The Democratic advocate., 1902-02-01
geleet Storp.
cARRoW AGH MaccABE.
seumas MacManus in New York sun:

was standing, leaning against hls
door, thinking what he was gong fo d6 TO-
raise money anyhow. when all at once
there comes riding up the road little red
fellow on the fine big horse, and be draws
up at Carrowagh MacCahes Z, forge.
s'God save you'll says Ialfswaghs
'sSave you kindly, Carrowagh, says
he, would you lend me the lone of your
forge fire for small time
"And welcome r. says Carrowagh, for
he never was bad fellow.
''Thank you, says the wee red lad,
and he walks his horse into the forge.
''Put out your hand to the bellows,
says he to Carrowagh, "and blow up the
fire until get my horse shod. .
Carrowagh did as he was bid, aud blew
up the fire into nice little blaze, and as
soon as it was blazing the wee red fellow
takes aud cuts off the horses four legs at
the knees and sticks them into the fire,
and told Carrowagh to blow away.
And all in wonderment Carrowagh blew
away, and in ten minutes the lad hauis out
the four legs from the fire with brand
new set of shoes on them, the prettiest set
of shoes that ever Carrowagh SAW in his
life. And then he sticks the legs to the
horse again, and, thanking Carrowag h,
Jumped on the horse back and rode off.
s'Welll WE'LL wellr' says Carrowagh,
says he, that is wonderful thing, sure
ly. And says he, from this day my
fortunes made
He had bit of horse beast Of his own
that was running along the roadside pick
ing up bit where he could, and Caro-
wagh started off and caught his little beast
By the name and led it up to the forge.
And when he had it there he set to and
cut off the four legs at the knees, the same
as he saw the wee red fellow doing, and
stuck them into the fire, and then caught
hold of the bellows and began to blow and
blow.and by the time he thought they should
| be done, and good set of shoes on them,
he began to poke for them in the fire, but
not trace or track of the four legs could
my poor Carrowagh get, for the very good
reason that they were burned up to Gin
! ders. And there was his horse dead on
his hands, as if things were not bad enough
with him afore.
Carrowagh, as you may suppose, did
very little good that day, but doitered and
doitered about. And the next morning he
was again leaning up against his forge door,
thinking and thinking, and bewailing his
fate. when he heard horses hoof, and
looking up, there he saw the little red chap
driving up to the forge this day again, and
he had seated on the horse before him
young woman.
s'Save you kindly, Carrowagh, says he.
ssSave youself,' says Carrowagh.
s'Can you, says the little red chap,
'lend me the loan of your forge for cou
pie of minutes?''
Carrowagh was in wonderment to know
what he was up to this day, SO says he
eyes, and welcome. y
Down from his horse the little chap
dismouted, and tied it to the hook outside
the forge door. He lifted down the young
woman in his arms and carried her into the
forge.
sCarrowagh, says he, "put your hand
on the bellows and blow up the fire.
Carrowagh got hold of the bellows and
blew up the ire, and when he had it into
a blaze into the fire the wee red chap sticks
the woman and in ten minutes or so he
hauls out a bar of gold instead, and thank
ing Carrowagh he mounted the horse and
rode off
"Well well well : says Carrowagh,
SAYS he. ''that very wonderful thing,
surely, says he. ''Now my fortunes
made My wife, Mary, in the house be-
yond, is too fond of laying her tongue on
me anyhow when she finds the drop of
drink has overtaken me. And, says he,
it's grand idea to turn her into bar Of
gold "
So over to the house he starts, and
without saying dhirum dharum, he hoists
Mary on to his shoulder and off with
her to the forge And he put one hand
ON the bellows and blew the fire up into
right fine blaze, and when he had it well
blazing he stuck Mary into it. And by
the time he thought the bar of gold was
well done, he began to poke in the fire for
it. but there was neither Mary nor gold in
it, only a lot of cinders.
And it Carrowagh was the bitten man
then. and he did little good the remainder
of that day.
The next morning he was standing at
his forge door again, leaning against it and
thinking hard, when he hears the horse $
hoofs, and up rides the little red chap on
his horse, and he had two ugly old women
with him-one before and one behind.
He put the time Of day on Carrowagh
and asked him for the loan of his forge for
wee while
Carrowagh said he could have it and
welcome, and he set himself to wonder
what was the trick today.
The wee fellow put Carrowagh to blow
ND the fire. and when he had it well blaz-
ing, carries in the two old women and sticks
them in head foremost into the blaze, and
in fifteen minutes he told Carrowagh that
would do, and he hauls out about the most
beautiful young woman ever Carrowagh
laid ewes on. And he thanked Carrowagh
and mounted his horse, with the young
woman before him, and rode off.
sWell well well p says Carrowagh,
SAYS he. ''Of all the wonderful things
ever seen, that $ the most wonderful.
burned poor Mary yesterday, > says he,
ssand though she did lay her tongue pretty
sore on me betimes may be deserved it,
who knows? She was not half bad, any
how. Now" says he, 'Tve my old
mother and my old mother in-law beyond
in the house yonder, and there's no peace
nor ease with EN-, for they do nothing all
day long, only sit arguing and fighting
across the fire !" And, says he: tWouldn' /
it be a grand thing if | could knock bott
of them down, and have fine young wo
man like Mary
No sooner said than done. OFF he wen
and hoisted his old mother on one shoulder
and his mother-in law on the other, anC
trotted back to the forge with them. TheI
he blew on the fire and stuck both of then
into it, and by the time he expected t.
. have the beautiful young woman finished
there was not a thing he could find in thu
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