The sun., 1900-08-19
MANAS, THE MILLER.
copv,oa. 1900. BY SET ma. MaeManu,

patch Of land all the week round, I'll II came
10 Saturday evening. and on Saturday evening
he went TO hs wife's fathers 10 spend sunday
| with them.
Coming and going he always passed the mill
OF Manas the miller. and Manas who used TO
! be watching him passing always noticed and
| Thought II strange, that while he jumped the
nillrac, going TO his wife's fathers on a Satur-
| day evening. he had always 10 wade through
II coming back. For n little time he noticed
| this and wondered. and at last he stopped
| Donal one Monday morning and he asked him
to tell him the meaning Of H.
| Well m tell you" says Donal says he
| "It's this My old father-in-law IL such very
small eater. that he says grace and blesses
| himself when I've only got a few pieces out Of
my meals. so I'm always weak coming back
on Monday morning.
| Manas, he thought over this TO himself for
| awhile and then says he Would you mind
] letting me go with you next Saturday evening?
| II you do. ! promise you that you'l leap the
| millraee coming back
| "No. but I'll be- glad TO have you says Donal
| Very we'll and good. When Saturday evening
came. Manas Joined Donal and on they both
trudged to Dona's father-in-law.
| The old man was not too well pleased at seeing
| Dona bringing fresh hand bur Manas, he
| didn't pretend 10 see this, but made himself as
was laid down on Saturday night. Manas gave
| Donal the nudge and both Of them began TO
| tie their shoes a. II they had got loose, and
| they tied and tied away al their shoes till the
| old man had eaten a couple Of minutes. and
| then said grace and finished and got up from
the table, thinking they wouldn't have the i'll
manners to sit down after the meal was over.
| But down 10 the table my brave Manas and
| Donal sit and eat their hearty skinful. And
| when the old fellow saw this he was grif and
| grumpy enough. and it's little they could get
| ont Of him between that and bedtime
| But Manas kept a lively chat going and
told good stories tha, passed away the night
and when bedtime came, and they offered Manas
| a bed in the room. Manas said no. that there
| was no place he could sleep only one. and that
was along the firesIde,
The old man and the old woman both OBJ
| Jected 20 this and said they couldn't think oi
| allowing a stranger to sleep there but all they
| could say or do wasn't any use. and Manas said
he couldn't nor wouldn't sleep in any other
place. and insisted on lying down there and lie
' down there he did in spite Of them ALL and
! they all went OF 10 their beds.
But though Manas lay down. he was very
sure not TO let himself go TO sleep. and when
| he was near about two hours lying he hears the
| room door open easy, and the old woman puts
| her head out and listens. and Manas he snored
a. II he hadn't slept for ten days and ten Mig hts
| before.
| up on the floor and looked at him, and saw him
| like as II he was dead asleep; Then she fastened
TO put pot of water on the fire and began TO
| make a pot OF stira bout for herself and the
old man, for this was the way. as Manas had
we'll suspected, that they used TO cheat Donal,
But n the % Middle Il d1Ss the 1of0s go osa2 OF ,hs
| pretend to waken up. Up he sits and rubs his
syes and lcoK; about i i hin; ,R am ard looks at the
| All, says he Is IL here ye are. or is It morn
| have a COW that's not we'll and had to put on
a mash on the fire here for it. I'm sorry
%, no no. says Manas, Gays he you haven't
vakened me at all It's this sore ankle have
ays s ms TssS sSrs
he says. 1and no matter how sound asleep
may Oe il xakens me up and ITs got to S,bJP Sit up
cures It put soot-,till l rub plenty Of SCOT out
| Of the chimney TO it
begins pulling the SCOT down out Of the chimney
| from above the pot, and for every one piece
ho s Gf hs hp pd wS Mana s'sss
he had the posset well enough spiced with the
And now. says he that's all right. and III
sleep sound and pot waken again dill morniI'
| And he stretched himself out again and be-
The old woman was pretty vexed that she
/ o.
10 the room 70 the old man and told him what
had hsppened to the i5aSoSn aSo1 n lie got NnS. iG0
pass ssn snd s9s sE d Thn R
| ordered her TO go down and make an oat scow-
der and put II on the ashes for him.
made a good scowder and set 1t on the ashes
and then sat by II for the short while II would
But she hadn't IT many minutes on the ashes
when Manas let cry out Of him as II y were
in bis sleep and pp h" m1mPI ana Guoe S ms hnr TYss S
are are says he, because I've great trouble on
wouldn't iet me sleep and want TO relieve, me
mind to ye,- says Manas, an then IN sleep
SssS TS az apf so ri ~ c HS %sn. %sP hc
So hn catches hold of the tonRS in hs two
hands, and es he told the story he would wave
And: soys hs ! want to tell you n,na that my my
myself myself. ar and Teddy and Tom. and the three Of
Us were three good; bard WORKER ! aWoys oyt
Tom Tom and pf teddy % hated me. and they never lost
| a chance Of trying 70 damage mo with my father
and 70 turn him AGAINST me He sent Teddy cSh,
fsts and scnt me ont 10 the fields. And whom
| Teddy and Tom came back from school they
were we're two gentlemen and used to, ride their
| horses and hunt with their houGds ana m.
aTs NAYS made ,9Gs d S1r and rT bTds hem en
| end be there in the ward TO meet them when
| they would come In from their riding and take
| charge Of their horses, give them rubbing
down and stable them for them.
In my own mind | used 20 think that this
| wasn't exactly fair or brotherly treatment,
| but said nothing for liked both Teddy and
| Tom And prouder and prouder Of them every
day got my father. and more and more every
| day he dlsliked me until az long and at last
when he came 10 die he liked Teddy and Tom
| that much and he liked poor Manas that little,
| that he drew up his will and divided his land
| into four parts and left II IN this way; A.,
| Now sipposin'" says Manas. says he dig
gng the point OF tho tongs into the scowdc!,
| "supposin'" says hn there was my fathers
| farm Ho cut II across this wav," says he,
| drawing the tongs through tho scowder in one
| way Then he cuts n across th,s way. says
Nc drawing the tongS through the scowder m
| the other direction, and that quarter" says
| no, tossing away q quarter of the scowder with
| the point Of tho tongs he gave TO my mother.
And that quarter there" SAYS he tossing of
the other quarter into the dirt he gave 10
| Teddy and this quarter here says he, tossing
the third quarter, he gave to Tom, And tbs
| last quarter. says Msnas says he, digging the
| point Of the tonRs right into the heart Of the
other quarter Of the scowder, and lirtng It up
| and looking at II that quarter. says he. he
gave 70 the priest and he pitched i a.: far
| from him down the floor ns he could. And
| there" says he throwing down the tongs, he