The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13

"what'll you have an let them goc'
says the king
First an foremost" says Darby.
take yer spell off that Slip of a girl
there, an send her into the house
In second Maureen was standing
inside the door, her both arms about
Bob's neck and her head on his collar
bone
What they said TO aich other. an
what they done in the way Of embrac-
in an kissin' an cryin' 1 won't take
time in telling you.
Next" says Darby. send back Ro-
sic and the pigs"
Il expected that says the king. And
at those words they saw a black bunch
coming through the air, and in few
seconds Rosie and the three piss
walked into the stable.
Now" says Darby. promise in the
name or Ould Nick Cts by him the
Good People swesr) never 10 moil nor
NEEDLE agin with any one or anything
from this parish"
The king was fair put out By this.
HoWsomever, he said at last: You on
grateful scoundrel in the name Of Ould
Nick 1 promise"
SO far, SO good says Darby: "but
the worst IS yet to come. Now YOU
must raylase from your SMELL every
sowi you've stole from this parish; and,
besides. you must send me two hun
dhred pounds in goOld."
Wei, the king gave a roar Of anger
that was heard I'm the next barony.
"Ee high-handed. hard-hearted rob
says he.
PHASE yeself." says Darby. Il aes
Father Cassidy comm down the
hedge he says. AN he has a prayer
for ye all in his book thatIl burn We
up Ike wisps Of sthraw if he ever
catches We mere says Darby.
With that the roaming and bawliug
was pitiful 10 hear, and in a few min
utes bag with two hundred goold
Sovereigns IN il was trun at Darby's
threshold; and fifty people, young an
some Of them OUld, flew over an stood
beside the king. Some Of them had
spent years with the fairies. Their rel
atives thought them dead and buried.
They were the lost ones from that
parish.
With that Darby pulled the bit OF
twine again. opening the trap. and II
wasn't long until every fairy was gone.
The green coat Of the last one was
hardly out Of sight when. sure enough.
who should come up but Father Cas-
sidy, his book in his hand. He looked
at the fifty people who had been with
the fairies standin' uhere-the pOCr
crathures-thrembln an wOndherln
an afeared TO so TO their homes.
Darby tOuld him what had happened.
"Ye foolish man. says the priest.
you could have got out every poor
PRISONER that's locked in Sleive-na
mon. let alone those from this parish
One could have scraped with a knife
the surprise off Darby's face
Would your reverence have me LET
out the CorkOnians. the Connaugrt
men and the Fardowns. I ask YEP he
hot IL
there goes home and finds that Tim-has
married the Widow Hogan. ven say 7
let out too many, even of this parish
I'm thinkin'"
But" says the priest. we might
have got two hundred pounds Tor aich
of US"
IF aich had two hundred pounds.
what comfort would have in being
rich2 aNed' Darby agin. ITO enjoy
well being rich there should be plenty
Of DOOR" says Darby.
God forgive We. We selfish man"
says Father Cassidy.
There's another rays0n besides. says
Darby. Il never got betther nor
frlendiier thratement than I had from.
the Good People An the divil q hair
/ of their heads I'd hurt more than nerd
Z be-" he says
Some way or other the king heard Of
this saying. an was 90 nightly pleased
mat the next hSht n jug OF the nneSt
/ poteen was LETT at Darby's door
+ After that, indsde. many's the win
/ ter night. when the snow lay SO heavy
! that no neighbOr was Stirrin'. and when
( Bridget and the childher were in bed.
1 Darby sat by the fire. = nOggiu Of ho-
punch in his hand. argying an getting
| news of the whole. wOrruld. A little
man with q goold crown on his head.
! a green cloak on his back and one foot
trun over the other sat feminist him
i by the hearth.
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