The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-27

don't win anything you can't lose any
thing
wen, that's true enough" So Caro-
wagh consented.
And then it was given out that there
had come another wonderful blacksmith
al the way from Ireland 10 take up the
great fellows challenge.
And on the day the encounter was TO
come off there was very great crowd
ga hered there indeed.
There was big fire with bellows. set
up in the center of the town, and an an
vii, and all sorts of blacksmith's tools.
And The great fellow was there, and
Carrowagh, and his henchman, the wee
red fellow, and thousands and thousands
OF people.
(Which of US will try the first try?'
says the great fellow to Carrowagh when
they were all ready to begin.
"Oh! age before beauty" says che wee
red chap, says he to the great fellow.
"You try first"
Well and good the great fellow threw
off his coat, rolled up his sleeves and
caught hold of the bellows and blew the
fire. And the minute he did all the
sparks that few out were grains of wheat
and they scattered all over the place and
over the peoples heads. And everyone
wondered.
Now. Carrowagh." says the wee red
chap you try your try"
So Carrowagh threw off his coat to the
wee red chap, rolled up his sleeves and
up TO the bellows and blew. and when he
did the sparks that flew out of the fire
were flock of pigeons that leaped on the
ground and on the peoples heads and
picked up every grain of wheat and flew
away And the people wondered far more.
Nothing daunted. the great fellow
stepped to the bellows again, and when
he blew, he blew a live trout out of the
1re' that fell into the water trough and
began to swim about.
Then Carrowagh took hold of the bell
lows and blew. and. when he did. he blew
out big duck. that fell into the trough
| also, and gobbled up the trout and flew
off.
Then the great fellow took hold of a
piece OF iron, and he put 1t in the fire
and began 90 beat it, and in five min
utes he had beaten it into a beautiful
young woman.
You try piece of iron now" says the
little red chap to Carrowagh.
And Carrowagh took a piece of iron and
he beat IT, and a the third stroke 1t was
prince on horseback, who stopped down
and picked up The beautiful young woman,
put her on the saddle before him and
galoped away.
And at that the great fellow had to
give in and pay down his hundred guineas,
and nothing in all the town then was too
good or too great for Carrowagh, the peo-
pie made such a hero of him.
When Carrowagh had his hundred
guineas, he wanted to stop there and be-
gin his old ways over again, drinking,
lounging and living merry but the wee
red chap told him that great things were
before him yet, and if he came along
with him he would make him rich man.
So off again the both of them started.
and they Travelled and travelled and didn't
stop travelling till they had Travelled into
France. And there they heard the word
going round that the King of France was
for death, and that all the doctors in the
The kingdom had tried their hand on him
and all failed. And it was given out thai
any doctor would cure the King would
get a bag of gold.
That's a fine chance for you,'' says
the wee red chap. says he to Carrowagh.
You come along and cure the King, and
get the bag of gold.'
rs it me?' says Carrowagh. Sure /
couldn't cure a mouse of the chin
cough"
Never mind" says the wee red chap
says he, you don't know what you can
Off the both of them started and trav.
eled till they Travelled to the Kings cas-
tie, and when they ratified on the gates
the soldiers came out and asked them
what they wanted.
The weet red chap says: my master
here has come to cure the King"
The soldiers opened their eyes and
looked at them, for they were sorry look
ing specimens, both ragged and i'll put
on.
And says they: "Begone out of this
before we turn the dogs on you"
But there was word carried to the
Queen inside that the soldiers were turn
ing away a great doctor from Ireland
who had come to cure the King, and she
sent out word for the soldiers to bring
them in.
And when they came in all the great
French doctors looked at the pair of them
and laughed, and they said to the Queen
that il she was going to make use OF
those lads, they would say good evening
and good luck to her and take themselves
off.
Well, It was kill or cure with the King.
anyhow. and the Queen saw that thes
French doctors had been no good to
him, so she decided that she would let
the great Irish doctor try, even though
he was ragged looking.
Every WELL" says the little red chap.
says he. Let me and my master be
locked in with the King In his room for
an hour, and leave with us a fine big pot
of water. If at the end of an hour we
haven't the King cured you can have our
heads"
That was very fair, so the Queen con-
scented. and the two of them were locked
up with the King and the pot of water.
And aS g00u aa thew were wee red