The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-17


god ard tnres b1snels Q. silver"
Agreed" says the gentleman And
with small delay. down ia the room he
MEASURED into tags the god and the
silver"
And when DonaI got them. be lost 70
time starting ard setting ont for home.
And On TIE evening after ne came nome
he went over 70 Co-ai 70 borrow z bUshsl
uesggre.
ConaI loaned him the busaeI measure.
but sfter he vas gone be wondered
SHAT the deyIl Donal wanted with q,
20 he ssld 70 himself as It was night.
~ would 60 over ard peep into MS win
8Ow. 50 over after D0nal he wen,
and peeped into the window. and
there he sees my brave Donsi measuring
out the bushels Of gold and silver 70 see
II ne had the righ; ue asure. Then n
on top Of him then and there he walked
and he asked MIN how did he come b. 80
much gold and silver.
Wei, says Donal. says he. when You
killed my poor old horse on Sunday last,
you thought you were doing me an III
turn, ard Instead of that you never DID
me better turn in your life"
What Go you meany' says consl.
TITS this" says Donal There's a gen.
tisman," says he. Giving near the town
beyond" ard he commenced to describe
10 1yllAA the HgArG the EL@U aAFEl AIs L'taA
bought his hide. and that gentleman
wants to have nine million bank notes
al within nine days, and in order they
viii wear well, he will have them made
out Of nothing only tanned hides, and he >
buying up all the tanned hides that he
can get IN the country. and giving three
bushels Of gold and three bushels % sill
yer apiece for them. / sold him mine -
says he. "and he asked me 10 come again
with all the good horse hides could GEL
and he would give me as much more for
every one OF them"
rs that so?' says Conal says he.
why. az that rate says be. II Kill
me two horses and skin them. and I'll
be a rich man all my life after"
Well" says DonaL Il advise you hur-
~ before he has all the hides bought
that he wants. and when you go to MIN
with them, pretend that you are me. Say
that you're Donal that stopped with him
last night"
"An right" says DonaI And without
any delay. of he went and Killed his two
horses and skinned them, and threw the
hides over his shoulder and started on
hts journey.
The gentleman who bought Donars
hide didn't let many hours pass over his
head after Donai left, TIL he put the won
derful powers Of the hide to a test, and
you may be sure that it's him wss the
outrageous mad man when ne found how
Donal had taken him in, and right well
Donal knew this.
So when Conal came to his house and
knocked at the door and sent in word to
the gentleman TO say that Donal was
here again with two more hides as good
as the FIRST the gentleman jumped up and
got a grip Of his fan. and out he started
to begun to waliop and ludher Conal for
all he was worth.
And Conal hoped and jumped and
yelled and screeched. and the gentleman
/ whacked and walloped away. and by the
time Conal got Off from him. ne had
scarcely a sound bone In his body: and
as he went off home he was vow ng ven
: geance on Donal for the trick he did him.
and he said he wouldn't go to bed that
night til he would get into DonaTs house
and murder him in his bed.
Now Doral right well suspected that
Conal would come into murder him In his
bed. 80 that night. instead of lying in his
own bed he put an old mother-ln-law that
he had into his bed and he went and lay
: In the old mother-in-law's bed: and when
Conal broke into the house with hi hatch
ct, and went stra ght 70 the bed Donal
used to lie in, and began with the Ratchet,
/ hs didn't stop till he had lied out and
/ out the old mother-in-law. for II was in
4 In the morning Donal got up and wash
: ed and dressed his Old mother-fn-law; ne
borrowed a horse from one OF his neigh
bors and put Ii into his cart. and he put
the OLD dead mother-ln-law sitting up IN
a chair in the cart. and he started away
for the town.
And when he had come near to the
own, he pulled Up the cart outside a pub
bic house on the roadside, and he went
: In to have a drink.
He ordered a drink for himself ard then
says he: i want another drink for my
poor old mother-in-!aw that's sitting In
the cart without" And he says 10 the
publican: Would you please mind going
out and calling her IN for me?"
I The pub lean went out and called her.
I and he came back and tod Donal that
/ she didn't give him any heed.
"Oh." says Donal, my poor old mother
/ in-law g. "a biz deaf Youl have 10 go up
/ ana pluck hcr hy the elbow"
| IAN right" says the publican. and out
\ again he goes. and went up and pluckcd
/ the Oh mather-in-iaw hy the elbow Ana
| fhe moment he ga down over the Whee.
| Of enc cart SHE tum5ies on the crane OF
/ her head on the ground. and tho publican
| ist screocb out Of him.
Dunai came running out "A ha says
, lie. W nafs this you've done3 surely"