancy. $4,000.